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Table 8.4 Year 2004 discharges from DETOXIFICATION¹ 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 26 States and jurisdictions that offered substance abuse detoxification and reported these data to TEDS.]
Race/ethnicity	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Race/ethnicity	Total	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
White (non-Hispanic)	126,734	76,475	17,380	93,855	21,707	3,037	8,135
Black (non-Hispanic)	40,152	23,926	7,712	31,638	5,788	943	1,783
Hispanic origin	32,645	23,832	2,303	26,135	5,430	382	698
Other	10,307	6,388	1,179	7,567	1,365	120	1,255
No. of discharges	209,838	130,621	28,574	159,195	34,290	4,482	11,871
	Column percent
White (non-Hispanic)	60.4	58.5	60.8	59.0	63.3	67.8	68.5
Black (non-Hispanic)	19.1	18.3	27.0	19.9	16.9	21.0	15.0
Hispanic origin	15.6	18.2	8.1	16.4	15.8	8.5	5.9
Other	4.9	4.9	4.1	4.8	4.0	2.7	10.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0	60.3	13.7	74.1	17.1	2.4	6.4
Black (non-Hispanic)	100.0	59.6	19.2	78.8	14.4	2.3	4.4
Hispanic origin	100.0	73.0	7.1	80.1	16.6	1.2	2.1
Other	100.0	62.0	11.4	73.4	13.2	1.2	12.2
Total	100.0	62.2	13.6	75.9	16.3	2.1	5.7
	Median length of stay (days)
White (non-Hispanic)	3	4	4		2	2	1
Black (non-Hispanic)	4	4	4		2	3	2
Hispanic origin	2	2	5		2	2	2
Other	1	1	6		2	2	1
Total	3	3	4		2	2	1
	Average length of stay (days)
White (non-Hispanic)	11	8	18		11	12	15
Black (non-Hispanic)	20	13	39		25	32	15
Hispanic origin	5	4	11		6	7	11
Other	7	5	18		7	15	8
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.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.