Table 8.3 Year 2004 discharges from DETOXIFICATION1 by age at admission, according to reason for discharge: TEDS 2004 Number, percent distribution, and median and average lengths of stay |
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[Based on linked admission and discharge data reported by 26 States and jurisdictions that offered substance abuse detoxification 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 | 211,161 | 131,476 | 28,706 | 160,182 | 34,570 | 4,512 | 11,897 |
Number | |||||||
Under 15 years | 204 | 133 | 35 | 168 | 16 | 9 | 11 |
15 to 19 years | 6,720 | 3,975 | 921 | 4,896 | 991 | 220 | 613 |
20 to 29 years | 47,663 | 27,564 | 6,126 | 33,690 | 9,584 | 1,269 | 3,120 |
30 to 39 years | 61,460 | 37,548 | 8,764 | 46,312 | 10,914 | 1,306 | 2,928 |
40 to 49 years | 67,484 | 43,417 | 9,435 | 52,852 | 9,763 | 1,288 | 3,581 |
50 years and over | 26,939 | 18,316 | 3,385 | 21,701 | 3,196 | 405 | 1,637 |
No. of discharges | 210,470 | 130,953 | 28,666 | 159,619 | 34,464 | 4,497 | 11,890 |
Column percent | |||||||
Under 15 years | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | * | 0.2 | 0.1 |
15 to 19 years | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
20 to 29 years | 22.6 | 21.0 | 21.4 | 21.1 | 27.8 | 28.2 | 26.2 |
30 to 39 years | 29.2 | 28.7 | 30.6 | 29.0 | 31.7 | 29.0 | 24.6 |
40 to 49 years | 32.1 | 33.2 | 32.9 | 33.1 | 28.3 | 28.6 | 30.1 |
50 years and over | 12.8 | 14.0 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 13.8 |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Row percent | |||||||
Under 15 years | 100.0 | 65.2 | 17.2 | 82.4 | 7.8 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
15 to 19 years | 100.0 | 59.2 | 13.7 | 72.9 | 14.7 | 3.3 | 9.1 |
20 to 29 years | 100.0 | 57.8 | 12.9 | 70.7 | 20.1 | 2.7 | 6.5 |
30 to 39 years | 100.0 | 61.1 | 14.3 | 75.4 | 17.8 | 2.1 | 4.8 |
40 to 49 years | 100.0 | 64.3 | 14.0 | 78.3 | 14.5 | 1.9 | 5.3 |
50 years and over | 100.0 | 68.0 | 12.6 | 80.6 | 11.9 | 1.5 | 6.1 |
Total | 100.0 | 62.2 | 13.6 | 75.8 | 16.4 | 2.1 | 5.6 |
Median length of stay (days) | |||||||
Under 15 years | 5 | 4 | 30 | 6 | 18 | 5 | |
15 to 19 years | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
20 to 29 years | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
30 to 39 years | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
40 to 49 years | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
50 years and over | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
Total | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
Average length of stay (days) | |||||||
Under 15 years | 17 | 10 | 34 | 13 | 86 | 5 | |
15 to 19 years | 13 | 10 | 28 | 16 | 16 | 7 | |
20 to 29 years | 11 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 11 | |
30 to 39 years | 14 | 9 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 17 | |
40 to 49 years | 11 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 16 | |
50 years and over | 8 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 15 | |
Total | 11 | 8 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 14 | |
1 Includes free-standing residential detoxification (n = 189,870; 90 percent), hospital detoxification (n = 14,672; 7 percent), and ambulatory detoxification (n = 6,619; 3 percent). Excludes records where methadone use was planned. | |||||||
* Less than 0.05 percent. | |||||||
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006. |