Table 9.3 Year 2004 discharges from METHADONE 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 23 States and jurisdictions that offered methadone outpatient substance abuse treatment and reported these data to TEDS.]
Age at admission	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	31,828	3,859	5,555	9,414	14,084	4,096	4,234
	Number
Under 15 years	13	7	2	9	4	- -	- -
15 to 19 years	544	118	52	170	227	81	66
20 to 29 years	6,550	934	931	1,865	3,015	828	842
30 to 39 years	9,355	1,131	1,609	2,740	4,053	1,409	1,153
40 to 49 years	10,534	1,193	1,981	3,174	4,639	1,334	1,387
50 years and over	4,767	462	965	1,427	2,129	439	772
No. of discharges	31,763	3,845	5,540	9,385	14,067	4,091	4,220
	Column percent
Under 15 years	*	0.2	*	0.1	*	- -	- -
15 to 19 years	1.7	3.1	0.9	1.8	1.6	2.0	1.6
20 to 29 years	20.6	24.3	16.8	19.9	21.4	20.2	20.0
30 to 39 years	29.5	29.4	29.0	29.2	28.8	34.4	27.3
40 to 49 years	33.2	31.0	35.8	33.8	33.0	32.6	32.9
50 years and over	15.0	12.0	17.4	15.2	15.1	10.7	18.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Under 15 years	100.0	53.8	15.4	69.2	30.8	- -	- -
15 to 19 years	100.0	21.7	9.6	31.3	41.7	14.9	12.1
20 to 29 years	100.0	14.3	14.2	28.5	46.0	12.6	12.9
30 to 39 years	100.0	12.1	17.2	29.3	43.3	15.1	12.3
40 to 49 years	100.0	11.3	18.8	30.1	44.0	12.7	13.2
50 years and over	100.0	9.7	20.2	29.9	44.7	9.2	16.2
Total	100.0	12.1	17.4	29.5	44.3	12.9	13.3
	Median length of stay (days)
Under 15 years	102	92	41		220	- -	- -
15 to 19 years	87	119	108		62	78	74
20 to 29 years	95	133	111		73	121	113
30 to 39 years	112	159	105		88	142	151
40 to 49 years	131	176	119		104	163	190
50 years and over	127	199	91		101	135	211
Total	115	159	108		90	139	159
	Average length of stay (days)
Under 15 years	184	93	41		414	- -	- -
15 to 19 years	169	183	233		145	155	195
20 to 29 years	187	237	217		154	201	203
30 to 39 years	220	277	228		179	245	263
40 to 49 years	247	287	258		208	262	309
50 years and over	239	301	224		203	231	322
Total	224	270	236		186	238	276
1 Clients includes methadone outpatient (n = 30,343; 95 percent) and methadone intensive outpatient (n = 1,485; 5 percent).
* Less than 0.05 percent.
- - Quantity is zero.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.