Table 8.6 Year 2005 discharges from DETOXIFICATION¹ by frequency of use, 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.]
Frequency of use	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Frequency of use	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
No use in the past month	7,119	2,723	2,721	5,444	838	205	632
1-3 times in the past month	17,338	14,145	1,323	15,468	1,056	302	512
1-2 times per week	19,477	15,927	1,423	17,350	1,421	351	355
3-6 times per week	31,963	22,686	4,674	27,360	3,312	577	714
Daily	227,064	143,226	27,349	170,575	43,286	6,774	6,429
No. of discharges	302,961	198,707	37,490	236,197	49,913	8,209	8,642
	Column percent
No use in the past month	2.3	1.4	7.3	2.3	1.7	2.5	7.3
1-3 times in the past month	5.7	7.1	3.5	6.5	2.1	3.7	5.9
1-2 times per week	6.4	8.0	3.8	7.3	2.8	4.3	4.1
3-6 times per week	10.6	11.4	12.5	11.6	6.6	7.0	8.3
Daily	74.9	72.1	73.0	72.2	86.7	82.5	74.4
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
No use in the past month	100.0	38.2	38.2	76.5	11.8	2.9	8.9
1-3 times in the past month	100.0	81.6	7.6	89.2	6.1	1.7	3.0
1-2 times per week	100.0	81.8	7.3	89.1	7.3	1.8	1.8
3-6 times per week	100.0	71.0	14.6	85.6	10.4	1.8	2.2
Daily	100.0	63.1	12.0	75.1	19.1	3.0	2.8
Total	100.0	65.6	12.4	78.0	16.5	2.7	2.9
	Median length of stay (days)
No use in the past month	4	6	3		3	11	5
1-3 times in the past month	1	1	4		2	1	1
1-2 times per week	1	1	4		1	1	2
3-6 times per week	3	2	4		2	3	2
Daily	4	4	4		2	2	3
Total	3	4	4		2	3	3
	Average length of stay (days)
No use in the past month	28	26	17		56	62	37
1-3 times in the past month	7	4	23		23	20	8
1-2 times per week	7	4	25		19	18	7
3-6 times per week	9	7	17		18	11	8
Daily	9	8	16		10	9	8
Total	9	7	17		11	11	10
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.