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Table 10.4 Year 2004 discharges from METHADONE DETOXIFICATION¹ by race/ethnicity, 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.]
Race/ethnicity	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Race/ethnicity	Total	Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	17,976	4,041	2,368	6,409	9,482	156	1,929
	Number
White (non-Hispanic)	8,440	1,984	1,228	3,212	4,239	101	888
Black (non-Hispanic)	2,822	678	571	1,249	1,358	35	180
Hispanic origin	5,435	1,117	411	1,528	3,181	9	717
Other	1,207	249	138	387	679	2	139
No. of discharges	17,904	4,028	2,348	6,376	9,457	147	1,924
	Column percent
White (non-Hispanic)	47.1	49.3	52.3	50.4	44.8	68.7	46.2
Black (non-Hispanic)	15.8	16.8	24.3	19.6	14.4	23.8	9.4
Hispanic origin	30.4	27.7	17.5	24.0	33.6	6.1	37.3
Other	6.7	6.2	5.9	6.1	7.2	1.4	7.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0	23.5	14.5	38.1	50.2	1.2	10.5
Black (non-Hispanic)	100.0	24.0	20.2	44.3	48.1	1.2	6.4
Hispanic origin	100.0	20.6	7.6	28.1	58.5	0.2	13.2
Other	100.0	20.6	11.4	32.1	56.3	0.2	11.5
Total	100.0	22.5	13.1	35.6	52.8	0.8	10.7
	Median length of stay (days)
White (non-Hispanic)	16	20	14		13	57	18
Black (non-Hispanic)	18	20	19		15	99	19
Hispanic origin	15	20	14		11	91	18
Other	17	20	18		13	30	18
Total	16	20	15		13	71	18
	Average length of stay (days)
White (non-Hispanic)	39	31	54		38	104	34
Black (non-Hispanic)	54	55	67		48	145	39
Hispanic origin	22	26	30		19	107	25
Other	45	33	56		47	30	44
Total	37	34	53		34	113	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.