Table 8.5 Year 2004 discharges from DETOXIFICATION¹ by primary substance 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.]
Primary substance at admission	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Primary substance 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
Alcohol	107,353	74,605	12,090	86,695	11,599	1,631	7,428
Opiates	61,007	34,654	6,635	41,289	16,627	1,771	1,320
Cocaine	21,991	11,890	5,704	17,594	2,943	526	928
Marijuana/hashish	4,128	2,005	1,206	3,211	567	164	186
Stimulants	10,672	5,768	2,279	8,047	1,820	256	549
Other/unknown	6,010	2,554	792	3,346	1,014	164	1,486
No. of discharges	211,161	131,476	28,706	160,182	34,570	4,512	11,897
	Column percent
Alcohol	50.8	56.7	42.1	54.1	33.6	36.1	62.4
Opiates	28.9	26.4	23.1	25.8	48.1	39.3	11.1
Cocaine	10.4	9.0	19.9	11.0	8.5	11.7	7.8
Marijuana/hashish	2.0	1.5	4.2	2.0	1.6	3.6	1.6
Stimulants	5.1	4.4	7.9	5.0	5.3	5.7	4.6
Other/unknown	2.8	1.9	2.8	2.1	2.9	3.6	12.5
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Alcohol	100.0	69.5	11.3	80.8	10.8	1.5	6.9
Opiates	100.0	56.8	10.9	67.7	27.3	2.9	2.2
Cocaine	100.0	54.1	25.9	80.0	13.4	2.4	4.2
Marijuana/hashish	100.0	48.6	29.2	77.8	13.7	4.0	4.5
Stimulants	100.0	54.0	21.4	75.4	17.1	2.4	5.1
Other/unknown	100.0	42.5	13.2	55.7	16.9	2.7	24.7
Total	100.0	62.3	13.6	75.9	16.4	2.1	5.6
	Median length of stay (days)
Alcohol	2	2	4		2	1	1
Opiates	4	5	4		2	3	3
Cocaine	4	4	4		2	3	2
Marijuana/hashish	4	4	5		2	4	3
Stimulants	4	4	4		2	2	2
Other/unknown	5	4	4		2	2	17
Total	3	3	4		2	2	1
	Average length of stay (days)
Alcohol	8	6	19		13	14	6
Opiates	10	10	16		8	9	13
Cocaine	26	16	43		35	42	18
Marijuana/hashish	25	16	33		38	26	22
Stimulants	10	7	15		8	14	12
Other/unknown	22	11	14		9	13	55
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.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.