Table 6.3 Year 2005 discharges from LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL 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 34 States and jurisdictions that offered long-term residential 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	117,142	45,422	15,166	60,588	36,003	10,214	10,337
	Number
Under 21 years	16,358	5,984	2,235	8,219	4,747	2,032	1,360
21 to 30 years	32,355	11,599	4,061	15,660	10,836	2,955	2,904
31 to 40 years	34,368	13,014	4,281	17,295	11,097	2,849	3,127
41 to 50 years	27,161	11,494	3,682	15,176	7,647	1,951	2,387
Over 50 years	6,808	3,281	902	4,183	1,657	420	548
No. of discharges	117,050	45,372	15,161	60,533	35,984	10,207	10,326
	Column percent
Under 21 years	14.0	13.2	14.7	13.6	13.2	19.9	13.2
21 to 30 years	27.6	25.6	26.8	25.9	30.1	29.0	28.1
31 to 40 years	29.4	28.7	28.2	28.6	30.8	27.9	30.3
41 to 50 years	23.2	25.3	24.3	25.1	21.3	19.1	23.1
Over 50 years	5.8	7.2	5.9	6.9	4.6	4.1	5.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Under 21 years	100.0	36.6	13.7	50.2	29.0	12.4	8.3
21 to 30 years	100.0	35.8	12.6	48.4	33.5	9.1	9.0
31 to 40 years	100.0	37.9	12.5	50.3	32.3	8.3	9.1
41 to 50 years	100.0	42.3	13.6	55.9	28.2	7.2	8.8
Over 50 years	100.0	48.2	13.2	61.4	24.3	6.2	8.0
Total	100.0	38.8	13.0	51.7	30.7	8.7	8.8
	Median length of stay (days)
Under 21 years	54	91	42		24	46	41
21 to 30 years	47	90	33		22	45	40
31 to 40 years	53	90	31		26	49	40
41 to 50 years	58	90	32		28	48	46
Over 50 years	58	89	30		26	49	44
Total	53	90	32		25	47	41
	Average length of stay (days)
Under 21 years	92	135	75		57	78	78
21 to 30 years	79	120	61		47	73	68
31 to 40 years	89	131	69		57	80	69
41 to 50 years	94	132	67		60	79	76
Over 50 years	94	126	63		56	90	79
Total	88	128	67		54	78	72
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.