Table 3.3 Year 2004 discharges from OUTPATIENT treatment¹ 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 27 States and jurisdictions that offered outpatient substance abuse treatment 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	399,037	145,426	46,611	192,037	108,605	41,913	56,482
	Number
Under 15 years	9,550	3,952	878	4,830	2,417	830	1,473
15 to 19 years	64,116	25,106	6,483	31,589	17,088	6,639	8,800
20 to 29 years	115,924	41,143	12,585	53,728	32,442	12,954	16,800
30 to 39 years	101,071	34,185	13,090	47,275	28,354	11,044	14,398
40 to 49 years	81,345	29,600	10,556	40,156	21,915	8,200	11,074
50 years and over	26,154	11,073	2,940	14,013	6,194	2,126	3,821
No. of discharges	398,160	145,059	46,532	191,591	108,410	41,793	56,366
	Column percent
Under 15 years	2.4	2.7	1.9	2.5	2.2	2.0	2.6
15 to 19 years	16.1	17.3	13.9	16.5	15.8	15.9	15.6
20 to 29 years	29.1	28.4	27.0	28.0	29.9	31.0	29.8
30 to 39 years	25.4	23.6	28.1	24.7	26.2	26.4	25.5
40 to 49 years	20.4	20.4	22.7	21.0	20.2	19.6	19.6
50 years and over	6.6	7.6	6.3	7.3	5.7	5.1	6.8
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Under 15 years	100.0	41.4	9.2	50.6	25.3	8.7	15.4
15 to 19 years	100.0	39.2	10.1	49.3	26.7	10.4	13.7
20 to 29 years	100.0	35.5	10.9	46.3	28.0	11.2	14.5
30 to 39 years	100.0	33.8	13.0	46.8	28.1	10.9	14.2
40 to 49 years	100.0	36.4	13.0	49.4	26.9	10.1	13.6
50 years and over	100.0	42.3	11.2	53.6	23.7	8.1	14.6
Total	100.0	36.4	11.7	48.1	27.2	10.5	14.2
	Median length of stay (days)
Under 15 years	84	105	45		65	63	84
15 to 19 years	70	94	34		50	52	71
20 to 29 years	66	103	28		42	55	67
30 to 39 years	67	108	28		43	52	70
40 to 49 years	70	108	28		47	49	69
50 years and over	74	99	30		47	55	72
Total	69	104	29		45	53	70
	Average length of stay (days)
Under 15 years	123	140	102		104	111	125
15 to 19 years	103	124	75		83	88	110
20 to 29 years	103	136	72		77	92	107
30 to 39 years	109	145	79		81	94	116
40 to 49 years	111	145	78		86	96	114
50 years and over	112	135	82		87	104	115
Total	107	138	77		82	93	112
¹ Excludes records where methadone use was planned.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.