Table 5.5 Year 2004 discharges from SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL 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 25 States and jurisdictions that offered short-term residential 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	78,423	48,222	11,189	59,411	11,025	4,906	3,081
	Number
Alcohol	29,470	19,976	4,100	24,076	3,026	1,266	1,102
Opiates	11,644	6,232	1,781	8,013	2,456	716	459
Cocaine	17,200	10,265	2,668	12,933	2,419	1,089	759
Marijuana/hashish	8,767	5,062	1,190	6,252	1,210	994	311
Stimulants	9,634	5,729	1,174	6,903	1,654	730	347
Other/unknown	1,708	958	276	1,234	260	111	103
No. of discharges	78,423	48,222	11,189	59,411	11,025	4,906	3,081
	Column percent
Alcohol	37.6	41.4	36.6	40.5	27.4	25.8	35.8
Opiates	14.8	12.9	15.9	13.5	22.3	14.6	14.9
Cocaine	21.9	21.3	23.8	21.8	21.9	22.2	24.6
Marijuana/hashish	11.2	10.5	10.6	10.5	11.0	20.3	10.1
Stimulants	12.3	11.9	10.5	11.6	15.0	14.9	11.3
Other/unknown	2.2	2.0	2.5	2.1	2.4	2.3	3.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Alcohol	100.0	67.8	13.9	81.7	10.3	4.3	3.7
Opiates	100.0	53.5	15.3	68.8	21.1	6.1	3.9
Cocaine	100.0	59.7	15.5	75.2	14.1	6.3	4.4
Marijuana/hashish	100.0	57.7	13.6	71.3	13.8	11.3	3.5
Stimulants	100.0	59.5	12.2	71.7	17.2	7.6	3.6
Other/unknown	100.0	56.1	16.2	72.2	15.2	6.5	6.0
Total	100.0	61.5	14.3	75.8	14.1	6.3	3.9
	Median length of stay (days)
Alcohol	20	22	17		8	14	12
Opiates	16	23	15		6	12	7
Cocaine	21	25	20		9	14	9
Marijuana/hashish	22	28	21		7	14	11
Stimulants	21	27	20		6	13	10
Other/unknown	18	22	20		5	14	10
Total	20	25	19		7	14	10
	Average length of stay (days)
Alcohol	25	25	27		18	34	20
Opiates	22	25	25		12	23	13
Cocaine	27	28	31		20	32	21
Marijuana/hashish	31	34	33		21	24	24
Stimulants	25	29	27		13	20	23
Other/unknown	25	23	33		13	29	40
Total	26	27	28		17	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.