Table 10.7 Year 2004 discharges from METHADONE DETOXIFICATION¹ by age at first use, 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 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	17,976	4,041	2,368	6,409	9,482	156	1,929
	Number
12 years or under	104	35	30	65	35	3	1
13 to 14 years	191	68	48	116	62	6	7
15 to 16 years	337	118	55	173	141	15	8
17 to 18 years	424	126	90	216	175	20	13
19 to 20 years	317	84	55	139	144	24	10
21 to 25 years	560	145	115	260	249	33	18
Over 25 years	800	214	132	346	369	54	31
No. of discharges	2,733	790	525	1,315	1,175	155	88
	Column percent
12 years or under	3.8	4.4	5.7	4.9	3.0	1.9	1.1
13 to 14 years	7.0	8.6	9.1	8.8	5.3	3.9	8.0
15 to 16 years	12.3	14.9	10.5	13.2	12.0	9.7	9.1
17 to 18 years	15.5	15.9	17.1	16.4	14.9	12.9	14.8
19 to 20 years	11.6	10.6	10.5	10.6	12.3	15.5	11.4
21 to 25 years	20.5	18.4	21.9	19.8	21.2	21.3	20.5
Over 25 years	29.3	27.1	25.1	26.3	31.4	34.8	35.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
12 years or under	100.0	33.7	28.8	62.5	33.7	2.9	1.0
13 to 14 years	100.0	35.6	25.1	60.7	32.5	3.1	3.7
15 to 16 years	100.0	35.0	16.3	51.3	41.8	4.5	2.4
17 to 18 years	100.0	29.7	21.2	50.9	41.3	4.7	3.1
19 to 20 years	100.0	26.5	17.4	43.8	45.4	7.6	3.2
21 to 25 years	100.0	25.9	20.5	46.4	44.5	5.9	3.2
Over 25 years	100.0	26.8	16.5	43.3	46.1	6.8	3.9
Total	100.0	28.9	19.2	48.1	43.0	5.7	3.2
	Median length of stay (days)
12 years or under	7	7	6		23	2	196
13 to 14 years	8	6	7		19	117	7
15 to 16 years	18	8	7		25	91	147
17 to 18 years	26	7	8		35	67	32
19 to 20 years	26	13	8		27	70	32
21 to 25 years	28	29	6		33	71	17
Over 25 years	29	26	19		32	73	39
Total	26	12	7		30	71	33
	Average length of stay (days)
12 years or under	185	177	232		166	4	196
13 to 14 years	96	42	168		96	149	78
15 to 16 years	112	100	124		105	156	249
17 to 18 years	82	74	89		81	118	80
19 to 20 years	78	60	105		73	105	108
21 to 25 years	76	76	67		79	79	85
Over 25 years	76	69	82		71	115	86
Total	87	77	103		83	109	103
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).
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.