\ MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM - REPORT NO. 2-32, SERIES MSR-2
STATISTICS
DIVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
N. C. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
P. O. Box 7598
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 2761
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MR CENTER RESIDENT POPULATION
PROFILE
June 30, 1976 and June 30, 1977
Profile of the Resident Population, June 30, 1976 and June 30, 1977
North Carolina Centers for the Mentally Retarded
INTRODUCTION
This report presents selected characteristics of the resident population at each
of the four North Carolina Centers for the Mentally Retarded on June 30, 1976 and
June 30, 1977. Number and percentage distributions are provided for age groups,
race-sex groups, levels of retardation, length of stay cateaories and primary
etiology (AAMD) categories. Means and median are provided for age and length of
stay. Also included is a graph representing population trends in the Mental
Retardation Centers for fiscal years 1954-1955 through 1976-1977.
SUMMARY
AGE - The mean age for the 3,240 residents at the MR Centers on June 30, 1977
was 27.4 years as compared to a mean of 26.6 years for the 3,50A residents on
June 30, 1976. For June 30, 1977 the mean ages ranged from 20.7 for Western
Carolina Center to 31.5 for Caswell Center.
RACE-SEX - On June 30, 1977, white males comprised 40.4 percent of the resident
population as compared to 41.1 percent for June 30, 1976. Only 43.6 percent
of the residents on June 30, 1977 were females although females account for an
estimated 51.4 percent of the general North Carolina Population. /]_ Also for
June 30, 1977, 28.1 percent of the MR Center residents were nonwhites, as
compared to 23.2 percent in the general population. ZJL
LEVE L OF RETARDATION - On June 30, 1977, 57.5 percent of the MR Center residents
were profoundly retarded according to impairment of intellectual functioning.
[Levels of retardation based upon impairment of adaptive behavior are not
available from these data.]
LENGTH OF STAY - The median lenath of stay for residents on June 30, 1977 was
11.9 years as compared to a median of 10.9 years for residents on June 30, 1976.
For June 30, 1977, the medians ranged from 8.3 years for Western Carolina Center
to 13.2 years for Caswell Center.
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11 Refer to MSR 1-80, Estimated North Carolina Population, July 1, 1977. Cou nty by Race
and by Tex'. — ' "
Prepared by: Gordon Daughtry
Typed by: Commilus H. Baker
Division of Mental Health/Mental
Retardation Services
Information Systems - Statistics
Dorothea Dix Hospital
P. 0. Box 7598
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
January 9, 1978