Table 6.3 Year 2004 discharges from LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL treatment1 by age 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 28 States and jurisdictions that offered long-term residential substance abuse treatment and reported these data to TEDS.]
Age at admission	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	95,087	40,771	11,851	52,622	26,727	7,326	8,412
	Number
Under 15 years	1,258	610	118	728	231	172	127
15 to 19 years	11,061	4,839	1,269	6,108	2,648	1,384	921
20 to 29 years	25,340	9,849	3,038	12,887	8,093	2,066	2,294
30 to 39 years	28,064	11,728	3,617	15,345	8,242	1,953	2,524
40 to 49 years	22,827	10,402	3,008	13,410	6,019	1,408	1,990
50 years and over	6,301	3,235	787	4,022	1,430	312	537
No. of discharges	94,851	40,663	11,837	52,500	26,663	7,295	8,393
	Column percent
Under 15 years	1.3	1.5	1.0	1.4	0.9	2.4	1.5
15 to 19 years	11.7	11.9	10.7	11.6	9.9	19.0	11.0
20 to 29 years	26.7	24.2	25.7	24.5	30.4	28.3	27.3
30 to 39 years	29.6	28.8	30.6	29.2	30.9	26.8	30.1
40 to 49 years	24.1	25.6	25.4	25.5	22.6	19.3	23.7
50 years and over	6.6	8.0	6.6	7.7	5.4	4.3	6.4
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Under 15 years	100.0	48.5	9.4	57.9	18.4	13.7	10.1
15 to 19 years	100.0	43.7	11.5	55.2	23.9	12.5	8.3
20 to 29 years	100.0	38.9	12.0	50.9	31.9	8.2	9.1
30 to 39 years	100.0	41.8	12.9	54.7	29.4	7.0	9.0
40 to 49 years	100.0	45.6	13.2	58.7	26.4	6.2	8.7
50 years and over	100.0	51.3	12.5	63.8	22.7	5.0	8.5
Total	100.0	42.9	12.5	55.3	28.1	7.7	8.8
	Median length of stay (days)
Under 15 years	57	77	68		27	37	30
15 to 19 years	57	88	63		22	37	44
20 to 29 years	40	77	32		20	35	35
30 to 39 years	45	79	34		22	36	42
40 to 49 years	47	75	31		24	36	42
50 years and over	49	73	31		24	38	43
Total	46	78	35		21	36	41
	Average length of stay (days)
Under 15 years	93	118	114		58	64	55
15 to 19 years	83	110	93		49	60	63
20 to 29 years	68	93	70		41	56	64
30 to 39 years	74	96	79		45	57	71
40 to 49 years	75	95	73		44	60	75
50 years and over	77	96	71		44	64	71
Total	74	97	77		44	58	69
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.