Table 3.5 Year 2004 discharges from OUTPATIENT treatment1 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 27 States and jurisdictions that offered outpatient substance abuse treatment 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	399,037	145,426	46,611	192,037	108,605	41,913	56,482
	Number
Alcohol	147,252	68,176	14,430	82,606	31,920	14,176	18,550
Opiates	27,714	6,611	5,415	12,026	8,382	4,257	3,049
Cocaine	50,641	13,457	8,461	21,918	15,269	7,529	5,925
Marijuana/hashish	95,518	35,487	9,923	45,410	26,260	12,194	11,654
Stimulants	54,359	15,654	6,894	22,548	23,499	2,241	6,071
Other/unknown	23,553	6,041	1,488	7,529	3,275	1,516	11,233
No. of discharges	399,037	145,426	46,611	192,037	108,605	41,913	56,482
	Column percent
Alcohol	36.9	46.9	31.0	43.0	29.4	33.8	32.8
Opiates	6.9	4.5	11.6	6.3	7.7	10.2	5.4
Cocaine	12.7	9.3	18.2	11.4	14.1	18.0	10.5
Marijuana/hashish	23.9	24.4	21.3	23.6	24.2	29.1	20.6
Stimulants	13.6	10.8	14.8	11.7	21.6	5.3	10.7
Other/unknown	5.9	4.2	3.2	3.9	3.0	3.6	19.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Alcohol	100.0	46.3	9.8	56.1	21.7	9.6	12.6
Opiates	100.0	23.9	19.5	43.4	30.2	15.4	11.0
Cocaine	100.0	26.6	16.7	43.3	30.2	14.9	11.7
Marijuana/hashish	100.0	37.2	10.4	47.5	27.5	12.8	12.2
Stimulants	100.0	28.8	12.7	41.5	43.2	4.1	11.2
Other/unknown	100.0	25.6	6.3	32.0	13.9	6.4	47.7
Total	100.0	36.4	11.7	48.1	27.2	10.5	14.2
	Median length of stay (days)
Alcohol	74	98	30		46	59	60
Opiates	48	104	14		40	37	61
Cocaine	56	107	21		43	44	58
Marijuana/hashish	70	99	36		49	54	69
Stimulants	68	137	42		43	46	83
Other/unknown	84	92	31		63	85	91
Total	69	104	29		45	53	70
	Average length of stay (days)
Alcohol	111	131	80		86	102	106
Opiates	99	146	71		82	83	119
Cocaine	101	149	71		81	85	103
Marijuana/hashish	104	130	79		83	87	107
Stimulants	108	174	76		73	79	120
Other/unknown	123	126	89		101	155	128
Total	107	138	77		82	93	112
1 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.