Table 10.3 Year 2005 discharges from OPIOID REPLACEMENT DETOXIFICATION¹ by age at admission, according to reason for discharge: TEDS 2005 Number, percent distribution, and median and average lengths of stay
[Based on linked admission and discharge data reported by 20 States and jurisdictions that offered opioid replacement detoxification and reported these data to TEDS.]
Age at admission	Number	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Age at admission	Number	Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	23,632	8,270	4,618	12,888	8,532	724	1,488
	Number
Under 21 years	639	268	132	400	184	19	36
21 to 30 years	4,813	1,602	964	2,566	1,831	141	275
31 to 40 years	6,677	2,406	1,273	3,679	2,366	233	399
41 to 50 years	7,958	2,818	1,553	4,371	2,827	254	506
Over 50 years	3,542	1,175	695	1,870	1,323	77	272
No. of discharges	23,629	8,269	4,617	12,886	8,531	724	1,488
	Column percent
Under 21 years	2.7	3.2	2.9	3.1	2.2	2.6	2.4
21 to 30 years	20.4	19.4	20.9	19.9	21.5	19.5	18.5
31 to 40 years	28.3	29.1	27.6	28.6	27.7	32.2	26.8
41 to 50 years	33.7	34.1	33.6	33.9	33.1	35.1	34.0
Over 50 years	15.0	14.2	15.1	14.5	15.5	10.6	18.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Under 21 years	100.0	41.9	20.7	62.6	28.8	3.0	5.6
21 to 30 years	100.0	33.3	20.0	53.3	38.0	2.9	5.7
31 to 40 years	100.0	36.0	19.1	55.1	35.4	3.5	6.0
41 to 50 years	100.0	35.4	19.5	54.9	35.5	3.2	6.4
Over 50 years	100.0	33.2	19.6	52.8	37.4	2.2	7.7
Total	100.0	35.0	19.5	54.5	36.1	3.1	6.3
	Median length of stay (days)
Under 21 years	7	7	6		11	1	20
21 to 30 years	8	7	7		12	4	19
31 to 40 years	8	6	7		13	1	19
41 to 50 years	10	7	8		13	1	19
Over 50 years	14	9	10		15	1	19
Total	9	7	7		13	1	19
	Average length of stay (days)
Under 21 years	21	16	12		28	76	33
21 to 30 years	27	20	22		32	64	39
31 to 40 years	33	20	33		43	42	47
41 to 50 years	34	22	39		40	36	47
Over 50 years	33	21	29		46	37	27
Total	32	21	31		40	45	41
¹ Includes ambulatory detoxification (n = 13,369; 57 percent), free-standing residential detoxification (n = 10,002; 42 percent), and hospital detoxification (n = 261; 1 percent) where opioid replacement therapy was planned.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 10.03.06.