Table C.2 OUTPATIENT treatment discharges: Average length of stay in treatment (mean), maximum length of stay, and standard deviation of the mean: TEDS 2004
OUTPATIENT: Gender	Mean						Maximum						Standard deviation
	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other
All	107.2	137.8	77.0	81.9	93.5	112.4	1,457	1,457	1,415	1,443	1,440	1,371	133.0	133.6	135.5	119.5	133.0	136.6
Male	107.1	135.8	78.9	82.6	91.5	108.4	1,457	1,457	1,415	1,443	1,401	1,341	130.2	129.6	135.5	119.8	128.5	132.3
Female	107.5	142.7	74.0	80.7	98.3	120.1	1,440	1,430	1,410	1,402	1,440	1,371	138.5	142.8	135.4	118.7	143.2	144.3
OUTPATIENT: Age	Mean						Maximum						Standard deviation
	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other
All	107.2	137.8	76.9	82.0	93.4	112.3	1,457	1,457	1,415	1,443	1,440	1,371	132.9	133.5	135.1	119.5	132.8	136.5
<15	122.5	140.0	101.7	104.3	110.5	124.8	1,378	1,318	1,277	1,378	1,335	1,123	148.5	145.4	168.1	139.8	157.6	147.2
15-19	102.6	124.3	74.5	83.0	87.9	110.4	1,426	1,426	1,405	1,330	1,294	1,218	122.4	122.3	121.6	111.6	123.7	130.3
20-29	103.2	135.5	71.6	76.9	91.5	107.3	1,440	1,421	1,401	1,404	1,440	1,341	126.9	128.1	126.1	114.8	125.2	129.5
30-39	108.9	144.9	79.4	81.2	93.8	116.0	1,430	1,430	1,410	1,426	1,388	1,356	138.7	140.9	144.5	121.7	136.3	141.4
40-49	111.1	145.0	77.8	85.7	95.6	114.1	1,457	1,457	1,415	1,402	1,353	1,371	138.1	138.8	136.6	124.4	139.3	142.2
50+	112.4	135.3	82.4	87.0	104.4	115.0	1,443	1,309	1,389	1,443	1,401	1,300	136.4	133.1	139.4	126.1	149.0	140.0
OUTPATIENT: Race/ethnicity	Mean						Maximum						Standard deviation
	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other
All	107.3	137.9	77.1	81.9	93.5	112.6	1,457	1,457	1,415	1,443	1,440	1,371	133.0	133.7	135.5	119.2	133.0	136.7
White	107.8	133.7	78.5	81.6	96.1	112.4	1,451	1,451	1,410	1,443	1,440	1,371	133.3	133.7	134.1	121.0	130.6	138.7
Black	104.8	138.3	72.9	85.2	97.3	112.4	1,457	1,457	1,415	1,426	1,388	1,356	140.7	137.4	143.6	129.7	144.7	145.8
Hispanic	109.2	155.5	72.7	79.4	67.8	117.8	1,393	1,393	1,389	1,323	1,084	1,288	121.8	128.7	124.3	104.3	95.0	117.4
Other	107.0	144.1	92.8	79.7	77.9	105.0	1,360	1,360	1,215	1,286	1,096	1,220	123.9	128.8	127.1	108.0	129.3	121.4
OUTPATIENT: Primary substance	Mean						Maximum						Standard deviation
	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other
All	107.3	137.8	77.0	81.9	93.5	112.4	1,457	1,457	1,415	1,443	1,440	1,371	133.0	133.6	135.5	119.5	133.0	136.6
Alcohol	110.6	131.5	80.4	86.3	101.9	105.8	1,457	1,457	1,410	1,443	1,401	1,371	133.8	127.9	140.6	129.5	139.3	139.6
Opiates	99.4	146.5	71.0	81.8	83.1	118.7	1,415	1,359	1,415	1,396	1,214	1,316	148.0	153.5	153.0	130.5	133.1	164.1
Cocaine	100.6	148.7	71.0	81.2	85.4	102.6	1,380	1,380	1,281	1,340	1,172	1,333	138.0	147.9	137.3	125.1	128.0	131.7
Marijuana	103.6	130.4	79.0	82.6	87.3	107.4	1,405	1,358	1,405	1,394	1,335	1,356	124.6	124.5	129.7	115.7	118.7	130.3
Stimulants	108.0	174.0	76.5	73.2	78.5	119.6	1,440	1,430	1,311	1,332	1,440	1,177	127.0	147.5	110.0	96.8	107.3	129.0
Other/unk	123.0	126.2	88.6	101.3	155.0	127.9	1,352	1,231	1,202	1,321	1,352	1,295	141.7	135.9	149.5	132.3	201.3	134.9
OUTPATIENT: Frequency	Mean						Maximum						Standard deviation
	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other
All	105.8	139.3	76.7	81.3	92.1	104.1	1,457	1,457	1,415	1,443	1,440	1,371	131.7	134.2	135.3	118.3	129.3	130.2
No past mth	111.6	136.5	87.7	86.6	94.9	104.2	1,430	1,430	1,415	1,404	1,304	1,356	126.0	125.6	132.8	117.0	123.0	124.8
1-3 past mth	104.6	134.9	76.4	78.8	91.9	104.4	1,417	1,417	1,410	1,329	1,249	1,220	127.6	132.0	123.0	113.4	123.1	132.1
1-2 past wk	107.5	144.8	80.5	80.2	95.6	103.2	1,440	1,374	1,405	1,323	1,440	1,341	132.0	134.1	137.7	117.9	130.6	130.4
3-6 past wk	101.0	146.2	65.6	79.6	89.8	102.8	1,443	1,428	1,388	1,443	1,401	1,371	138.5	147.4	131.4	122.5	137.4	138.1
Daily	95.7	147.9	67.6	76.4	86.6	104.8	1,457	1,457	1,401	1,426	1,353	1,300	142.5	159.6	143.6	121.5	138.8	139.0
OUTPATIENT: Age at 1st use	Mean						Maximum						Standard deviation
	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other
All	102.0	125.7	73.0	81.3	91.7	102.3	1,451	1,451	1,415	1,426	1,440	1,371	133.2	127.7	139.4	127.8	129.7	143.6
12 & under	109.0	132.4	77.8	88.3	91.3	135.5	1,428	1,428	1,388	1,394	1,388	1,304	148.1	140.8	142.5	141.9	136.4	176.1
13-14	101.0	125.4	75.3	83.9	88.5	99.7	1,426	1,393	1,343	1,426	1,294	1,316	133.6	127.9	141.1	133.2	126.8	138.8
15-16	100.7	123.0	71.8	80.1	93.9	91.1	1,440	1,430	1,415	1,404	1,440	1,371	130.8	125.9	140.6	126.9	132.7	129.7
17-18	101.8	122.3	72.9	80.7	95.0	88.0	1,396	1,362	1,329	1,396	1,304	1,333	127.7	119.8	138.7	128.1	132.8	128.0
19-20	101.7	126.9	75.4	75.6	91.1	96.2	1,410	1,357	1,410	1,267	1,112	1,300	130.6	125.9	147.8	116.4	125.3	142.2
21-25	99.9	128.3	69.0	75.2	89.8	96.9	1,451	1,451	1,401	1,402	1,096	1,243	127.0	128.3	130.3	112.5	120.2	131.7
26+	98.7	128.3	65.9	78.2	90.9	104.4	1,322	1,322	1,311	1,301	1,164	1,236	129.5	129.4	131.8	113.9	122.8	142.8
OUTPATIENT: Prior treatment	Mean						Maximum						Standard deviation
	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other
All	104.9	140.1	77.4	80.7	91.1	98.4	1,457	1,457	1,415	1,443	1,440	1,356	134.1	136.9	136.0	119.7	132.7	134.2
No prior	106.5	136.9	80.5	81.3	96.0	99.4	1,443	1,430	1,415	1,443	1,440	1,341	136.7	137.0	141.6	123.4	141.2	138.6
1 prior	104.1	144.2	74.9	80.9	78.0	100.6	1,451	1,451	1,405	1,336	1,401	1,356	131.1	136.5	131.5	117.6	117.9	129.1
2 prior	102.6	145.5	74.4	78.3	87.0	94.8	1,376	1,357	1,307	1,376	1,353	1,300	130.0	138.4	131.3	109.9	122.9	126.7
3 prior	101.7	145.8	74.4	77.3	88.0	98.3	1,457	1,457	1,196	1,236	1,112	1,177	125.4	133.2	126.5	106.9	112.3	127.5
4 prior	98.9	143.3	74.8	78.5	82.4	93.3	1,395	1,300	1,272	1,395	1,227	1,189	127.2	131.3	124.6	115.1	106.9	138.9
5+ prior	103.8	138.0	74.8	83.3	128.3	92.6	1,391	1,287	1,292	1,391	1,096	1,333	141.9	142.0	135.8	127.2	164.0	136.4
OUTPATIENT: Referral source	Mean						Maximum						Standard deviation
	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other
All	107.2	138.4	76.7	82.2	92.0	112.2	1,457	1,457	1,415	1,443	1,440	1,371	132.8	133.6	135.3	119.7	130.7	136.2
Individual	101.1	132.5	71.1	76.2	96.9	117.0	1,440	1,396	1,343	1,426	1,440	1,356	141.0	146.5	147.7	124.9	142.6	139.7
Crim justice	110.8	140.8	79.4	84.5	91.3	103.3	1,451	1,451	1,415	1,443	1,388	1,333	127.0	128.5	125.3	114.7	122.5	128.2
A/D care prov	97.4	134.0	69.6	76.6	77.7	95.3	1,457	1,457	1,253	1,395	1,173	1,236	129.6	130.5	135.6	116.4	127.6	130.8
Other hlth care	114.8	146.0	84.6	87.7	104.2	147.9	1,428	1,428	1,324	1,394	1,401	1,243	160.2	169.7	162.5	144.4	162.1	155.4
School	124.6	140.9	105.6	100.4	106.5	141.7	1,362	1,318	1,362	1,268	1,016	1,200	145.5	148.3	163.0	132.3	137.1	148.8
Employer	97.9	110.9	70.7	78.8	106.5	85.9	1,371	1,084	875	1,310	1,267	1,371	123.1	108.4	126.3	127.6	152.8	145.9
Oth community	98.1	131.4	71.9	79.2	79.6	107.1	1,329	1,274	1,308	1,329	1,138	1,211	126.1	128.1	126.6	113.4	123.1	132.2
OUTPATIENT: Employment	Mean						Maximum						Standard deviation
	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other
All	106.3	138.8	77.3	81.4	89.8	106.0	1,457	1,457	1,415	1,443	1,440	1,371	131.8	133.5	135.5	118.9	126.1	133.6
Employed	112.3	136.6	86.8	83.7	94.3	105.4	1,443	1,426	1,410	1,443	1,440	1,371	127.3	125.0	136.3	119.5	119.6	132.5
Full time	113.5	136.2	86.9	84.6	96.1	103.2	1,440	1,417	1,329	1,402	1,440	1,371	125.7	122.5	134.2	118.8	121.2	132.0
Part time	109.4	137.6	86.7	82.0	89.5	110.5	1,443	1,426	1,410	1,443	1,401	1,300	131.2	132.7	140.1	120.8	115.0	133.4
Unemployed	99.0	143.9	66.1	77.2	83.7	100.5	1,430	1,430	1,405	1,426	1,353	1,333	132.1	141.9	128.2	116.4	124.5	127.7
Not in lab force	106.7	138.0	83.0	83.5	91.3	112.2	1,457	1,457	1,415	1,396	1,352	1,356	136.0	138.7	141.7	120.7	134.3	139.9
OUTPATIENT: Education	Mean						Maximum						Standard deviation
	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other	All	Com- plete	Trans- fer	Drop out	Termi- nated	Other
All	106.1	138.2	76.8	81.5	93.1	104.7	1,457	1,457	1,415	1,443	1,440	1,371	132.2	133.2	135.0	119.2	132.7	133.7
0-8	110.6	141.2	84.3	89.1	95.1	109.0	1,443	1,393	1,324	1,443	1,353	1,220	138.8	135.1	146.3	130.8	142.3	139.1
9-11	102.8	137.5	71.9	79.8	91.6	106.6	1,451	1,451	1,405	1,404	1,352	1,356	129.9	132.8	129.6	114.2	131.8	134.3
12 or GED	106.8	138.6	79.3	80.4	93.4	103.4	1,457	1,457	1,415	1,426	1,440	1,341	131.4	132.2	137.6	118.0	131.3	130.8
>12	108.3	136.7	77.2	83.9	94.9	101.6	1,401	1,371	1,401	1,394	1,197	1,371	134.8	135.1	133.2	125.7	131.7	136.0
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.