Table 9.7 Year 2005 discharges from OUTPATIENT OPIOID REPLACEMENT therapy¹ 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 28 States and jurisdictions that offered opioid replacement outpatient substance abuse therapy 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	49,209	5,340	8,526	13,866	21,923	6,222	7,198
	Number
12 years or under	1,480	186	274	460	574	223	223
13 to 14 years	2,866	347	548	895	1,099	388	484
15 to 17 years	8,438	1,030	1,512	2,542	3,257	1,311	1,328
18 to 21 years	10,313	1,204	1,801	3,005	4,117	1,625	1,566
Over 21 years	16,330	1,854	2,694	4,548	6,791	2,637	2,354
No. of discharges	39,427	4,621	6,829	11,450	15,838	6,184	5,955
	Column percent
12 years or under	3.8	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.6	3.6	3.7
13 to 14 years	7.3	7.5	8.0	7.8	6.9	6.3	8.1
15 to 17 years	21.4	22.3	22.1	22.2	20.6	21.2	22.3
18 to 21 years	26.2	26.1	26.4	26.2	26.0	26.3	26.3
Over 21 years	41.4	40.1	39.4	39.7	42.9	42.6	39.5
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
12 years or under	100.0	12.6	18.5	31.1	38.8	15.1	15.1
13 to 14 years	100.0	12.1	19.1	31.2	38.3	13.5	16.9
15 to 17 years	100.0	12.2	17.9	30.1	38.6	15.5	15.7
18 to 21 years	100.0	11.7	17.5	29.1	39.9	15.8	15.2
Over 21 years	100.0	11.4	16.5	27.9	41.6	16.1	14.4
Total	100.0	11.7	17.3	29.0	40.2	15.7	15.1
	Median length of stay (days)
12 years or under	88	138	62		62	115	111
13 to 14 years	115	167	96		78	176	165
15 to 17 years	117	157	113		84	169	148
18 to 21 years	132	181	122		93	201	161
Over 21 years	140	203	125		100	211	175
Total	128	181	120		91	195	161
	Average length of stay (days)
12 years or under	208	223	194		180	268	224
13 to 14 years	224	267	212		174	281	276
15 to 17 years	238	266	232		197	291	271
18 to 21 years	248	282	243		205	305	283
Over 21 years	254	316	252		202	315	287
Total	245	288	239		199	303	279
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.