Table 8.4 Year 2005 discharges from DETOXIFICATION¹ by race/ethnicity, 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.]
Race/ethnicity	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Race/ethnicity	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
White (non-Hispanic)	163,644	100,793	22,066	122,859	28,571	4,225	7,989
Black (non-Hispanic)	75,361	49,065	10,665	59,730	10,692	2,203	2,736
Hispanic origin	57,966	40,652	4,612	45,264	9,482	1,680	1,540
Other	15,505	10,880	869	11,749	2,178	277	1,301
No. of discharges	312,476	201,390	38,212	239,602	50,923	8,385	13,566
	Column percent
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4	50.0	57.7	51.3	56.1	50.4	58.9
Black (non-Hispanic)	24.1	24.4	27.9	24.9	21.0	26.3	20.2
Hispanic origin	18.6	20.2	12.1	18.9	18.6	20.0	11.4
Other	5.0	5.4	2.3	4.9	4.3	3.3	9.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0	61.6	13.5	75.1	17.5	2.6	4.9
Black (non-Hispanic)	100.0	65.1	14.2	79.3	14.2	2.9	3.6
Hispanic origin	100.0	70.1	8.0	78.1	16.4	2.9	2.7
Other	100.0	70.2	5.6	75.8	14.0	1.8	8.4
Total	100.0	64.4	12.2	76.7	16.3	2.7	4.3
	Median length of stay (days)
White (non-Hispanic)	3	4	4		2	2	1
Black (non-Hispanic)	4	4	5		2	3	2
Hispanic origin	3	4	5		2	2	3
Other	2	3	4		2	2	1
Total	3	4	4		2	3	1
	Average length of stay (days)
White (non-Hispanic)	9	8	13		10	14	8
Black (non-Hispanic)	14	9	27		21	14	7
Hispanic origin	5	5	10		5	4	6
Other	7	6	12		9	15	3
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.