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Table 9.10 Year 2004 discharges from METHADONE OUTPATIENT treatment¹ by employment status (aged 16 and over), 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 23 States and jurisdictions that offered methadone outpatient substance abuse treatment and reported these data to TEDS.]
Employment status	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Employment status	Total	Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges aged 16 and over	31,729	3,828	5,536	9,364	14,057	4,089	4,219
	Number
Employed	8,702	1,148	1,266	2,414	4,103	1,206	979
Full time	6,192	853	807	1,660	2,979	890	663
Part time	2,510	295	459	754	1,124	316	316
Unemployed	10,537	1,047	1,888	2,935	4,500	1,699	1,403
Not in labor force	11,486	1,404	2,258	3,662	5,138	1,069	1,617
No. of discharges	30,725	3,599	5,412	9,011	13,741	3,974	3,999
	Column percent
Employed	28.3	31.9	23.4	26.8	29.9	30.3	24.5
Full time	20.2	23.7	14.9	18.4	21.7	22.4	16.6
Part time	8.2	8.2	8.5	8.4	8.2	8.0	7.9
Unemployed	34.3	29.1	34.9	32.6	32.7	42.8	35.1
Not in labor force	37.4	39.0	41.7	40.6	37.4	26.9	40.4
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Employed	100.0	13.2	14.5	27.7	47.2	13.9	11.3
Full time	100.0	13.8	13.0	26.8	48.1	14.4	10.7
Part time	100.0	11.8	18.3	30.0	44.8	12.6	12.6
Unemployed	100.0	9.9	17.9	27.9	42.7	16.1	13.3
Not in labor force	100.0	12.2	19.7	31.9	44.7	9.3	14.1
Total	100.0	11.7	17.6	29.3	44.7	12.9	13.0
	Median length of stay (days)
Employed	120	177	145		94	128	157
Full time	125	177	152		95	140	165
Part time	108	167	126		90	106	146
Unemployed	107	145	91		83	147	151
Not in labor force	113	140	112		92	133	159
Total	113	154	107		89	139	156
	Average length of stay (days)
Employed	237	303	282		194	237	282
Full time	242	310	290		197	245	291
Part time	225	284	266		186	213	264
Unemployed	210	244	198		175	245	269
Not in labor force	227	271	244		191	229	276
Total	224	274	237		186	238	275
¹ Clients includes methadone outpatient (n = 30,343; 95 percent) and methadone intensive outpatient (n = 1,485; 5 percent).
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 2.1.2006.