Table 3.5 Year 2005 discharges from OUTPATIENT treatment¹ by primary substance 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 33 States and jurisdictions that offered outpatient substance abuse treatment and reported these data to TEDS.]
Primary substance at admission	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Primary substance at admission	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
Alcohol	228,709	106,284	22,002	128,286	54,777	21,568	24,078
Opiates	43,625	9,544	9,134	18,678	14,769	5,220	4,958
Cocaine	75,038	17,860	12,862	30,722	26,058	9,546	8,712
Marijuana/hashish	139,304	48,190	16,196	64,386	40,962	17,218	16,738
Stimulants	71,648	20,576	9,934	30,510	29,654	4,489	6,995
Other/unknown	33,733	9,624	3,524	13,148	5,234	4,515	10,836
No. of discharges	592,057	212,078	73,652	285,730	171,454	62,556	72,317
	Column percent
Alcohol	38.6	50.1	29.9	44.9	31.9	34.5	33.3
Opiates	7.4	4.5	12.4	6.5	8.6	8.3	6.9
Cocaine	12.7	8.4	17.5	10.8	15.2	15.3	12.0
Marijuana/hashish	23.5	22.7	22.0	22.5	23.9	27.5	23.1
Stimulants	12.1	9.7	13.5	10.7	17.3	7.2	9.7
Other/unknown	5.7	4.5	4.8	4.6	3.1	7.2	15.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Alcohol	100.0	46.5	9.6	56.1	24.0	9.4	10.5
Opiates	100.0	21.9	20.9	42.8	33.9	12.0	11.4
Cocaine	100.0	23.8	17.1	40.9	34.7	12.7	11.6
Marijuana/hashish	100.0	34.6	11.6	46.2	29.4	12.4	12.0
Stimulants	100.0	28.7	13.9	42.6	41.4	6.3	9.8
Other/unknown	100.0	28.5	10.4	39.0	15.5	13.4	32.1
Total	100.0	35.8	12.4	48.3	29.0	10.6	12.2
	Median length of stay (days)
Alcohol	85	115	35		48	65	65
Opiates	51	122	10		40	55	63
Cocaine	57	128	18		41	52	59
Marijuana/hashish	76	111	43		50	63	68
Stimulants	72	137	55		42	58	84
Other/unknown	85	89	81		57	111	85
Total	76	117	34		45	64	69
	Average length of stay (days)
Alcohol	122	149	92		90	105	117
Opiates	109	169	78		86	103	122
Cocaine	107	173	79		80	90	110
Marijuana/hashish	111	144	94		86	95	112
Stimulants	124	176	145		82	89	138
Other/unknown	128	123	126		102	138	143
Total	117	152	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.