Table 9.11 Year 2005 discharges from OUTPATIENT OPIOID REPLACEMENT therapy¹ by years of education (aged 18 and over), 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 28 States and jurisdictions that offered opioid replacement outpatient substance abuse therapy and reported these data to TEDS.]
Years of education	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Years of education	Total	Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges aged 18 and over	48,915	5,270	8,502	13,772	21,794	6,182	7,167
	Number
Fewer than 12 years	18,395	1,647	3,258	4,905	8,353	2,277	2,860
12 years (or GED)	21,186	2,452	3,496	5,948	9,435	2,750	3,053
More than 12 years	9,009	1,127	1,719	2,846	3,816	1,120	1,227
No. of discharges	48,590	5,226	8,473	13,699	21,604	6,147	7,140
	Column percent
Fewer than 12 years	37.9	31.5	38.5	35.8	38.7	37.0	40.1
12 years (or GED)	43.6	46.9	41.3	43.4	43.7	44.7	42.8
More than 12 years	18.5	21.6	20.3	20.8	17.7	18.2	17.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Fewer than 12 years	100.0	9.0	17.7	26.7	45.4	12.4	15.5
12 years (or GED)	100.0	11.6	16.5	28.1	44.5	13.0	14.4
More than 12 years	100.0	12.5	19.1	31.6	42.4	12.4	13.6
Total	100.0	10.8	17.4	28.2	44.5	12.7	14.7
	Median length of stay (days)
Fewer than 12 years	130	184	126		95	203	176
12 years (or GED)	126	176	125		94	195	165
More than 12 years	133	183	124		104	185	152
Total	129	181	125		96	196	167
	Average length of stay (days)
Fewer than 12 years	250	296	260		200	323	297
12 years (or GED)	243	288	254		200	292	281
More than 12 years	246	292	244		214	294	260
Total	246	291	254		203	304	284
¹ Includes outpatient opioid replacement therapy clients (n = 46,702; 95 percent) and intensive outpatient opioid replacement therapy clients (n = 2,507; 5 percent).
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 10.03.06.