4.26—average number of hours people in North Carolina waited in emergency rooms in 2009 (State Psychiatric Hospital Admission Delays in North Carolina. Gerald and Ann Akland, NAMI Wake County, August 6, 2010)
63.1—average number of hours people needing psychiatric care waited for admission to a state mental hospital from January 2010 to June 2010 (Ibid)
3,339—total number of people put on waiting list for admission to a state mental hospital from January 2010 to June 2010. (Ibid)
86—percent of patients waiting for admission to a state mental hospital who waited in hospital emergency rooms or crisis centers (Ibid)
576—number of people put on waiting list for admission to Broughton psychiatric hospital in Morganton from January 2010 to June 2010 (Ibid)
1,239—number of people put on waiting list for admission to Central Regional psychiatric hospital in Butner from January 2010 to June 2010 (Ibid)
212—number of people forced to wait more than 7 days for admission to a state mental hospital from January 2010 to June 2010 (Ibid)
47—percent of patients discharged from state mental hospitals who are seen for follow-up visits within 7 days of leaving the hospital (N.C. Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services)
25— percent of patients discharged from state mental hospitals who are seen for follow-up visits within 7 days of leaving the hospital in the area covered by the Albemarle Local Management Entity in Northeastern North Carolina (Ibid)
70—percent of patients discharged from state mental hospitals to be seen for follow-up visits within 7 days of leaving the hospital to meet goal set by DHHS officials (Ibid)
2—number of 24 Local Management Entities who reported meeting the 70 percent goal in the 3rd quarter of fiscal year 2010 (Ibid)
64— percent of patients discharged from state mental hospitals who are seen for follow-up visits within 30 days of leaving the hospital (N.C. Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services)
25—percent of patients discharged from state mental hospitals who are NEVER seen for follow-up visits (Ibid)
1,369—number of people identified each day with a mental illness, developmental disability or addiction disorder in hospital emergency rooms in North Carolina (Ibid)
