Table 3.4 Year 2005 discharges from OUTPATIENT treatment¹ 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 33 States and jurisdictions that offered outpatient substance abuse treatment and reported these data to TEDS.]
Race/ethnicity	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Race/ethnicity	Total	Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	592,057	212,078	73,652	285,730	171,454	62,556	72,317
	Number
White (non-Hispanic)	343,199	135,203	41,247	176,450	89,608	34,659	42,482
Black (non-Hispanic)	128,790	35,263	19,861	55,124	41,220	16,777	15,669
Hispanic origin	86,619	29,792	8,697	38,489	29,748	8,422	9,960
Other	30,822	10,899	3,445	14,344	10,282	2,456	3,740
No. of discharges	589,430	211,157	73,250	284,407	170,858	62,314	71,851
	Column percent
White (non-Hispanic)	58.2	64.0	56.3	62.0	52.4	55.6	59.1
Black (non-Hispanic)	21.8	16.7	27.1	19.4	24.1	26.9	21.8
Hispanic origin	14.7	14.1	11.9	13.5	17.4	13.5	13.9
Other	5.2	5.2	4.7	5.0	6.0	3.9	5.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0	39.4	12.0	51.4	26.1	10.1	12.4
Black (non-Hispanic)	100.0	27.4	15.4	42.8	32.0	13.0	12.2
Hispanic origin	100.0	34.4	10.0	44.4	34.3	9.7	11.5
Other	100.0	35.4	11.2	46.5	33.4	8.0	12.1
Total	100.0	35.8	12.4	48.3	29.0	10.6	12.2
	Median length of stay (days)
White (non-Hispanic)	76	111	35		44	64	69
Black (non-Hispanic)	64	121	16		45	60	63
Hispanic origin	87	138	61		47	69	83
Other	83	121	70		52	55	74
Total	76	117	34		45	64	70
	Average length of stay (days)
White (non-Hispanic)	117	146	96		85	102	121
Black (non-Hispanic)	111	160	77		88	100	114
Hispanic origin	122	172	108		83	100	124
Other	138	158	203		104	95	144
Total	117	153	97		86	101	121
¹ Excludes records 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.