Table 10.3 Year 2004 discharges from METHADONE DETOXIFICATION1 by age at admission, according to reason for discharge: TEDS 2004 Number, percent distribution, and median and average lengths of stay
[Based on linked admission and discharge data reported by 17 States and jurisdictions that offered methadone detoxification and reported these data to TEDS.]
Age at admission	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	17,976	4,041	2,368	6,409	9,482	156	1,929
	Number
Under 15 years	1	- -	- -	- -	1	- -	- -
15 to 19 years	165	63	24	87	56	3	19
20 to 29 years	3,369	791	439	1,230	1,718	47	374
30 to 39 years	4,478	932	598	1,530	2,440	50	458
40 to 49 years	6,428	1,416	811	2,227	3,484	42	675
50 years and over	3,528	836	494	1,330	1,782	13	403
No. of discharges	17,969	4,038	2,366	6,404	9,481	155	1,929
	Column percent
Under 15 years	*	- -	- -	- -	*	- -	- -
15 to 19 years	0.9	1.6	1.0	1.4	0.6	1.9	1.0
20 to 29 years	18.7	19.6	18.6	19.2	18.1	30.3	19.4
30 to 39 years	24.9	23.1	25.3	23.9	25.7	32.3	23.7
40 to 49 years	35.8	35.1	34.3	34.8	36.7	27.1	35.0
50 years and over	19.6	20.7	20.9	20.8	18.8	8.4	20.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Under 15 years	100.0	- -	- -	- -	100.0	- -	- -
15 to 19 years	100.0	38.2	14.5	52.7	33.9	1.8	11.5
20 to 29 years	100.0	23.5	13.0	36.5	51.0	1.4	11.1
30 to 39 years	100.0	20.8	13.4	34.2	54.5	1.1	10.2
40 to 49 years	100.0	22.0	12.6	34.6	54.2	0.7	10.5
50 years and over	100.0	23.7	14.0	37.7	50.5	0.4	11.4
Total	100.0	22.5	13.2	35.6	52.8	0.9	10.7
	Median length of stay (days)
Under 15 years	15	- -	- -		15	- -	- -
15 to 19 years	18	20	14		12	96	17
20 to 29 years	15	20	14		12	54	18
30 to 39 years	15	20	15		12	78	18
40 to 49 years	16	20	15		13	89	18
50 years and over	17	20	16		14	30	18
Total	16	20	15		13	71	18
	Average length of stay (days)
Under 15 years	15	- -	- -		15	- -	- -
15 to 19 years	40	33	29		42	77	68
20 to 29 years	35	30	53		31	95	31
30 to 39 years	44	43	69		39	128	31
40 to 49 years	37	34	54		34	124	29
50 years and over	32	30	41		29	45	37
Total	37	35	55		34	109	32
1 Includes ambulatory detoxification (n = 15,960; 89 percent), free-standing residential detoxification (n = 1,797; 10 percent), and hospital detoxification (n = 219; 1 percent).
* Less than 0.05 percent.
- - Quantity is zero.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.