Table 1.6 Discharges aged 12 and older, by characteristics at admission and type of service: 2009 Percent distribution of characteristics at admission
[Based on linked admission and discharge data reported to TEDS by 45 States and jurisdictions.]
Characteristics at admission	Type of service
	Total1	Outpatient	Intensive outpatient	Short-term residential	Long-term residential	Hospital residential	Detox- ification	Outpatient med. asst. opi. ther.2	Med.- asst. opi. Detox3
No. of discharges	1,615,015	685,256	200,259	178,808	135,390	4,032	326,365	62,564	22,341
Gender
Male	68.0	68.2	62.9	66.5	64.7	65.7	74.4	61.1	67.6
Female	32.0	31.8	37.1	33.5	35.3	34.3	25.6	38.9	32.4
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Age at admission
12 to 20 years	14.1	19.6	17.1	12.5	13.7	6.5	4.2	3.8	5.5
21 to 30 years	29.4	30.9	32.4	29.9	30.2	25.0	23.3	29.8	31.9
31 to 40 years	22.2	21.1	22.2	22.7	23.5	24.2	23.3	24.5	22.2
41 to 50 years	23.4	19.5	20.2	24.4	23.6	28.4	32.3	25.8	25.5
Over 50 years	11.0	8.9	8.2	10.5	8.9	15.8	16.9	16.0	14.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Race/ethnicity
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4	58.9	60.6	65.8	54.6	77.8	58.2	57.9	60.2
Black (non-Hispanic)	20.3	19.3	21.9	20.5	22.6	12.1	21.5	17.3	16.4
Hispanic origin	14.1	15.4	10.5	9.4	14.9	5.2	14.6	20.1	17.3
Other	6.2	6.4	7.0	4.3	7.9	4.9	5.6	4.6	6.1
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Primary substance
Alcohol	41.7	43.2	39.4	41.0	31.0	56.6	54.6	2.4	8.8
Opiates	20.9	9.6	13.1	21.8	19.6	18.4	31.1	94.3	88.0
Marijuana/hashish	17.4	26.1	25.1	13.3	14.7	6.9	2.0	1.2	0.3
Cocaine	9.8	9.1	11.3	14.1	17.0	7.6	7.2	0.9	1.1
Stimulants	7.4	8.7	8.6	6.9	15.3	6.2	3.0	0.3	0.3
Other/unknown	2.8	3.3	2.5	3.0	2.4	4.3	2.2	1.0	1.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Frequency of use
No use in the past month	29.1	43.9	41.8	13.0	35.8	7.8	1.7	15.8	1.8
Some use	33.3	39.9	36.5	34.8	31.5	26.2	22.8	15.2	8.9
Daily	37.6	16.2	21.7	52.2	32.7	66.0	75.5	69.0	89.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
No. of prior treatment episodes
None	41.6	50.5	41.9	33.5	30.6	34.0	34.5	24.3	31.2
1 or more	58.4	49.5	58.1	66.5	69.4	66.0	65.5	75.7	68.8
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Treatment referral source
Criminal justice/DUI	37.8	56.0	47.7	22.7	38.0	18.7	10.7	5.8	2.3
Self or individual	32.9	18.4	23.4	31.8	25.8	47.0	61.4	73.5	81.5
Health care/community	29.3	25.6	28.9	45.5	36.2	34.2	27.9	20.7	16.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Employment status4
Employed	24.0	34.5	26.1	14.0	7.1	17.9	13.8	24.5	17.0
Unemployed/Not in labor force	76.0	65.5	73.9	86.0	92.9	82.1	86.2	75.5	83.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Years of education4
Fewer than 12 years	32.0	32.3	34.0	30.5	34.9	25.2	29.2	36.1	32.1
12 years (or GED)	44.0	44.0	43.0	42.8	42.6	45.0	45.8	43.9	47.1
More than 12 years	24.0	23.8	23.1	26.6	22.5	29.8	24.9	20.0	20.8
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1 Excludes 5,573 residential (short-term, long-term, hospital) discharges where medication-assisted opioid therapy was planned.
2 Outpatient and intensive outpatient medication-assisted opioid therapy only.
3 Medication-assisted opioid detoxification (free-standing, hospital, and outpatient) only.
4 Includes only discharges aged 16 and above for employment status and aged 18 and older for years of educationn.
SOURCE: Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 10.10.11.