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Mental health by the numbers

Posted: Sunday, Mar. 10, 2013

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1.4: Millions of North Carolinians needing some form of behavioral care.

17: Percentage growth in admissions to Presbyterian Hospital’s psychiatric wing from 2010 to 2012.

0: The number of licensed drug-and-alcohol treatment and detoxification beds for adolescents in Charlotte-Mecklenburg.

103: Occupancy rate, in percentage, for the 66 psychiatric beds at CMC-Randolph over the last two years.

16: Average hours spent in an emergency room for mental health patients in 2012, a 65 percent increase over a two-year period.

38: Percentage increase (2008-11) in emergency room visits by mental health patients, six times the overall jump.

Compiled by Michael Gordon, mgordon@charlotteobserver.com

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