| Table 8.10 Year 2004 discharges from DETOXIFICATION1 by employment status (aged 16 and over), according to reason for discharge: TEDS 2004 Number, percent distribution, and median and average lengths of stay |
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| [Based on linked admission and discharge data reported by 26 States and jurisdictions that offered substance abuse detoxification and reported these data to TEDS.] | |||||||
| Employment status | Total | Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment | |||||
| Completed | Transferred | Completed or transferred |
Dropped out |
Terminated | Other | ||
| Total
discharges aged 16 and over |
209,949 | 130,598 | 28,587 | 159,185 | 34,426 | 4,476 | 11,862 |
| Number | |||||||
| Employed | 39,873 | 27,754 | 3,730 | 31,484 | 4,456 | 482 | 3,451 |
| Full time | 29,287 | 20,487 | 2,656 | 23,143 | 3,334 | 337 | 2,473 |
| Part time | 10,586 | 7,267 | 1,074 | 8,341 | 1,122 | 145 | 978 |
| Unemployed | 71,609 | 46,710 | 11,654 | 58,364 | 10,412 | 1,235 | 1,598 |
| Not in labor force | 83,714 | 48,993 | 9,478 | 58,471 | 17,954 | 2,298 | 4,991 |
| No. of discharges | 195,196 | 123,457 | 24,862 | 148,319 | 32,822 | 4,015 | 10,040 |
| Column percent | |||||||
| Employed | 20.4 | 22.5 | 15.0 | 21.2 | 13.6 | 12.0 | 34.4 |
| Full time | 15.0 | 16.6 | 10.7 | 15.6 | 10.2 | 8.4 | 24.6 |
| Part time | 5.4 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 9.7 |
| Unemployed | 36.7 | 37.8 | 46.9 | 39.4 | 31.7 | 30.8 | 15.9 |
| Not in labor force | 42.9 | 39.7 | 38.1 | 39.4 | 54.7 | 57.2 | 49.7 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Row percent | |||||||
| Employed | 100.0 | 69.6 | 9.4 | 79.0 | 11.2 | 1.2 | 8.7 |
| Full time | 100.0 | 70.0 | 9.1 | 79.0 | 11.4 | 1.2 | 8.4 |
| Part time | 100.0 | 68.6 | 10.1 | 78.8 | 10.6 | 1.4 | 9.2 |
| Unemployed | 100.0 | 65.2 | 16.3 | 81.5 | 14.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| Not in labor force | 100.0 | 58.5 | 11.3 | 69.8 | 21.4 | 2.7 | 6.0 |
| Total | 100.0 | 63.2 | 12.7 | 76.0 | 16.8 | 2.1 | 5.1 |
| Median length of stay (days) | |||||||
| Employed | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Full time | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Part time | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Unemployed | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Not in labor force | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Average length of stay (days) | |||||||
| Employed | 10 | 7 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 4 | |
| Full time | 9 | 7 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 4 | |
| Part time | 11 | 8 | 25 | 20 | 24 | 4 | |
| Unemployed | 12 | 8 | 26 | 15 | 17 | 17 | |
| Not in labor force | 11 | 9 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 5 | |
| Total | 11 | 8 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 7 | |
| 1 Includes free-standing residential detoxification (n = 189,870; 90 percent), hospital detoxification (n = 14,672; 7 percent), and ambulatory detoxification (n = 6,619; 3 percent). 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. | |||||||
