Table 9.7 Year 2004 discharges from METHADONE OUTPATIENT treatment1 by age at first 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 23 States and jurisdictions that offered methadone outpatient substance abuse treatment and reported these data to TEDS.]
Age at first use	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	31,828	3,859	5,555	9,414	14,084	4,096	4,234
	Number
12 years or under	822	146	149	295	267	172	88
13 to 14 years	1,478	225	297	522	496	258	202
15 to 16 years	3,007	435	525	960	1,104	545	398
17 to 18 years	3,663	549	658	1,207	1,396	584	476
19 to 20 years	2,607	333	463	796	986	471	354
21 to 25 years	4,380	577	806	1,383	1,588	852	557
Over 25 years	6,070	861	961	1,822	2,310	1,194	744
No. of discharges	22,027	3,126	3,859	6,985	8,147	4,076	2,819
	Column percent
12 years or under	3.7	4.7	3.9	4.2	3.3	4.2	3.1
13 to 14 years	6.7	7.2	7.7	7.5	6.1	6.3	7.2
15 to 16 years	13.7	13.9	13.6	13.7	13.6	13.4	14.1
17 to 18 years	16.6	17.6	17.1	17.3	17.1	14.3	16.9
19 to 20 years	11.8	10.7	12.0	11.4	12.1	11.6	12.6
21 to 25 years	19.9	18.5	20.9	19.8	19.5	20.9	19.8
Over 25 years	27.6	27.5	24.9	26.1	28.4	29.3	26.4
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
12 years or under	100.0	17.8	18.1	35.9	32.5	20.9	10.7
13 to 14 years	100.0	15.2	20.1	35.3	33.6	17.5	13.7
15 to 16 years	100.0	14.5	17.5	31.9	36.7	18.1	13.2
17 to 18 years	100.0	15.0	18.0	33.0	38.1	15.9	13.0
19 to 20 years	100.0	12.8	17.8	30.5	37.8	18.1	13.6
21 to 25 years	100.0	13.2	18.4	31.6	36.3	19.5	12.7
Over 25 years	100.0	14.2	15.8	30.0	38.1	19.7	12.3
Total	100.0	14.2	17.5	31.7	37.0	18.5	12.8
	Median length of stay (days)
12 years or under	63	112	36		50	53	124
13 to 14 years	90	126	42		65	74	149
15 to 16 years	95	123	77		71	112	140
17 to 18 years	105	147	108		78	125	132
19 to 20 years	119	161	96		84	167	160
21 to 25 years	121	178	113		84	143	148
Over 25 years	122	188	123		87	166	137
Total	111	156	99		80	140	143
	Average length of stay (days)
12 years or under	167	180	182		137	157	230
13 to 14 years	190	242	170		162	180	242
15 to 16 years	201	234	207		156	215	262
17 to 18 years	211	256	224		161	242	254
19 to 20 years	226	265	237		174	259	277
21 to 25 years	223	288	235		173	245	245
Over 25 years	230	290	238		183	260	250
Total	216	265	223		170	239	254
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.