Table 8.6 Year 2004 discharges from DETOXIFICATION1 by frequency of use, 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.]
Frequency of use	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
No use in the past month	4,987	1,314	1,538	2,852	485	134	1,516
1-3 times in the past month	13,559	10,912	1,316	12,228	831	174	326
1-2 times per week	16,166	13,368	1,294	14,662	1,092	155	257
3-6 times per week	21,957	15,186	3,728	18,914	2,229	279	535
Daily	126,419	73,007	19,532	92,539	26,286	3,480	4,114
No. of discharges	183,088	113,787	27,408	141,195	30,923	4,222	6,748
	Column percent
No use in the past month	2.7	1.2	5.6	2.0	1.6	3.2	22.5
1-3 times in the past month	7.4	9.6	4.8	8.7	2.7	4.1	4.8
1-2 times per week	8.8	11.7	4.7	10.4	3.5	3.7	3.8
3-6 times per week	12.0	13.3	13.6	13.4	7.2	6.6	7.9
Daily	69.0	64.2	71.3	65.5	85.0	82.4	61.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
No use in the past month	100.0	26.3	30.8	57.2	9.7	2.7	30.4
1-3 times in the past month	100.0	80.5	9.7	90.2	6.1	1.3	2.4
1-2 times per week	100.0	82.7	8.0	90.7	6.8	1.0	1.6
3-6 times per week	100.0	69.2	17.0	86.1	10.2	1.3	2.4
Daily	100.0	57.8	15.5	73.2	20.8	2.8	3.3
Total	100.0	62.1	15.0	77.1	16.9	2.3	3.7
	Median length of stay (days)
No use in the past month	7	4	4		3	7	17
1-3 times in the past month	1	1	3		1	2	1
1-2 times per week	1	1	4		1	2	2
3-6 times per week	2	1	3		2	3	2
Daily	4	4	4		2	2	2
Total	3	3	4		2	2	3
	Average length of stay (days)
No use in the past month	43	37	34		60	46	53
1-3 times in the past month	8	4	30		26	34	16
1-2 times per week	7	3	26		22	15	14
3-6 times per week	12	7	28		23	27	12
Daily	11	9	20		11	13	8
Total	12	8	23		13	16	19
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.