Table 8.3 Year 2005 discharges from DETOXIFICATION¹ 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 33 States and jurisdictions that offered substance abuse detoxification 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	315,075	203,394	38,412	241,806	51,196	8,450	13,623
	Number
Under 21 years	13,297	8,068	1,557	9,625	2,324	466	882
21 to 30 years	66,315	38,912	8,853	47,765	13,146	2,241	3,163
31 to 40 years	93,104	58,859	11,857	70,716	16,364	2,582	3,442
41 to 50 years	102,488	68,992	12,152	81,144	14,740	2,401	4,203
Over 50 years	39,755	28,484	3,985	32,469	4,605	757	1,924
No. of discharges	314,959	203,315	38,404	241,719	51,179	8,447	13,614
	Column percent
Under 21 years	4.2	4.0	4.1	4.0	4.5	5.5	6.5
21 to 30 years	21.1	19.1	23.1	19.8	25.7	26.5	23.2
31 to 40 years	29.6	28.9	30.9	29.3	32.0	30.6	25.3
41 to 50 years	32.5	33.9	31.6	33.6	28.8	28.4	30.9
Over 50 years	12.6	14.0	10.4	13.4	9.0	9.0	14.1
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Under 21 years	100.0	60.7	11.7	72.4	17.5	3.5	6.6
21 to 30 years	100.0	58.7	13.3	72.0	19.8	3.4	4.8
31 to 40 years	100.0	63.2	12.7	76.0	17.6	2.8	3.7
41 to 50 years	100.0	67.3	11.9	79.2	14.4	2.3	4.1
Over 50 years	100.0	71.6	10.0	81.7	11.6	1.9	4.8
Total	100.0	64.6	12.2	76.7	16.2	2.7	4.3
	Median length of stay (days)
Under 21 years	3	4	4		2	4	1
21 to 30 years	3	4	4		2	3	1
31 to 40 years	4	4	4		2	3	2
41 to 50 years	3	4	4		2	2	2
Over 50 years	3	4	4		2	2	1
Total	3	4	4		2	3	1
	Average length of stay (days)
Under 21 years	13	11	18		18	16	5
21 to 30 years	9	8	15		11	11	6
31 to 40 years	11	8	21		12	13	10
41 to 50 years	9	7	16		11	12	7
Over 50 years	7	6	11		8	11	6
Total	9	7	17		11	12	7
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.