Table 6.5 Year 2005 discharges from LONG-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 34 States and jurisdictions that offered long-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	117,142	45,422	15,166	60,588	36,003	10,214	10,337
	Number
Alcohol	30,053	13,747	3,852	17,599	7,543	2,668	2,243
Opiates	18,774	6,531	1,919	8,450	6,701	2,060	1,563
Cocaine	27,615	9,407	4,056	13,463	9,044	2,420	2,688
Marijuana/hashish	15,236	5,553	2,104	7,657	4,444	1,911	1,224
Stimulants	23,204	9,277	2,939	12,216	7,734	980	2,274
Other/unknown	2,260	907	296	1,203	537	175	345
No. of discharges	117,142	45,422	15,166	60,588	36,003	10,214	10,337
	Column percent
Alcohol	25.7	30.3	25.4	29.0	21.0	26.1	21.7
Opiates	16.0	14.4	12.7	13.9	18.6	20.2	15.1
Cocaine	23.6	20.7	26.7	22.2	25.1	23.7	26.0
Marijuana/hashish	13.0	12.2	13.9	12.6	12.3	18.7	11.8
Stimulants	19.8	20.4	19.4	20.2	21.5	9.6	22.0
Other/unknown	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	1.7	3.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Alcohol	100.0	45.7	12.8	58.6	25.1	8.9	7.5
Opiates	100.0	34.8	10.2	45.0	35.7	11.0	8.3
Cocaine	100.0	34.1	14.7	48.8	32.8	8.8	9.7
Marijuana/hashish	100.0	36.4	13.8	50.3	29.2	12.5	8.0
Stimulants	100.0	40.0	12.7	52.6	33.3	4.2	9.8
Other/unknown	100.0	40.1	13.1	53.2	23.8	7.7	15.3
Total	100.0	38.8	12.9	51.7	30.7	8.7	8.8
	Median length of stay (days)
Alcohol	52	87	29		28	47	43
Opiates	56	110	40		25	49	41
Cocaine	54	93	30		29	49	46
Marijuana/hashish	60	103	42		27	51	51
Stimulants	46	89	36		17	34	35
Other/unknown	47	89	32		29	43	30
Total	53	90	32		25	47	41
	Average length of stay (days)
Alcohol	85	113	63		55	73	72
Opiates	97	152	76		59	81	76
Cocaine	96	149	70		62	82	77
Marijuana/hashish	102	148	77		66	88	90
Stimulants	66	101	55		34	53	54
Other/unknown	95	136	59		60	85	78
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.