Table 3.7 Year 2004 discharges from OUTPATIENT treatment1 by age at first use, 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.]
Age at first use	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
12 years or under	42,485	14,514	6,109	20,623	9,399	6,397	6,066
13 to 14 years	53,069	20,021	6,990	27,011	11,941	7,867	6,250
15 to 16 years	66,897	28,748	7,685	36,433	13,948	8,960	7,556
17 to 18 years	47,414	22,069	5,087	27,156	9,051	5,914	5,293
19 to 20 years	19,780	8,395	2,329	10,724	4,159	2,658	2,239
21 to 25 years	25,773	10,034	3,412	13,446	5,483	3,619	3,225
Over 25 years	25,451	8,629	3,841	12,470	5,817	3,800	3,364
No. of discharges	280,869	112,410	35,453	147,863	59,798	39,215	33,993
	Column percent
12 years or under	15.1	12.9	17.2	13.9	15.7	16.3	17.8
13 to 14 years	18.9	17.8	19.7	18.3	20.0	20.1	18.4
15 to 16 years	23.8	25.6	21.7	24.6	23.3	22.8	22.2
17 to 18 years	16.9	19.6	14.3	18.4	15.1	15.1	15.6
19 to 20 years	7.0	7.5	6.6	7.3	7.0	6.8	6.6
21 to 25 years	9.2	8.9	9.6	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.5
Over 25 years	9.1	7.7	10.8	8.4	9.7	9.7	9.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
12 years or under	100.0	34.2	14.4	48.5	22.1	15.1	14.3
13 to 14 years	100.0	37.7	13.2	50.9	22.5	14.8	11.8
15 to 16 years	100.0	43.0	11.5	54.5	20.8	13.4	11.3
17 to 18 years	100.0	46.5	10.7	57.3	19.1	12.5	11.2
19 to 20 years	100.0	42.4	11.8	54.2	21.0	13.4	11.3
21 to 25 years	100.0	38.9	13.2	52.2	21.3	14.0	12.5
Over 25 years	100.0	33.9	15.1	49.0	22.9	14.9	13.2
Total	100.0	40.0	12.6	52.6	21.3	14.0	12.1
	Median length of stay (days)
12 years or under	64	97	26		43	49	66
13 to 14 years	63	93	26		42	49	54
15 to 16 years	64	91	22		42	54	47
17 to 18 years	67	91	21		41	56	43
19 to 20 years	64	95	23		39	50	46
21 to 25 years	63	96	21		42	54	51
Over 25 years	60	97	18		43	53	55
Total	64	93	22		42	52	52
	Average length of stay (days)
12 years or under	109	132	78		88	91	135
13 to 14 years	101	125	75		84	89	100
15 to 16 years	101	123	72		80	94	91
17 to 18 years	102	122	73		81	95	88
19 to 20 years	102	127	75		76	91	96
21 to 25 years	100	128	69		75	90	97
Over 25 years	99	128	66		78	91	104
Total	102	126	73		81	92	102
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.