Table C.4 SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL treatment discharges: Average length of stay in treatment (mean), maximum length of stay, and standard deviation of the mean: TEDS 2004
SHORT-TERM RESID: 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	25.7	27.3	28.1	16.6	27.6	20.9	1,378	1,323	1,369	1,378	1,355	836	49.1	45.5	59.3	44.5	64.5	46.5
Male	26.1	27.6	26.6	17.6	29.4	21.9	1,378	1,323	1,204	1,378	1,355	836	51.0	47.9	55.6	48.0	70.8	49.4
Female	24.8	26.5	31.2	14.9	23.4	19.0	1,369	1,288	1,369	1,047	670	554	45.1	40.1	66.2	38.2	45.6	40.3
SHORT-TERM RESID: 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	25.6	27.2	28.1	16.6	27.6	20.9	1,378	1,323	1,369	1,378	1,355	836	49.1	45.5	59.4	44.6	64.4	46.5
<15	33.2	39.2	42.9	19.3	21.2	33.2	586	586	392	532	189	164	53.3	52.1	72.0	59.9	24.6	39.5
15-19	30.4	34.5	32.1	21.2	22.6	27.1	1,288	1,288	601	533	292	305	46.4	46.7	54.1	47.3	30.3	47.7
20-29	24.9	27.4	28.4	14.6	25.4	18.4	1,369	1,323	1,369	760	1,127	836	47.4	43.7	61.4	37.1	58.5	44.6
30-39	26.0	27.4	28.0	16.9	33.9	19.9	1,378	1,306	1,204	1,378	1,355	554	56.6	52.0	62.3	52.8	92.1	44.9
40-49	24.7	25.6	26.3	17.4	28.4	22.2	1,247	1,247	1,192	1,047	705	407	44.1	41.3	49.9	43.9	56.5	49.5
50+	24.2	24.6	28.6	15.4	26.8	23.5	1,315	1,315	1,174	391	371	404	44.2	38.6	72.0	29.0	49.7	49.5
SHORT-TERM RESID: 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	25.6	27.3	28.1	16.4	27.6	21.0	1,378	1,323	1,369	1,378	1,355	836	49.1	45.6	59.4	43.8	64.5	46.7
White	25.0	26.8	26.3	15.4	28.9	19.3	1,369	1,306	1,369	1,086	1,355	836	48.6	45.4	57.0	40.6	69.8	44.1
Black	28.0	28.6	32.4	21.6	26.7	26.7	1,378	1,315	1,161	1,378	776	404	54.8	49.3	66.7	59.1	57.3	56.8
Hispanic	26.5	29.2	31.4	14.4	25.0	19.1	1,323	1,323	601	450	606	164	41.0	40.5	57.3	27.8	50.4	31.1
Other	22.5	24.7	32.0	12.1	17.2	20.1	1,298	1,298	398	368	113	301	37.5	38.9	53.1	24.0	15.1	37.7
SHORT-TERM RESID: 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	25.7	27.3	28.1	16.6	27.6	20.9	1,378	1,323	1,369	1,378	1,355	836	49.1	45.5	59.3	44.5	64.5	46.5
Alcohol	24.8	25.2	26.5	17.9	33.9	20.4	1,315	1,315	1,204	1,086	951	554	48.6	42.6	61.4	52.3	77.0	41.8
Opiates	21.9	25.5	24.7	11.9	23.4	13.4	1,323	1,323	685	412	1,127	518	41.1	42.2	42.9	26.7	60.7	33.6
Cocaine	27.3	28.1	30.5	20.2	31.6	21.3	1,378	1,306	1,192	1,378	1,355	404	55.7	49.5	67.8	54.5	79.8	47.2
Marijuana	30.6	34.0	32.8	21.3	24.0	24.4	1,236	1,236	755	795	606	305	51.1	51.8	54.5	52.6	39.6	45.2
Stimulants	25.3	29.4	27.1	13.1	19.7	22.7	1,369	1,103	1,369	387	560	836	44.6	46.9	51.2	25.0	32.8	60.7
Other/unk	24.8	23.3	33.2	13.1	29.3	40.3	947	442	947	179	894	355	49.6	30.3	78.3	24.7	86.6	74.2
SHORT-TERM RESID: 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	25.5	27.0	28.1	17.0	27.6	20.6	1,378	1,306	1,369	1,378	1,355	836	47.6	42.6	58.6	45.1	64.3	46.1
No past mth	36.3	34.2	45.6	29.4	43.1	31.7	1,236	1,236	1,174	533	861	518	60.8	50.3	85.1	52.2	75.8	63.1
1-3 past mth	27.7	27.6	35.8	20.1	30.5	15.4	894	811	814	572	894	254	45.2	38.1	63.4	44.2	63.8	26.4
1-2 past wk	24.0	24.0	29.6	18.0	21.6	26.9	1,369	1,122	1,369	753	352	554	42.2	32.0	69.6	50.0	32.5	67.6
3-6 past wk	24.1	27.0	20.6	16.6	25.5	18.5	1,378	1,306	754	1,378	1,127	836	45.6	43.2	31.7	53.8	70.4	46.0
Daily	23.4	25.6	25.3	15.1	24.5	18.8	1,355	1,298	1,204	1,086	1,355	407	45.5	42.4	54.9	40.1	61.2	40.0
SHORT-TERM RESID: 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	25.8	27.3	28.2	17.1	27.8	20.1	1,378	1,323	1,369	1,378	1,355	836	49.6	45.5	59.0	46.3	65.3	44.3
12 & under	27.5	28.2	31.1	17.8	29.9	25.7	1,323	1,323	1,192	532	712	318	55.0	47.8	78.4	40.2	57.9	48.6
13-14	28.7	29.2	32.0	23.0	32.0	22.3	1,378	1,306	1,204	1,378	1,355	379	59.0	50.4	66.2	71.6	82.1	43.2
15-16	26.3	27.4	29.0	18.1	31.0	18.4	1,369	1,298	1,369	572	951	404	52.1	48.3	63.5	41.0	75.3	39.2
17-18	24.7	26.3	25.9	17.5	26.1	18.2	1,288	1,288	1,090	1,086	1,127	378	47.4	43.8	48.6	52.4	68.7	34.2
19-20	23.8	26.0	24.6	16.5	22.2	19.0	1,315	1,315	875	412	377	518	44.4	44.8	47.7	37.9	41.7	48.0
21-25	24.5	26.9	28.3	13.1	23.1	19.6	1,122	1,122	779	776	553	836	46.0	45.2	51.3	36.1	49.2	55.6
26+	24.0	26.7	25.2	13.5	22.7	18.6	1,054	1,054	814	378	670	404	37.9	36.7	43.4	27.8	48.0	42.3
SHORT-TERM RESID: 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	25.0	26.7	27.3	15.4	27.6	19.4	1,378	1,306	1,369	1,378	1,355	836	45.3	40.7	56.1	40.5	64.7	43.3
No prior	26.0	27.6	30.5	15.4	28.0	21.8	1,378	1,123	1,369	1,378	1,127	836	51.3	43.7	67.1	50.9	68.4	50.0
1 prior	24.8	26.6	25.7	15.2	29.5	17.5	1,355	1,306	1,204	795	1,355	554	46.1	44.3	48.8	33.2	73.8	39.0
2 prior	23.9	25.6	25.5	15.2	24.8	15.6	1,090	958	1,090	449	407	224	34.1	29.7	49.5	29.8	42.2	23.7
3 prior	24.2	25.7	25.4	17.9	23.8	19.8	1,122	1,122	875	596	314	518	38.7	34.4	47.4	41.6	39.9	49.9
4 prior	24.6	27.7	22.9	15.3	23.8	12.5	1,103	1,103	235	367	900	89	42.2	44.4	29.1	31.3	64.9	14.2
5+ prior	24.3	25.8	25.7	14.2	30.4	22.3	1,298	1,298	947	338	861	404	41.7	36.2	51.3	26.1	71.3	45.2
SHORT-TERM RESID: 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	25.1	26.6	27.8	16.0	27.4	20.7	1,378	1,323	1,369	1,378	1,355	554	48.0	43.9	58.3	44.1	64.6	44.1
Individual	23.4	23.7	31.6	15.0	26.5	22.1	1,378	1,185	1,369	1,378	1,355	518	47.0	33.2	73.8	48.1	76.0	51.0
Crim justice	32.9	33.1	37.3	24.9	34.1	30.8	1,306	1,306	919	709	900	554	58.4	58.6	60.7	51.3	60.5	55.9
A/D care prov	20.6	25.3	16.5	12.1	20.2	11.7	1,323	1,323	392	442	750	162	39.9	47.7	22.6	26.6	48.9	15.2
Other hlth care	21.1	21.4	27.0	14.1	26.3	16.8	1,247	1,247	1,199	398	989	318	47.8	45.0	63.9	34.6	68.1	37.9
School	29.7	22.7	68.0	24.4	20.8	40.5	287	69	287	131	68	63	40.0	15.6	83.3	33.0	17.5	31.8
Employer	21.8	24.6	29.6	9.2	17.2	12.5	468	468	117	41	72	46	20.8	21.7	30.7	8.4	18.9	8.4
Oth community	26.2	27.9	34.2	16.0	24.6	21.9	1,204	1,082	1,204	1,086	894	260	39.5	27.7	72.4	46.5	50.4	40.6
SHORT-TERM RESID: 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	25.6	27.3	28.1	16.6	27.2	20.5	1,378	1,323	1,369	1,378	1,355	836	49.0	45.8	58.8	44.7	62.2	45.5
Employed	24.0	23.8	32.8	15.9	27.8	19.9	1,369	1,306	1,369	795	1,127	836	48.8	41.8	76.5	39.5	67.9	57.9
Full time	23.8	23.6	33.4	15.0	27.8	19.8	1,369	1,306	1,369	795	1,127	836	50.9	43.7	81.1	40.2	75.7	58.6
Part time	24.8	24.6	31.2	19.0	27.7	20.0	1,066	1,066	645	346	261	518	39.9	32.8	61.4	36.7	43.1	54.6
Unemployed	23.2	23.9	27.6	15.4	24.0	21.4	1,378	1,123	1,204	1,378	894	316	42.1	32.4	55.5	48.1	52.9	42.9
Not in lab force	28.4	31.7	26.8	17.9	29.8	20.0	1,355	1,323	1,174	1,047	1,355	404	54.2	55.2	54.5	43.1	67.5	42.7
SHORT-TERM RESID: 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	25.5	27.2	28.0	16.5	27.2	17.3	1,378	1,323	1,369	1,378	1,355	836	48.9	45.6	59.5	44.4	64.5	37.8
0-8	24.1	27.8	27.6	13.3	19.9	19.4	601	578	601	532	308	407	37.4	35.7	50.3	31.5	31.2	37.6
9-11	27.2	30.1	28.8	18.1	26.7	17.4	1,323	1,323	1,031	1,086	951	836	53.9	54.8	53.3	49.3	58.9	44.0
12 or GED	25.0	26.5	27.3	15.9	29.3	17.5	1,369	1,288	1,369	795	1,355	390	49.6	44.3	64.9	39.4	75.8	34.7
>12	24.9	25.7	28.7	16.8	26.7	15.8	1,378	1,315	947	1,378	861	518	44.4	39.5	56.8	50.5	57.3	34.4
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.