Table 8.10 Year 2005 discharges from DETOXIFICATION¹ by employment status (aged 16 and over), 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 33 States and jurisdictions that offered substance abuse detoxification and reported these data to TEDS.]
Employment status	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Employment status	Total	Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges aged 16 and over	314,362	202,900	38,339	241,239	51,116	8,425	13,582
	Number
Employed	54,312	37,731	5,439	43,170	6,559	966	3,617
Full time	41,329	29,137	3,946	33,083	4,876	738	2,632
Part time	12,983	8,594	1,493	10,087	1,683	228	985
Unemployed	88,600	58,251	13,155	71,406	13,698	1,563	1,933
Not in labor force	164,087	102,108	19,162	121,270	29,829	5,407	7,581
No. of discharges	306,999	198,090	37,756	235,846	50,086	7,936	13,131
	Column percent
Employed	17.7	19.0	14.4	18.3	13.1	12.2	27.5
Full time	13.5	14.7	10.5	14.0	9.7	9.3	20.0
Part time	4.2	4.3	4.0	4.3	3.4	2.9	7.5
Unemployed	28.9	29.4	34.8	30.3	27.3	19.7	14.7
Not in labor force	53.4	51.5	50.8	51.4	59.6	68.1	57.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Employed	100.0	69.5	10.0	79.5	12.1	1.8	6.7
Full time	100.0	70.5	9.5	80.0	11.8	1.8	6.4
Part time	100.0	66.2	11.5	77.7	13.0	1.8	7.6
Unemployed	100.0	65.7	14.8	80.6	15.5	1.8	2.2
Not in labor force	100.0	62.2	11.7	73.9	18.2	3.3	4.6
Total	100.0	64.5	12.3	76.8	16.3	2.6	4.3
	Median length of stay (days)
Employed	2	2	4		2	2	1
Full time	2	2	4		2	2	1
Part time	2	2	4		2	3	1
Unemployed	3	3	4		2	3	3
Not in labor force	4	4	4		2	3	1
Total	3	4	4		2	3	1
	Average length of stay (days)
Employed	8	6	16		14	19	4
Full time	8	6	17		14	17	3
Part time	9	6	15		15	26	5
Unemployed	12	8	21		18	22	12
Not in labor force	8	7	13		8	7	5
Total	9	7	17		11	11	6
¹ Includes free-standing residential detoxification (n = 234,725; 74 percent), hospital detoxification (n = 68,377; 22 percent), and ambulatory detoxification (n = 11,973; 4 percent). 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.