Table 4.3 Year 2004 discharges from INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT treatment1 by age at admission, 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 27 States and jurisdictions that offered intensive outpatient substance abuse treatment and reported these data to TEDS.]
Age at admission	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	114,440	43,119	20,441	63,560	26,561	16,025	8,294
	Number
Under 15 years	2,385	951	339	1,290	369	440	286
15 to 19 years	15,928	6,230	2,564	8,794	3,307	2,375	1,452
20 to 29 years	30,979	10,976	5,571	16,547	7,538	4,608	2,286
30 to 39 years	31,210	11,041	5,869	16,910	7,673	4,463	2,164
40 to 49 years	25,821	10,219	4,595	14,814	6,042	3,300	1,665
50 years and over	7,728	3,521	1,466	4,987	1,548	781	412
No. of discharges	114,051	42,938	20,404	63,342	26,477	15,967	8,265
	Column percent
Under 15 years	2.1	2.2	1.7	2.0	1.4	2.8	3.5
15 to 19 years	14.0	14.5	12.6	13.9	12.5	14.9	17.6
20 to 29 years	27.2	25.6	27.3	26.1	28.5	28.9	27.7
30 to 39 years	27.4	25.7	28.8	26.7	29.0	28.0	26.2
40 to 49 years	22.6	23.8	22.5	23.4	22.8	20.7	20.1
50 years and over	6.8	8.2	7.2	7.9	5.8	4.9	5.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Under 15 years	100.0	39.9	14.2	54.1	15.5	18.4	12.0
15 to 19 years	100.0	39.1	16.1	55.2	20.8	14.9	9.1
20 to 29 years	100.0	35.4	18.0	53.4	24.3	14.9	7.4
30 to 39 years	100.0	35.4	18.8	54.2	24.6	14.3	6.9
40 to 49 years	100.0	39.6	17.8	57.4	23.4	12.8	6.4
50 years and over	100.0	45.6	19.0	64.5	20.0	10.1	5.3
Total	100.0	37.6	17.9	55.5	23.2	14.0	7.2
	Median length of stay (days)
Under 15 years	63	75	51		52	48	73
15 to 19 years	49	60	43		39	40	51
20 to 29 years	41	52	40		25	36	37
30 to 39 years	41	51	43		27	36	37
40 to 49 years	41	49	42		26	36	40
50 years and over	42	47	45		26	36	42
Total	42	52	42		28	37	41
	Average length of stay (days)
Under 15 years	99	114	93		86	75	111
15 to 19 years	79	89	76		68	64	90
20 to 29 years	69	82	74		51	60	72
30 to 39 years	72	83	85		53	62	75
40 to 49 years	71	77	85		53	60	79
50 years and over	70	70	90		53	59	74
Total	72	82	81		55	61	79
1 Excludes records where methadone use was planned.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.