Table 10.5 Year 2004 discharges from METHADONE 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 17 States and jurisdictions that offered methadone detoxification and reported these data to TEDS.]
Primary substance at admission	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		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
Alcohol	198	107	49	156	34	2	6
Opiates	17,480	3,744	2,259	6,003	9,410	148	1,919
Cocaine	109	49	34	83	22	3	1
Marijuana/hashish	17	13	2	15	1	1	- -
Stimulants	106	87	14	101	3	1	1
Other/unknown	66	41	10	51	12	1	2
No. of discharges	17,976	4,041	2,368	6,409	9,482	156	1,929
	Column percent
Alcohol	1.1	2.6	2.1	2.4	0.4	1.3	0.3
Opiates	97.2	92.7	95.4	93.7	99.2	94.9	99.5
Cocaine	0.6	1.2	1.4	1.3	0.2	1.9	0.1
Marijuana/hashish	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.2	*	0.6	- -
Stimulants	0.6	2.2	0.6	1.6	*	0.6	0.1
Other/unknown	0.4	1.0	0.4	0.8	0.1	0.6	0.1
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Alcohol	100.0	54.0	24.7	78.8	17.2	1.0	3.0
Opiates	100.0	21.4	12.9	34.3	53.8	0.8	11.0
Cocaine	100.0	45.0	31.2	76.1	20.2	2.8	0.9
Marijuana/hashish	100.0	76.5	11.8	88.2	5.9	5.9	- -
Stimulants	100.0	82.1	13.2	95.3	2.8	0.9	0.9
Other/unknown	100.0	62.1	15.2	77.3	18.2	1.5	3.0
Total	100.0	22.5	13.2	35.7	52.7	0.9	10.7
	Median length of stay (days)
Alcohol	5	5	5		3	9	2
Opiates	16	20	15		13	76	18
Cocaine	5	7	6		3	3	1
Marijuana/hashish	8	7	401		4	19	- -
Stimulants	5	6	3		3	19	5
Other/unknown	6	6	4		28	24	16
Total	16	20	15		13	69	18
	Average length of stay (days)
Alcohol	59	19	109		129	9	3
Opiates	37	35	53		33	113	32
Cocaine	123	106	126		172	39	1
Marijuana/hashish	129	105	401		4	19	- -
Stimulants	9	10	4		8	19	5
Other/unknown	20	12	4		62	24	16
Total	37	35	55		34	109	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).
* 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.