Table 5.4 Year 2005 discharges from SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL 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 31 States and jurisdictions that offered short-term residential substance abuse treatment and reported these data to TEDS.]
Race/ethnicity	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	128,756	72,221	22,452	94,673	19,760	9,300	5,023
	Number
White (non-Hispanic)	78,340	44,370	14,186	58,556	11,306	5,430	3,048
Black (non-Hispanic)	30,794	17,120	5,122	22,242	4,914	2,385	1,253
Hispanic origin	14,159	7,343	2,523	9,866	2,678	1,134	481
Other	4,877	3,049	512	3,561	818	331	167
No. of discharges	128,170	71,882	22,343	94,225	19,716	9,280	4,949
	Column percent
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1	61.7	63.5	62.1	57.3	58.5	61.6
Black (non-Hispanic)	24.0	23.8	22.9	23.6	24.9	25.7	25.3
Hispanic origin	11.0	10.2	11.3	10.5	13.6	12.2	9.7
Other	3.8	4.2	2.3	3.8	4.1	3.6	3.4
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0	56.6	18.1	74.7	14.4	6.9	3.9
Black (non-Hispanic)	100.0	55.6	16.6	72.2	16.0	7.7	4.1
Hispanic origin	100.0	51.9	17.8	69.7	18.9	8.0	3.4
Other	100.0	62.5	10.5	73.0	16.8	6.8	3.4
Total	100.0	56.1	17.4	73.5	15.4	7.2	3.9
	Median length of stay (days)
White (non-Hispanic)	21	25	21		7	14	9
Black (non-Hispanic)	21	25	24		8	14	10
Hispanic origin	22	27	28		7	13	8
Other	22	27	21		7	13	17
Total	21	25	22		7	14	10
	Average length of stay (days)
White (non-Hispanic)	26	27	26		19	27	37
Black (non-Hispanic)	26	26	27		19	28	36
Hispanic origin	26	27	34		14	21	30
Other	28	29	30		17	25	58
Total	26	27	27		19	26	37
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.