Table 4.3 Year 2005 discharges from INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT treatment¹ 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 32 States and jurisdictions that offered intensive outpatient substance abuse treatment and reported these data to TEDS.]
Age at admission	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Age at admission	Total	Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	134,703	48,718	24,964	73,682	32,567	17,152	11,302
	Number
Under 21 years	24,273	9,087	3,974	13,061	5,239	3,443	2,530
21 to 30 years	37,489	12,965	7,085	20,050	9,061	5,106	3,272
31 to 40 years	35,497	12,127	6,933	19,060	9,133	4,482	2,822
41 to 50 years	28,715	10,702	5,368	16,070	7,190	3,321	2,134
Over 50 years	8,511	3,731	1,584	5,315	1,887	773	536
No. of discharges	134,485	48,612	24,944	73,556	32,510	17,125	11,294
	Column percent
Under 21 years	18.0	18.7	15.9	17.8	16.1	20.1	22.4
21 to 30 years	27.9	26.7	28.4	27.3	27.9	29.8	29.0
31 to 40 years	26.4	24.9	27.8	25.9	28.1	26.2	25.0
41 to 50 years	21.4	22.0	21.5	21.8	22.1	19.4	18.9
Over 50 years	6.3	7.7	6.4	7.2	5.8	4.5	4.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Under 21 years	100.0	37.4	16.4	53.8	21.6	14.2	10.4
21 to 30 years	100.0	34.6	18.9	53.5	24.2	13.6	8.7
31 to 40 years	100.0	34.2	19.5	53.7	25.7	12.6	7.9
41 to 50 years	100.0	37.3	18.7	56.0	25.0	11.6	7.4
Over 50 years	100.0	43.8	18.6	62.4	22.2	9.1	6.3
Total	100.0	36.1	18.5	54.7	24.2	12.7	8.4
	Median length of stay (days)
Under 21 years	53	64	49		36	47	57
21 to 30 years	44	58	44		28	42	41
31 to 40 years	44	58	44		29	40	43
41 to 50 years	45	57	46		30	40	41
Over 50 years	47	56	50		30	40	40
Total	46	59	45		29	42	44
	Average length of stay (days)
Under 21 years	84	97	76		63	77	102
21 to 30 years	76	90	79		54	70	79
31 to 40 years	78	92	89		56	70	82
41 to 50 years	78	90	88		57	69	79
Over 50 years	80	86	103		55	66	71
Total	79	91	85		57	71	84
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.