Table 10.4 Year 2005 discharges from OPIOID REPLACEMENT DETOXIFICATION¹ by race/ethnicity, 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.]
Race/ethnicity	Number	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Race/ethnicity	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
White (non-Hispanic)	12,046	4,322	2,707	7,029	4,010	313	694
Black (non-Hispanic)	6,092	2,647	1,342	3,989	1,518	380	205
Hispanic origin	4,455	1,052	396	1,448	2,502	15	490
Other	975	231	157	388	483	6	98
No. of discharges	23,568	8,252	4,602	12,854	8,513	714	1,487
	Column percent
White (non-Hispanic)	51.1	52.4	58.8	54.7	47.1	43.8	46.7
Black (non-Hispanic)	25.8	32.1	29.2	31.0	17.8	53.2	13.8
Hispanic origin	18.9	12.7	8.6	11.3	29.4	2.1	33.0
Other	4.1	2.8	3.4	3.0	5.7	0.8	6.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0	35.9	22.5	58.4	33.3	2.6	5.8
Black (non-Hispanic)	100.0	43.5	22.0	65.5	24.9	6.2	3.4
Hispanic origin	100.0	23.6	8.9	32.5	56.2	0.3	11.0
Other	100.0	23.7	16.1	39.8	49.5	0.6	10.1
Total	100.0	35.0	19.5	54.5	36.1	3.0	6.3
	Median length of stay (days)
White (non-Hispanic)	8	7	7		13	3	19
Black (non-Hispanic)	6	5	7		12	1	20
Hispanic origin	16	21	15		13	44	19
Other	17	21	17		15	108	19
Total	9	7	7		13	1	19
	Average length of stay (days)
White (non-Hispanic)	30	18	25		41	62	42
Black (non-Hispanic)	34	21	37		52	25	69
Hispanic origin	29	29	45		26	104	28
Other	53	30	64		61	227	44
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.