Table 8.3 Year 2004 discharges from 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 26 States and jurisdictions that offered substance abuse detoxification 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	211,161	131,476	28,706	160,182	34,570	4,512	11,897
	Number
Under 15 years	204	133	35	168	16	9	11
15 to 19 years	6,720	3,975	921	4,896	991	220	613
20 to 29 years	47,663	27,564	6,126	33,690	9,584	1,269	3,120
30 to 39 years	61,460	37,548	8,764	46,312	10,914	1,306	2,928
40 to 49 years	67,484	43,417	9,435	52,852	9,763	1,288	3,581
50 years and over	26,939	18,316	3,385	21,701	3,196	405	1,637
No. of discharges	210,470	130,953	28,666	159,619	34,464	4,497	11,890
	Column percent
Under 15 years	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	*	0.2	0.1
15 to 19 years	3.2	3.0	3.2	3.1	2.9	4.9	5.2
20 to 29 years	22.6	21.0	21.4	21.1	27.8	28.2	26.2
30 to 39 years	29.2	28.7	30.6	29.0	31.7	29.0	24.6
40 to 49 years	32.1	33.2	32.9	33.1	28.3	28.6	30.1
50 years and over	12.8	14.0	11.8	13.6	9.3	9.0	13.8
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Under 15 years	100.0	65.2	17.2	82.4	7.8	4.4	5.4
15 to 19 years	100.0	59.2	13.7	72.9	14.7	3.3	9.1
20 to 29 years	100.0	57.8	12.9	70.7	20.1	2.7	6.5
30 to 39 years	100.0	61.1	14.3	75.4	17.8	2.1	4.8
40 to 49 years	100.0	64.3	14.0	78.3	14.5	1.9	5.3
50 years and over	100.0	68.0	12.6	80.6	11.9	1.5	6.1
Total	100.0	62.2	13.6	75.8	16.4	2.1	5.6
	Median length of stay (days)
Under 15 years	5	4	30		6	18	5
15 to 19 years	3	3	6		2	3	1
20 to 29 years	3	3	4		2	3	1
30 to 39 years	3	4	4		2	2	2
40 to 49 years	3	3	4		2	2	1
50 years and over	3	3	4		2	2	1
Total	3	3	4		2	2	1
	Average length of stay (days)
Under 15 years	17	10	34		13	86	5
15 to 19 years	13	10	28		16	16	7
20 to 29 years	11	8	23		11	14	11
30 to 39 years	14	9	30		14	16	17
40 to 49 years	11	8	19		13	16	16
50 years and over	8	6	13		8	17	15
Total	11	8	23		13	16	14
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.
* Less than 0.05 percent.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.