Table 5.5 Year 2005 discharges from SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL 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 31 States and jurisdictions that offered short-term residential 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	128,756	72,221	22,452	94,673	19,760	9,300	5,023
	Number
Alcohol	51,604	33,784	7,290	41,074	6,286	2,589	1,655
Opiates	19,810	10,238	3,103	13,341	4,190	1,494	785
Cocaine	28,917	14,431	6,283	20,714	4,659	2,286	1,258
Marijuana/hashish	13,195	6,780	2,494	9,274	1,852	1,569	500
Stimulants	11,988	5,514	2,677	8,191	2,223	1,073	501
Other/unknown	3,242	1,474	605	2,079	550	289	324
No. of discharges	128,756	72,221	22,452	94,673	19,760	9,300	5,023
	Column percent
Alcohol	40.1	46.8	32.5	43.4	31.8	27.8	32.9
Opiates	15.4	14.2	13.8	14.1	21.2	16.1	15.6
Cocaine	22.5	20.0	28.0	21.9	23.6	24.6	25.0
Marijuana/hashish	10.2	9.4	11.1	9.8	9.4	16.9	10.0
Stimulants	9.3	7.6	11.9	8.7	11.3	11.5	10.0
Other/unknown	2.5	2.0	2.7	2.2	2.8	3.1	6.5
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Alcohol	100.0	65.5	14.1	79.6	12.2	5.0	3.2
Opiates	100.0	51.7	15.7	67.3	21.2	7.5	4.0
Cocaine	100.0	49.9	21.7	71.6	16.1	7.9	4.4
Marijuana/hashish	100.0	51.4	18.9	70.3	14.0	11.9	3.8
Stimulants	100.0	46.0	22.3	68.3	18.5	9.0	4.2
Other/unknown	100.0	45.5	18.7	64.1	17.0	8.9	10.0
Total	100.0	56.1	17.4	73.5	15.3	7.2	3.9
	Median length of stay (days)
Alcohol	21	24	20		7	14	9
Opiates	17	25	18		5	11	7
Cocaine	21	25	25		8	14	10
Marijuana/hashish	23	27	27		8	17	14
Stimulants	21	27	26		7	14	9
Other/unknown	21	22	24		8	14	24
Total	21	25	22		7	14	10
	Average length of stay (days)
Alcohol	24	25	25		18	25	31
Opiates	21	25	22		11	18	17
Cocaine	26	27	27		20	27	34
Marijuana/hashish	34	34	36		28	34	48
Stimulants	28	31	30		19	22	45
Other/unknown	37	26	34		33	41	91
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.