Table 9.3 Year 2005 discharges from OUTPATIENT OPIOID REPLACEMENT therapy¹ by age 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 28 States and jurisdictions that offered opioid replacement outpatient substance abuse therapy and reported these data to TEDS.]
Age at admission	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Age at admission	Total	Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	49,209	5,340	8,526	13,866	21,923	6,222	7,198
	Number
Under 21 years	1,416	245	179	424	610	230	152
21 to 30 years	10,507	1,367	1,591	2,958	4,636	1,440	1,473
31 to 40 years	14,901	1,561	2,555	4,116	6,634	2,047	2,104
41 to 50 years	15,839	1,526	2,914	4,440	7,057	1,931	2,411
Over 50 years	6,492	626	1,280	1,906	2,968	567	1,051
No. of discharges	49,155	5,325	8,519	13,844	21,905	6,215	7,191
	Column percent
Under 21 years	2.9	4.6	2.1	3.1	2.8	3.7	2.1
21 to 30 years	21.4	25.7	18.7	21.4	21.2	23.2	20.5
31 to 40 years	30.3	29.3	30.0	29.7	30.3	32.9	29.3
41 to 50 years	32.2	28.7	34.2	32.1	32.2	31.1	33.5
Over 50 years	13.2	11.8	15.0	13.8	13.5	9.1	14.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Under 21 years	100.0	17.3	12.6	29.9	43.1	16.2	10.7
21 to 30 years	100.0	13.0	15.1	28.2	44.1	13.7	14.0
31 to 40 years	100.0	10.5	17.1	27.6	44.5	13.7	14.1
41 to 50 years	100.0	9.6	18.4	28.0	44.6	12.2	15.2
Over 50 years	100.0	9.6	19.7	29.4	45.7	8.7	16.2
Total	100.0	10.8	17.3	28.2	44.6	12.6	14.6
	Median length of stay (days)
Under 21 years	93	115	117		69	113	110
21 to 30 years	105	168	127		73	156	116
31 to 40 years	126	187	120		91	203	160
41 to 50 years	146	188	126		110	230	202
Over 50 years	159	185	143		125	251	203
Total	128	180	125		95	195	166
	Average length of stay (days)
Under 21 years	189	231	221		150	199	224
21 to 30 years	204	265	231		161	245	216
31 to 40 years	241	297	241		196	306	278
41 to 50 years	267	304	266		222	340	315
Over 50 years	277	311	284		240	342	320
Total	245	289	254		202	302	283
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.