Table 2.6 Discharges in 2006, by characteristics at admission and type of service: TEDS 2006 Percent distribution of characteristics at admission
[Based on linked admission and discharge data reported to TEDS by 42 States and jurisdictions.]
Characteristics at admission	Type of service (percent distribution)
	Total	Out- patient	Inten- sive out- patient	Short- term resi- dential	Long- term resi- dential	Hospital resi- dential	Detox- ification	Outpatient  med. asst.  opi. ther.1	Med.- asst. opi.  detox2
No. of discharges	1,499,807	618,662	165,429	157,639	127,253	6,240	349,381	58,551	16,652
Gender
Male	68.5	68.4	60.9	66.6	65.0	66.1	75.5	62.5	70.0
Female	31.5	31.6	39.1	33.4	35.0	33.9	24.5	37.5	30.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Age at admission
Under 21 years	13.7	19.8	17.9	12.1	14.4	13.8	3.5	2.9	3.1
21 to 30 years	26.6	29.6	29.3	26.9	28.3	21.7	20.1	23.7	21.7
31 to 40 years	25.5	23.2	24.7	26.6	27.2	25.8	28.5	28.0	25.5
41 to 50 years	25.0	20.2	21.2	26.0	23.6	27.2	34.0	30.9	33.1
Over 50 years	9.2	7.2	6.9	8.4	6.5	11.4	13.9	14.6	16.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Race/ethnicity
White (non-Hispanic)	57.0	58.8	60.2	62.3	52.8	69.7	52.8	50.3	51.7
Black (non-Hispanic)	22.7	20.6	23.3	23.3	24.5	13.9	25.5	23.2	20.6
Hispanic origin	14.7	15.0	10.0	10.1	15.1	10.0	16.7	22.7	22.9
Other	5.6	5.7	6.5	4.3	7.6	6.3	5.0	3.8	4.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Primary substance
Alcohol	39.1	39.6	37.7	38.4	26.4	46.0	51.3	1.8	12.5
Opiates	18.6	7.1	10.3	15.5	15.7	16.7	30.0	94.8	78.6
Marijuana	15.1	24.0	21.5	11.3	13.3	11.0	1.7	1.0	0.7
Cocaine	14.2	12.5	17.1	23.1	23.2	14.0	11.1	1.0	5.9
Stimulants	9.7	12.2	11.0	9.1	19.3	7.4	3.5	0.4	1.0
Other/unknown	3.2	4.6	2.4	2.7	2.0	4.9	2.3	1.1	1.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Frequency of use
No use in the past month	26.1	41.6	36.7	12.5	33.4	11.2	1.7	12.1	1.6
Some use	32.6	41.1	37.5	32.5	32.4	25.9	19.8	15.7	15.1
Daily	41.2	17.4	25.8	55.0	34.2	62.9	78.5	72.2	83.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
No. of prior treatment episodes
None	45.8	54.9	44.5	45.2	37.1	36.9	37.2	24.9	31.6
1 or more	54.2	45.1	55.5	54.8	62.9	63.1	62.8	75.1	68.4
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Treatment referral source
Criminal justice/DUI	35.2	55.4	42.0	20.9	36.9	17.1	8.5	6.2	5.7
Individual	34.5	19.4	24.4	29.4	26.8	45.1	62.8	74.0	67.3
Health care/community	30.3	25.2	33.6	49.6	36.3	37.8	28.6	19.8	27.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Employment status
Employed	26.5	38.3	28.7	15.8	8.8	22.0	15.0	28.8	29.5
Unemployed/Not in labor force	73.5	61.7	71.3	84.2	91.2	78.0	85.0	71.2	70.5
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Years of education
Fewer than 12 years	38.3	41.1	40.9	35.1	40.8	30.9	33.0	36.6	34.2
12 years (or GED)	40.2	38.5	37.4	39.2	39.0	37.8	44.7	44.0	45.5
More than 12 years	21.5	20.4	21.7	25.7	20.1	31.3	22.3	19.4	20.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1 Outpatient and intensive outpatient medication-assisted opioid therapy only.
2 Medication-assisted opioid detoxification (free-standing, hospital, and outpatient) only.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 9.03.08.