Table 10.10 Year 2004 discharges from METHADONE 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 17 States and jurisdictions that offered methadone detoxification and reported these data to TEDS.]
Employment status	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges aged 16 and over	17,968	4,038	2,366	6,404	9,480	155	1,929
	Number
Employed	5,300	918	902	1,820	2,798	55	627
Full time	3,672	657	423	1,080	2,081	43	468
Part time	1,628	261	479	740	717	12	159
Unemployed	5,293	1,203	534	1,737	2,784	66	706
Not in labor force	7,080	1,714	874	2,588	3,865	32	595
No. of discharges	17,673	3,835	2,310	6,145	9,447	153	1,928
	Column percent
Employed	30.0	23.9	39.0	29.6	29.6	35.9	32.5
Full time	20.8	17.1	18.3	17.6	22.0	28.1	24.3
Part time	9.2	6.8	20.7	12.0	7.6	7.8	8.2
Unemployed	29.9	31.4	23.1	28.3	29.5	43.1	36.6
Not in labor force	40.1	44.7	37.8	42.1	40.9	20.9	30.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Employed	100.0	17.3	17.0	34.3	52.8	1.0	11.8
Full time	100.0	17.9	11.5	29.4	56.7	1.2	12.7
Part time	100.0	16.0	29.4	45.5	44.0	0.7	9.8
Unemployed	100.0	22.7	10.1	32.8	52.6	1.2	13.3
Not in labor force	100.0	24.2	12.3	36.6	54.6	0.5	8.4
Total	100.0	21.7	13.1	34.8	53.5	0.9	10.9
	Median length of stay (days)
Employed	16	20	17		13	76	18
Full time	16	20	14		13	91	18
Part time	17	20	19		12	47	17
Unemployed	14	20	13		11	80	18
Not in labor force	17	20	15		14	45	18
Total	16	20	15		13	71	18
	Average length of stay (days)
Employed	34	33	36		32	132	30
Full time	36	33	45		33	143	30
Part time	29	33	28		27	91	30
Unemployed	32	35	49		26	114	27
Not in labor force	45	37	79		41	63	38
Total	37	36	55		34	110	32
1 Includes ambulatory detoxification (n = 15,960; 89 percent), free-standing residential detoxification (n = 1,797; 10 percent), and hospital detoxification (n = 219; 1 percent).
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.