Table 1.6 Discharges aged 12 and older, by characteristics at admission and type of service: TEDS 2008 Percent distribution of characteristics at admission
[Based on linked admission and discharge data reported to TEDS by 47 States and jurisdictions.]
Characteristics at admission	Type of service (percent distribution)
	Total	Outpatient	Intensive outpatient	Short-term residential	Long-term residential	Hospital residential	Detox- ification	Outpatient med. asst. opi. ther.1	Med.-asst. opi. detox2
No. of discharges	1,622,662	688,703	194,943	187,401	138,068	5,543	328,444	62,328	17,232
Gender
Male	67.7	68.1	61.9	66.0	64.8	66.6	73.6	61.7	67.3
Female	32.3	31.9	38.1	34.0	35.2	33.4	26.4	38.3	32.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Age at admission
12 to 20 years	13.7	19.1	17.1	12.2	13.2	6.4	3.9	3.4	4.6
21 to 30 years	28.4	30.7	31.1	28.1	28.9	24.1	22.5	27.3	27.4
31 to 40 years	23.2	21.8	23.0	23.9	24.8	25.0	24.8	25.3	22.4
41 to 50 years	24.2	20.0	20.9	25.5	24.6	30.8	33.3	27.9	28.7
Over 50 years	10.4	8.4	7.9	10.3	8.4	13.7	15.4	16.2	16.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Race/ethnicity
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7	60.1	60.4	65.0	53.8	73.8	58.4	55.5	57.8
Black (non-Hispanic)	21.0	19.4	22.2	22.1	23.3	14.8	22.5	19.9	13.5
Hispanic origin	13.4	14.1	10.9	8.6	14.7	5.1	14.1	20.4	19.4
Other	6.0	6.4	6.5	4.3	8.1	6.2	5.0	4.2	9.4
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Primary substance
Alcohol	41.0	42.2	38.7	41.0	30.1	53.6	53.1	2.5	10.7
Opiates	19.3	8.2	12.4	17.5	17.1	18.2	30.9	93.8	86.4
Marijuana	16.6	25.1	23.1	13.3	13.9	7.3	2.0	1.1	0.3
Cocaine	12.1	11.1	14.7	18.0	20.4	12.0	8.5	1.1	0.9
Stimulants	8.2	10.1	8.5	7.1	16.2	4.7	3.2	0.3	0.4
Other/unknown	2.8	3.4	2.6	3.2	2.3	4.1	2.2	1.2	1.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Frequency of use
No use in the past month	29.3	44.2	41.0	13.7	36.1	8.7	2.1	15.1	2.1
Some use	32.7	39.6	36.6	34.4	32.3	24.7	19.9	14.9	10.2
Daily	38.0	16.2	22.4	51.9	31.6	66.6	78.0	70.0	87.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
No. of prior treatment episodes
None	42.8	50.6	42.6	37.0	32.2	36.1	37.3	24.8	30.5
1 or more	57.2	49.4	57.4	63.0	67.8	63.9	62.7	75.2	69.5
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Treatment referral source
Criminal justice/DUI	37.5	56.2	45.4	23.9	38.5	15.1	9.2	6.1	2.5
Individual	33.3	18.6	22.8	32.0	25.2	40.7	64.0	73.6	80.1
Health care/community	29.2	25.3	31.8	44.1	36.3	44.2	26.8	20.3	17.4
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Employment status3
Employed	27.2	39.4	29.2	16.3	8.3	17.5	15.3	27.3	22.4
Unemployed/Not in labor force	72.8	60.6	70.8	83.7	91.7	82.5	84.7	72.7	77.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Years of education3
Fewer than 12 years	32.1	32.1	33.3	30.6	35.1	27.7	30.3	35.6	32.7
12 years (or GED)	43.8	43.9	42.6	41.8	42.2	45.2	45.9	43.9	46.9
More than 12 years	24.1	23.9	24.1	27.6	22.7	27.1	23.8	20.5	20.4
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1 Outpatient and intensive outpatient medication-assisted opioid therapy only.
2 Medication-assisted opioid detoxification (free-standing, hospital, and outpatient) only.
3 Includes only discharges aged 16 and above for employment status and aged 18 and older for years of education.
SOURCE: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 5.06.10.