Table 8.7 Year 2004 discharges from DETOXIFICATION1 by age at first use, 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 26 States and jurisdictions that offered substance abuse detoxification and reported these data to TEDS.]
Age at first use	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges	211,161	131,476	28,706	160,182	34,570	4,512	11,897
	Number
12 years or under	20,641	12,740	3,457	16,197	2,814	538	1,092
13 to 14 years	23,365	14,969	3,327	18,296	3,296	538	1,235
15 to 16 years	35,530	23,490	4,247	27,737	5,068	771	1,954
17 to 18 years	30,915	20,936	3,069	24,005	4,636	682	1,592
19 to 20 years	16,507	10,607	1,805	12,412	2,869	423	803
21 to 25 years	23,554	15,029	2,822	17,851	4,197	643	863
Over 25 years	27,718	17,189	3,760	20,949	5,429	719	621
No. of discharges	178,230	114,960	22,487	137,447	28,309	4,314	8,160
	Column percent
12 years or under	11.6	11.1	15.4	11.8	9.9	12.5	13.4
13 to 14 years	13.1	13.0	14.8	13.3	11.6	12.5	15.1
15 to 16 years	19.9	20.4	18.9	20.2	17.9	17.9	23.9
17 to 18 years	17.3	18.2	13.6	17.5	16.4	15.8	19.5
19 to 20 years	9.3	9.2	8.0	9.0	10.1	9.8	9.8
21 to 25 years	13.2	13.1	12.5	13.0	14.8	14.9	10.6
Over 25 years	15.6	15.0	16.7	15.2	19.2	16.7	7.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
12 years or under	100.0	61.7	16.7	78.5	13.6	2.6	5.3
13 to 14 years	100.0	64.1	14.2	78.3	14.1	2.3	5.3
15 to 16 years	100.0	66.1	12.0	78.1	14.3	2.2	5.5
17 to 18 years	100.0	67.7	9.9	77.6	15.0	2.2	5.1
19 to 20 years	100.0	64.3	10.9	75.2	17.4	2.6	4.9
21 to 25 years	100.0	63.8	12.0	75.8	17.8	2.7	3.7
Over 25 years	100.0	62.0	13.6	75.6	19.6	2.6	2.2
Total	100.0	64.5	12.6	77.1	15.9	2.4	4.6
	Median length of stay (days)
12 years or under	3	3	4		2	2	1
13 to 14 years	3	3	4		2	2	1
15 to 16 years	2	2	4		2	2	1
17 to 18 years	2	3	4		2	2	1
19 to 20 years	3	3	4		2	3	1
21 to 25 years	3	4	4		2	3	1
Over 25 years	4	4	4		2	3	2
Total	3	3	4		2	2	1
	Average length of stay (days)
12 years or under	15	10	30		23	14	14
13 to 14 years	16	10	39		22	22	7
15 to 16 years	13	9	36		17	17	5
17 to 18 years	10	7	22		14	16	6
19 to 20 years	10	6	25		12	14	6
21 to 25 years	9	7	21		8	13	11
Over 25 years	9	8	14		8	14	11
Total	12	8	27		14	16	8
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.