Table 8.7 Year 2005 discharges from DETOXIFICATION¹ by age at first 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.]
Age at first use	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Age at first 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
12 years or under	35,124	22,868	4,312	27,180	5,282	1,006	1,656
13 to 14 years	39,382	26,142	4,649	30,791	5,921	1,064	1,606
15 to 17 years	79,027	53,767	8,288	62,055	11,621	2,120	3,231
18 to 21 years	64,628	42,578	6,847	49,425	10,547	1,998	2,658
Over 21 years	66,248	40,644	9,624	50,268	12,168	2,008	1,804
No. of discharges	284,409	185,999	33,720	219,719	45,539	8,196	10,955
	Column percent
12 years or under	12.3	12.3	12.8	12.4	11.6	12.3	15.1
13 to 14 years	13.8	14.1	13.8	14.0	13.0	13.0	14.7
15 to 17 years	27.8	28.9	24.6	28.2	25.5	25.9	29.5
18 to 21 years	22.7	22.9	20.3	22.5	23.2	24.4	24.3
Over 21 years	23.3	21.9	28.5	22.9	26.7	24.5	16.5
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
12 years or under	100.0	65.1	12.3	77.4	15.0	2.9	4.7
13 to 14 years	100.0	66.4	11.8	78.2	15.0	2.7	4.1
15 to 17 years	100.0	68.0	10.5	78.5	14.7	2.7	4.1
18 to 21 years	100.0	65.9	10.6	76.5	16.3	3.1	4.1
Over 21 years	100.0	61.4	14.5	75.9	18.4	3.0	2.7
Total	100.0	65.4	11.9	77.3	16.0	2.9	3.9
	Median length of stay (days)
12 years or under	3	3	4		2	2	1
13 to 14 years	3	4	4		2	3	1
15 to 17 years	3	3	4		2	2	1
18 to 21 years	3	4	4		2	2	1
Over 21 years	4	5	4		2	3	3
Total	3	4	4		2	3	1
	Average length of stay (days)
12 years or under	11	8	25		17	10	5
13 to 14 years	11	8	22		16	14	6
15 to 17 years	10	7	20		14	10	4
18 to 21 years	8	6	16		10	11	5
Over 21 years	9	8	13		9	10	9
Total	9	7	18		12	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.