Table 8.5 Year 2005 discharges from DETOXIFICATION¹ 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 33 States and jurisdictions that offered substance abuse detoxification 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	315,075	203,394	38,412	241,806	51,196	8,450	13,623
	Number
Alcohol	166,410	118,645	15,259	133,904	20,060	3,514	8,932
Opiates	89,043	51,368	11,318	62,686	21,314	3,040	2,003
Cocaine	32,256	18,234	6,843	25,077	4,797	992	1,390
Marijuana/hashish	5,855	3,442	1,064	4,506	898	243	208
Stimulants	13,239	6,876	2,902	9,778	2,433	410	618
Other/unknown	8,272	4,829	1,026	5,855	1,694	251	472
No. of discharges	315,075	203,394	38,412	241,806	51,196	8,450	13,623
	Column percent
Alcohol	52.8	58.3	39.7	55.4	39.2	41.6	65.6
Opiates	28.3	25.3	29.5	25.9	41.6	36.0	14.7
Cocaine	10.2	9.0	17.8	10.4	9.4	11.7	10.2
Marijuana/hashish	1.9	1.7	2.8	1.9	1.8	2.9	1.5
Stimulants	4.2	3.4	7.6	4.0	4.8	4.9	4.5
Other/unknown	2.6	2.4	2.7	2.4	3.3	3.0	3.5
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Alcohol	100.0	71.3	9.2	80.5	12.1	2.1	5.4
Opiates	100.0	57.7	12.7	70.4	23.9	3.4	2.2
Cocaine	100.0	56.5	21.2	77.7	14.9	3.1	4.3
Marijuana/hashish	100.0	58.8	18.2	77.0	15.3	4.2	3.6
Stimulants	100.0	51.9	21.9	73.9	18.4	3.1	4.7
Other/unknown	100.0	58.4	12.4	70.8	20.5	3.0	5.7
Total	100.0	64.6	12.2	76.7	16.2	2.7	4.3
	Median length of stay (days)
Alcohol	3	3	4		2	2	1
Opiates	4	5	5		2	3	3
Cocaine	4	4	4		2	4	2
Marijuana/hashish	4	5	4		2	4	3
Stimulants	4	4	4		2	3	2
Other/unknown	4	5	4		2	3	6
Total	3	4	4		2	3	1
	Average length of stay (days)
Alcohol	7	6	14		9	12	4
Opiates	10	9	14		9	8	10
Cocaine	18	12	28		30	18	8
Marijuana/hashish	22	15	34		34	26	17
Stimulants	9	8	12		8	19	11
Other/unknown	12	10	12		5	21	50
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.