Table 4.7 Year 2004 discharges from INTENSIVE 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 intensive 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	114,440	43,119	20,441	63,560	26,561	16,025	8,294
	Number
12 years or under	15,315	5,667	3,094	8,761	2,973	2,371	1,210
13 to 14 years	18,812	7,265	3,603	10,868	3,850	2,772	1,322
15 to 16 years	21,938	8,943	4,142	13,085	4,477	3,024	1,352
17 to 18 years	15,010	6,259	2,597	8,856	3,169	2,049	936
19 to 20 years	7,252	2,632	1,236	3,868	1,768	1,130	486
21 to 25 years	11,215	3,861	1,921	5,782	2,783	1,870	780
Over 25 years	13,409	4,602	2,198	6,800	3,431	2,269	909
No. of discharges	102,951	39,229	18,791	58,020	22,451	15,485	6,995
	Column percent
12 years or under	14.9	14.4	16.5	15.1	13.2	15.3	17.3
13 to 14 years	18.3	18.5	19.2	18.7	17.1	17.9	18.9
15 to 16 years	21.3	22.8	22.0	22.6	19.9	19.5	19.3
17 to 18 years	14.6	16.0	13.8	15.3	14.1	13.2	13.4
19 to 20 years	7.0	6.7	6.6	6.7	7.9	7.3	6.9
21 to 25 years	10.9	9.8	10.2	10.0	12.4	12.1	11.2
Over 25 years	13.0	11.7	11.7	11.7	15.3	14.7	13.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
12 years or under	100.0	37.0	20.2	57.2	19.4	15.5	7.9
13 to 14 years	100.0	38.6	19.2	57.8	20.5	14.7	7.0
15 to 16 years	100.0	40.8	18.9	59.6	20.4	13.8	6.2
17 to 18 years	100.0	41.7	17.3	59.0	21.1	13.7	6.2
19 to 20 years	100.0	36.3	17.0	53.3	24.4	15.6	6.7
21 to 25 years	100.0	34.4	17.1	51.6	24.8	16.7	7.0
Over 25 years	100.0	34.3	16.4	50.7	25.6	16.9	6.8
Total	100.0	38.1	18.3	56.4	21.8	15.0	6.8
	Median length of stay (days)
12 years or under	43	54	41		29	39	41
13 to 14 years	44	53	44		29	40	43
15 to 16 years	42	51	42		28	38	34
17 to 18 years	41	50	42		26	36	32
19 to 20 years	38	49	42		22	35	34
21 to 25 years	39	49	43		25	36	30
Over 25 years	38	48	41		24	35	36
Total	42	51	42		27	37	36
	Average length of stay (days)
12 years or under	75	82	79		60	66	89
13 to 14 years	74	80	83		56	65	79
15 to 16 years	70	76	79		56	65	65
17 to 18 years	69	78	83		49	58	62
19 to 20 years	65	75	80		43	60	69
21 to 25 years	68	78	86		49	56	69
Over 25 years	65	75	79		48	57	68
Total	70	78	81		52	62	73
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.