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Table C.5
LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL treatment discharges:
Average length of stay in treatment (mean), maximum length of stay, and standard deviation of the mean: TEDS 2004
LONG-TERM RESID: Gender Mean Maximum Standard deviation
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All  74.1  97.0  76.5  43.9  58.0  68.9 1,417 1,401 1,392 1,417 1,325 1,115  97.1  99.3 122.5  77.0  80.7  86.4
Male  74.3  96.2  74.6  45.0  58.5  70.0 1,417 1,400 1,392 1,417 1,165 1,115  96.3  97.2 125.2  77.6  79.7  87.2
Female  73.6  98.7  79.3  42.2  56.9  67.2 1,401 1,401 1,336 1,273 1,325   978  98.5 103.2 118.6  76.0  82.7  85.1
LONG-TERM RESID: Age Mean Maximum Standard deviation
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All  74.0  97.0  76.5  43.9  58.1  68.9 1,417 1,401 1,392 1,417 1,325 1,115  97.1  99.2 122.5  77.0  80.8  86.3
<15  93.1 118.4 113.8  58.2  64.0  55.3 1,400 1,400   989   723 1,077   421 125.6 141.5 143.3  91.5  97.5  70.8
15-19  83.0 109.5  93.2  48.8  59.8  63.2 1,417   928 1,122 1,417   703   862  93.8  90.9 118.0  84.8  76.0  73.4
20-29  67.7  92.7  69.8  40.5  55.7  64.2 1,392 1,368 1,392 1,365 1,325   859  93.3  96.1 118.0  73.6  87.8  81.2
30-39  74.0  96.4  79.3  44.9  56.6  71.0 1,401 1,401 1,358 1,273   904   978 100.4 100.2 133.1  82.7  75.1  89.0
40-49  74.9  95.1  73.0  44.4  60.0  74.5 1,334 1,334 1,308 1,115 1,092 1,115  96.3  99.9 117.9  69.8  79.4  94.4
50+  77.1  95.5  71.0  44.0  63.6  70.9 1,302 1,302   967   998   716   598  97.0 102.8 105.8  72.8  82.4  85.0
LONG-TERM RESID: Race/ethnicity Mean Maximum Standard deviation
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All  74.1  97.1  76.6  43.9  58.0  69.0 1,417 1,401 1,392 1,417 1,325 1,115  97.1  99.2 122.7  76.8  80.9  86.4
White  71.8  91.7  76.6  42.4  55.9  67.9 1,417 1,368 1,392 1,417 1,325 1,115  93.3  93.8 126.0  72.4  74.9  85.2
Black  83.8 109.7  86.2  51.6  64.9  77.3 1,401 1,401 1,358 1,234 1,282   861 116.5 120.4 142.1  95.6  99.1  93.8
Hispanic  69.9  98.8  60.2  40.0  54.4  64.7 1,365 1,349   576 1,365   725 1,033  79.5  83.3  68.2  64.4  65.2  83.3
Other  65.9  91.9  66.2  38.6  51.7  54.9 1,137 1,137 1,014   998   671   798  78.7  86.1  80.8  61.3  57.7  69.3
LONG-TERM
RESID:
Primary substance
Mean Maximum Standard deviation
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All  74.1  97.0  76.5  43.9  58.0  68.9 1,417 1,401 1,392 1,417 1,325 1,115  97.1  99.3 122.5  77.0  80.7  86.4
Alcohol  72.6  89.6  70.9  45.3  59.0  67.2 1,392 1,349 1,392 1,115 1,123 1,115  98.5 100.5 124.7  79.1  82.5  84.8
Opiates  71.8 100.1  77.5  43.5  55.6  69.6 1,401 1,401 1,140 1,163   837 1,033  93.0 102.2 118.2  70.9  63.1  82.1
Cocaine  77.7 100.5  82.4  49.2  57.7  73.7 1,365 1,255 1,274 1,365 1,282   978 108.8 109.0 137.8  93.3  86.3  93.5
Marijuana  82.4 105.9  85.2  49.3  61.6  71.8 1,417 1,400 1,358 1,417 1,325   862 101.4 100.4 125.7  87.1  87.5  86.8
Stimulants  67.1  96.4  69.4  34.8  49.5  59.4 1,336 1,247 1,336 1,201   491   798  77.0  78.5  96.2  50.4  62.1  76.1
Other/unk  79.4  95.5  79.7  47.1  72.1  79.9 1,215 1,137 1,014 1,215   904   645 102.5 103.4 106.6  86.5 124.5  98.5
LONG-TERM RESID: Frequency Mean Maximum Standard deviation
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All  73.8  98.0  76.8  43.8  57.9  67.3 1,417 1,401 1,392 1,417 1,325 1,115  97.3  99.8 122.8  76.9  81.0  84.1
No past mth  87.0 110.5  88.5  51.9  64.6  78.1 1,417 1,349 1,149 1,417 1,325   858  94.1  93.7 115.4  74.8  80.2  88.3
1-3 past mth  74.0  97.0  69.5  42.7  58.1  70.1 1,318 1,318 1,122 1,201 1,165 1,033  95.2  99.2 103.9  72.0  96.7  90.7
1-2 past wk  67.5  88.1  75.2  39.1  48.4  62.5 1,392 1,273 1,392   983   743   978  91.9  90.5 132.4  68.0  64.6  84.1
3-6 past wk  68.5  90.9  76.5  40.5  52.3  60.6 1,287 1,255 1,287   994 1,087   861  99.4 102.6 134.0  75.7  86.2  76.4
Daily  69.2  94.2  73.1  42.6  56.2  63.7 1,401 1,401 1,358 1,365 1,282 1,115  98.9 103.9 123.8  79.7  78.7  82.2
LONG-TERM RESID: Age at 1st use Mean Maximum Standard deviation
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All  76.0  93.6  80.1  49.0  58.2  74.8 1,417 1,401 1,392 1,417 1,325 1,033 105.6 104.9 136.3  91.6  80.7  96.4
12 & under  81.2  98.9  92.2  50.9  60.4  75.7 1,368 1,368 1,149 1,365 1,325   862 112.6 107.4 149.2  99.7  91.0 101.1
13-14  80.2  99.5  82.7  53.4  60.4  71.6 1,417 1,400 1,358 1,417 1,045 1,033 115.7 117.1 141.9 106.7  82.0  99.3
15-16  72.8  88.2  78.5  46.8  57.3  69.1 1,401 1,401 1,392 1,167 1,282   861 107.0 104.1 143.9  92.5  84.5  88.9
17-18  72.3  90.2  70.9  47.7  56.8  73.8 1,349 1,349 1,241 1,115 1,087   841 102.6 106.4 129.3  86.2  76.5  89.9
19-20  75.1  91.7  84.4  50.1  49.7  84.4 1,185 1,185 1,166 1,107   387   859 100.2  95.3 143.7  91.3  49.5  99.3
21-25  72.7  91.7  72.0  46.6  59.4  73.4 1,234 1,223 1,151 1,234 1,092   978  93.5  96.3 110.3  75.9  80.9  94.7
26+  74.9  92.4  74.8  46.8  58.3  82.3 1,259 1,124 1,259 1,112   678   858  93.9  93.8 114.7  75.6  75.8 102.3
LONG-TERM RESID: Prior treatment Mean Maximum Standard deviation
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All  72.7  97.0  76.8  42.6  57.0  63.8 1,417 1,401 1,392 1,417 1,325 1,115  96.2  98.5 123.0  75.7  80.9  79.0
No prior  74.8  98.4  82.3  42.0  61.7  60.7 1,417 1,401 1,392 1,417 1,325 1,115 105.2 105.7 136.8  84.8  98.7  75.5
1 prior  71.9  94.8  74.4  42.6  52.0  65.6 1,302 1,302 1,241 1,239 1,165   841  95.5  99.3 120.7  73.3  72.2  79.4
2 prior  72.7  97.0  70.5  43.3  55.9  66.3 1,368 1,368 1,277 1,209 1,045   862  91.7  94.0 108.1  75.5  73.5  83.0
3 prior  71.8  96.3  77.6  41.4  52.7  70.1 1,140 1,137 1,140 1,107   837   861  88.4  95.1 113.4  56.4  68.2  85.7
4 prior  70.8  94.2  68.9  45.5  53.9  62.5 1,064 1,064   622   698   671   575  79.3  83.2  87.6  66.9  61.0  72.2
5+ prior  69.3  99.2  72.5  43.2  60.2  63.7 1,274   876 1,274 1,215 1,077 1,033  82.0  80.0 107.1  66.5  74.7  82.3
LONG-TERM RESID: Referral source Mean Maximum Standard deviation
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All  73.0  95.7  76.2  43.4  57.3  68.4 1,417 1,401 1,392 1,417 1,325 1,115  97.1  99.5 122.8  77.0  81.1  85.8
Individual  67.1  84.8  75.7  40.9  50.9  71.5 1,368 1,368 1,358 1,365 1,092 1,115 105.2 107.9 140.9  85.4  81.4  93.4
Crim justice  80.7 105.4  79.8  47.1  62.3  69.1 1,417 1,401 1,392 1,417 1,325   862  96.0  97.3 115.6  76.4  84.5  75.1
A/D care prov  71.2 102.6  67.9  43.0  52.9  57.5 1,186 1,186 1,108 1,119   716   978  81.5  90.1  95.8  59.4  54.9  72.7
Other hlth care  68.2  81.7  74.8  40.7  68.9  78.9 1,277 1,256 1,277 1,212 1,123   839 112.6 109.5 140.3  88.5 127.4 109.7
School  76.5  95.5  71.8  69.6  55.6  56.7   565   353   564   565   477   225  89.4  73.0 100.2 105.7  92.2  57.1
Employer  59.6  86.0  25.6  29.4  91.4  52.6 1,064 1,064   170   177   725   143  98.1 115.9  26.5  36.0 193.5  42.1
Oth community  69.6  90.0  77.0  41.1  58.2  61.7 1,167 1,095 1,068 1,167   904   841  85.1  83.5 108.9  68.6  76.8  81.1
           
LONG-TERM RESID: Employment Mean Maximum Standard deviation
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All  73.2  96.4  76.1  43.6  56.8  65.7 1,417 1,401 1,392 1,417 1,325 1,115  95.8  98.2 120.8  76.5  79.8  81.5
Employed  67.9  77.2  72.5  44.6  52.5  66.7 1,392 1,349 1,392 1,115   686   858 101.3  90.6 142.0  98.8  67.7 101.5
Full time  68.7  76.3  77.9  44.9  53.8  66.9 1,392 1,198 1,392 1,084   686   858 102.2  85.8 157.9 100.3  71.2 101.2
Part time  66.2  79.6  61.4  44.1  49.5  66.3 1,349 1,349   938 1,115   445   532  99.2 103.2 101.1  95.2  58.8 102.6
Unemployed  69.7  89.2  72.2  43.8  54.1  62.8 1,401 1,401 1,358 1,365 1,092 1,033  97.4 100.7 119.7  82.8  74.6  79.0
Not in lab force  76.2 105.0  79.5  43.3  59.7  67.1 1,417 1,400 1,241 1,417 1,325 1,115  93.8  97.5 115.8  70.6  85.6  80.1
LONG-TERM RESID: Education Mean Maximum Standard deviation
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All  73.9  96.9  76.6  43.9  58.1  67.1 1,417 1,401 1,392 1,417 1,325 1,115  97.0  99.2 122.7  77.0  80.9  84.6
0-8  76.7 102.7  82.3  43.9  61.7  60.8 1,400 1,400 1,277   998 1,123   840  98.8 103.3 113.1  78.3  90.2  84.4
9-11  75.9 103.1  80.2  45.1  59.8  67.2 1,417 1,302 1,392 1,417 1,325   862  99.9 100.3 123.4  84.3  87.6  85.1
12 or GED  73.2  96.2  74.6  43.4  57.2  66.5 1,401 1,401 1,358 1,273 1,165 1,115  96.2  99.2 126.7  72.6  69.6  83.6
>12  70.6  86.9  72.4  42.6  54.3  70.9 1,368 1,368 1,149 1,209 1,092   798  93.0  94.9 116.7  70.7  81.7  85.7
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.

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