Table 5.4 Year 2004 discharges from SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL treatment1 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 25 States and jurisdictions that offered short-term residential substance abuse treatment and reported these data to TEDS.]
Race/ethnicity	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	78,423	48,222	11,189	59,411	11,025	4,906	3,081
	Number
White (non-Hispanic)	52,623	32,307	7,772	40,079	7,157	3,258	2,129
Black (non-Hispanic)	16,504	9,731	2,640	12,371	2,326	1,113	694
Hispanic origin	5,316	3,663	394	4,057	852	271	136
Other	3,628	2,344	317	2,661	632	242	93
No. of discharges	78,071	48,045	11,123	59,168	10,967	4,884	3,052
	Column percent
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4	67.2	69.9	67.7	65.3	66.7	69.8
Black (non-Hispanic)	21.1	20.3	23.7	20.9	21.2	22.8	22.7
Hispanic origin	6.8	7.6	3.5	6.9	7.8	5.5	4.5
Other	4.6	4.9	2.8	4.5	5.8	5.0	3.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0	61.4	14.8	76.2	13.6	6.2	4.0
Black (non-Hispanic)	100.0	59.0	16.0	75.0	14.1	6.7	4.2
Hispanic origin	100.0	68.9	7.4	76.3	16.0	5.1	2.6
Other	100.0	64.6	8.7	73.3	17.4	6.7	2.6
Total	100.0	61.5	14.2	75.8	14.0	6.3	3.9
	Median length of stay (days)
White (non-Hispanic)	20	24	18		6	14	10
Black (non-Hispanic)	21	24	20		8	14	11
Hispanic origin	23	27	15		7	13	10
Other	19	23	19		6	14	9
Total	20	25	19		7	14	10
	Average length of stay (days)
White (non-Hispanic)	25	27	26		15	29	19
Black (non-Hispanic)	28	29	32		22	27	27
Hispanic origin	26	29	31		14	25	19
Other	23	25	32		12	17	20
Total	26	27	28		16	28	21
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.