Table 6.9 Year 2001 discharges from DETOXIFICATION1 by reason for discharge, according to primary substance at admission: TEDS 2001 Number, percent distribution, average length of stay, and median length of stay
[Based on linked discharges and discharge data reported to TEDS by 22 States and jurisdictions.]
Primary substance at admission	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
		Treatment completed	Transferred to other SA treatment	Left against professional advice	Terminated by facility	Incar-cerated	Death	Other
	Number
Alcohol	56,399	29,672	8,547	11,565	3,543	46	95	2,931
Opiates	38,023	17,471	2,833	14,301	2,668	25	36	689
Cocaine	18,103	9,350	2,665	3,280	2,375	20	18	395
Marijuana/hashish	3,069	1,370	615	553	425	7	1	98
Stimulants	4,871	2,170	1,300	866	259	13	12	251
Other/unknown	2,703	1,156	589	496	167	5	3	287
No. of discharges	123,168	61,189	16,549	31,061	9,437	116	165	4,651
	Row percent
Alcohol	100.0	52.6	15.2	20.5	6.3	0.1	0.2	5.2
Opiates	100.0	45.9	7.5	37.6	7.0	0.1	0.1	1.8
Cocaine	100.0	51.6	14.7	18.1	13.1	0.1	0.1	2.2
Marijuana/hashish	100.0	44.6	20.0	18.0	13.8	0.2	*	3.2
Stimulants	100.0	44.5	26.7	17.8	5.3	0.3	0.2	5.2
Other/unknown	100.0	42.8	21.8	18.3	6.2	0.2	0.1	10.6
Total	100.0	49.7	13.4	25.2	7.7	0.1	0.1	3.8
	Column percent
Alcohol	45.8	48.5	51.6	37.2	37.5	39.7	57.6	63.0
Opiates	30.9	28.6	17.1	46.0	28.3	21.6	21.8	14.8
Cocaine	14.7	15.3	16.1	10.6	25.2	17.2	10.9	8.5
Marijuana/hashish	2.5	2.2	3.7	1.8	4.5	6.0	0.6	2.1
Stimulants	4.0	3.5	7.9	2.8	2.7	11.2	7.3	5.4
Other/unknown	2.2	1.9	3.6	1.6	1.8	4.3	1.8	6.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Average length of stay (days)
Alcohol	10	9	8	9	30	16	3	5
Opiates	10	10	7	9	19	22	5	7
Cocaine	21	20	6	22	41	20	4	8
Marijuana/hashish	20	15	20	22	32	§	§	19
Stimulants	8	6	10	8	15	§	2	9
Other/unknown	14	8	9	7	14	§	§	58
Total	12	11	8	10	29	19	4	9
	Median length of stay (days)
Alcohol	4	4	4	2	3	2	1	2
Opiates	4	5	5	2	3	4	5	3
Cocaine	4	4	5	2	4	4	2	3
Marijuana/hashish	4	5	7	2	3	§	§	4
Stimulants	4	5	5	2	3	§	1	3
Other/unknown	4	4	5	2	2	§	§	10
Total	4	5	5	2	3	3	2	2
1 Includes free-standing residential detoxification (n = 116,855; 95 percent), ambulatory detoxification (n = 3,829; 3 percent), and hospital detoxification (n = 2,484; 2 percent). Excludes records where methadone use was planned.
* Less than 0.05 percent.
§ Low precision; no estimate reported.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) - 5.31.03.