Table 8.10 Year 2004 discharges from DETOXIFICATION¹ by employment status (aged 16 and over), 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 26 States and jurisdictions that offered substance abuse detoxification and reported these data to TEDS.]
Employment status	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Employment status	Total	Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges aged 16 and over	209,949	130,598	28,587	159,185	34,426	4,476	11,862
	Number
Employed	39,873	27,754	3,730	31,484	4,456	482	3,451
Full time	29,287	20,487	2,656	23,143	3,334	337	2,473
Part time	10,586	7,267	1,074	8,341	1,122	145	978
Unemployed	71,609	46,710	11,654	58,364	10,412	1,235	1,598
Not in labor force	83,714	48,993	9,478	58,471	17,954	2,298	4,991
No. of discharges	195,196	123,457	24,862	148,319	32,822	4,015	10,040
	Column percent
Employed	20.4	22.5	15.0	21.2	13.6	12.0	34.4
Full time	15.0	16.6	10.7	15.6	10.2	8.4	24.6
Part time	5.4	5.9	4.3	5.6	3.4	3.6	9.7
Unemployed	36.7	37.8	46.9	39.4	31.7	30.8	15.9
Not in labor force	42.9	39.7	38.1	39.4	54.7	57.2	49.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Employed	100.0	69.6	9.4	79.0	11.2	1.2	8.7
Full time	100.0	70.0	9.1	79.0	11.4	1.2	8.4
Part time	100.0	68.6	10.1	78.8	10.6	1.4	9.2
Unemployed	100.0	65.2	16.3	81.5	14.5	1.7	2.2
Not in labor force	100.0	58.5	11.3	69.8	21.4	2.7	6.0
Total	100.0	63.2	12.7	76.0	16.8	2.1	5.1
	Median length of stay (days)
Employed	1	1	4		2	2	1
Full time	1	1	4		2	2	1
Part time	1	1	4		2	2	1
Unemployed	3	3	4		2	2	3
Not in labor force	4	4	4		2	2	1
Total	3	3	4		2	2	1
	Average length of stay (days)
Employed	10	7	25		17	19	4
Full time	9	7	25		16	17	4
Part time	11	8	25		20	24	4
Unemployed	12	8	26		15	17	17
Not in labor force	11	9	25		10	13	5
Total	11	8	25		13	15	7
¹ Includes free-standing residential detoxification (n = 189,870; 90 percent), hospital detoxification (n = 14,672; 7 percent), and ambulatory detoxification (n = 6,619; 3 percent). 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.