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Table 9.11 Year 2004 discharges from METHADONE OUTPATIENT treatment¹ by education (aged 18 and over), 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 23 States and jurisdictions that offered methadone outpatient substance abuse treatment and reported these data to TEDS.]
Years of education	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Years of education	Total	Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges aged 18 and over	31,633	3,793	5,531	9,324	14,028	4,076	4,205
	Number
0 to 8 years	2,015	229	369	598	885	238	294
9 to 11 year	9,543	1,000	1,833	2,833	4,248	1,241	1,221
12 years (or GED)	13,869	1,748	2,140	3,888	6,317	1,757	1,907
More than 12 years	6,025	792	1,168	1,960	2,488	827	750
No. of discharges	31,452	3,769	5,510	9,279	13,938	4,063	4,172
	Column percent
0 to 8 years	6.4	6.1	6.7	6.4	6.3	5.9	7.0
9 to 11 year	30.3	26.5	33.3	30.5	30.5	30.5	29.3
12 years (or GED)	44.1	46.4	38.8	41.9	45.3	43.2	45.7
More than 12 years	19.2	21.0	21.2	21.1	17.9	20.4	18.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
0 to 8 years	100.0	11.4	18.3	29.7	43.9	11.8	14.6
9 to 11 year	100.0	10.5	19.2	29.7	44.5	13.0	12.8
12 years (or GED)	100.0	12.6	15.4	28.0	45.5	12.7	13.8
More than 12 years	100.0	13.1	19.4	32.5	41.3	13.7	12.4
Total	100.0	12.0	17.5	29.5	44.3	12.9	13.3
	Median length of stay (days)
0 to 8 years	131	195	143		95	134	188
9 to 11 year	112	135	99		91	145	155
12 years (or GED)	116	162	114		89	145	153
More than 12 years	113	169	100		89	116	172
Total	115	159	107		90	139	159
	Average length of stay (days)
0 to 8 years	250	300	275		211	236	307
9 to 11 year	219	251	228		184	249	275
12 years (or GED)	223	269	239		187	242	268
More than 12 years	226	295	235		183	216	291
Total	224	272	237		187	238	277
¹ Clients includes methadone outpatient (n = 30,343; 95 percent) and methadone intensive outpatient (n = 1,485; 5 percent).
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.