Table 3.7 Year 2005 discharges from OUTPATIENT treatment¹ by age at first use, 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.]
Age at first use	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Age at first use	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
12 years and under	64,046	20,806	9,598	30,404	16,891	8,927	7,824
13 to 14 years	85,157	30,385	11,367	41,752	22,800	11,163	9,442
15 to 17 years	147,121	62,072	16,564	78,636	35,845	17,419	15,221
18 to 21 years	92,967	40,404	10,362	50,766	22,197	10,621	9,383
Over 21 years	74,256	23,961	10,980	34,941	21,040	9,505	8,770
No. of discharges	463,547	177,628	58,871	236,499	118,773	57,635	50,640
	Column percent
12 years and under	13.8	11.7	16.3	12.9	14.2	15.5	15.5
13 to 14 years	18.4	17.1	19.3	17.7	19.2	19.4	18.6
15 to 17 years	31.7	34.9	28.1	33.3	30.2	30.2	30.1
18 to 21 years	20.1	22.7	17.6	21.5	18.7	18.4	18.5
Over 21 years	16.0	13.5	18.7	14.8	17.7	16.5	17.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
12 years and under	100.0	32.5	15.0	47.5	26.4	13.9	12.2
13 to 14 years	100.0	35.7	13.3	49.0	26.8	13.1	11.1
15 to 17 years	100.0	42.2	11.3	53.4	24.4	11.8	10.3
18 to 21 years	100.0	43.5	11.1	54.6	23.9	11.4	10.1
Over 21 years	100.0	32.3	14.8	47.1	28.3	12.8	11.8
Total	100.0	38.3	12.7	51.0	25.6	12.4	10.9
	Median length of stay (days)
12 years and under	69	114	28		44	57	63
13 to 14 years	71	113	29		44	59	63
15 to 17 years	75	108	26		43	61	57
18 to 21 years	77	111	24		43	63	54
Over 21 years	68	121	22		43	61	59
Total	72	112	26		43	60	58
	Average length of stay (days)
12 years and under	109	149	74		86	94	114
13 to 14 years	108	145	74		81	96	104
15 to 17 years	109	140	72		80	98	102
18 to 21 years	111	143	73		81	99	100
Over 21 years	111	161	72		81	100	109
Total	109	145	73		81	97	105
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.