Table 3. Average length of stay (in days) for discharges with principal (first-listed) mention of an alcohol-related diagnosis for U.S. population ages 12 and older, by sex and age group, 2000–2015

Sex or age
and year

Alcoholic
psychoses

Alcohol
dependence
syndrome

Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis

Nondependent
abuse of
alcohol

Alcohol
poisoning

Any

Alcohol-related

Other specified
without mention of alcohol

Unspecified
without mention of alcohol

U.S. Total

2015

4.5

5.2

5.8

5.9

5.6

2.5

3.5

2014

4.6

5.2

5.8

5.9

5.6

2.5

3.1

2013

4.6

4.9

5.8

5.7

5.9

5.8

2.2

3.0

2012

4.4

5.0

5.8

5.9

5.6

2.1

2.8

2011

4.4

5.6

5.8

5.9

5.7

2.1

2.9

2010

4.4

5.0

6.1

6.2

6.0

2.0

2.7

2009

4.4

5.3

6.2

6.4

6.2

1.8

2.8

2008

4.4

5.0

6.5

6.4

2.1

2.9

2007

4.4

6.0

6.2

6.4

5.9

6.1

2.2

2.7

2006

4.4

5.5

6.2

6.4

6.0

2.4

2.9

2005

4.4

5.8

6.5

6.3

6.5

2.2

2.6

2004

4.4

5.1

6.4

6.3

5.9

6.5

1.9

2.5

2003

4.5

4.8

6.6

6.1

6.9

2.5

2.1

2002

4.4

4.6

6.7

6.5

6.7

2.1

2.4

2001

4.6

5.7

6.7

6.3

7.0

2.4

2.2

2000

4.5

5.3

6.6

6.7

6.2

6.8

2.3

Sex: male

2015

4.6

5.1

5.8

5.9

5.8

5.5

2.6

3.7

2014

4.6

5.1

5.7

5.8

5.1

5.5

2.4

3.1

2013

4.6

5.0

5.6

5.3

5.5

2.2

3.1

2012

4.5

4.9

5.6

5.7

5.4

2.1

2.8

2011

4.5

5.4

5.6

5.4

2.2

3.1

2010

4.5

5.0

5.9

5.8

5.9

2.0

2.8

2009

4.5

5.2

6.0

5.7

6.0

1.8

3.0

2008

4.6

5.0

6.3

6.4

5.7

6.0

2.1

3.0

2007

4.4

5.7

6.1

6.3

5.2

5.9

2.2

2.6

2006

4.5

5.4

6.1

6.2

5.7

5.9

2.5

3.0

2005

4.4

5.7

6.3

5.6

6.3

2.3

2.9

2004

4.4

5.0

6.1

6.2

5.5

6.1

2.0

2.7

2003

4.6

6.4

5.8

6.6

2.5

2.2

2002

4.5

4.6

6.5

6.6

5.8

6.4

2.2

2.6

2001

4.7

5.6

6.4

5.5

6.6

2.4

2000

4.5

5.2

6.5

5.7

6.5

2.2

2.3

Sex: female

2015

4.2

5.4

5.9

6.1

6.0

5.7

2.3

3.1

2014

4.4

5.3

6.0

6.3

6.0

5.7

2.7

3.1

2013

4.3

4.9

6.1

6.0

6.4

6.1

2.1

2.8

2012

4.1

5.3

6.1

6.2

5.9

2.1

2.7

2011

4.1

6.1

6.2

6.4

6.2

6.0

2.0

2.7

2010

4.1

5.1

6.3

6.4

6.0

1.8

2.4

2009

4.0

5.4

6.6

6.7

6.9

6.4

1.8

2.5

2008

4.2

5.2

6.7

6.9

6.7

2.1

2.6

2007

4.2

6.8

6.5

6.6

6.3

6.5

2.1

2.9

2006

4.0

5.7

6.4

6.8

6.2

6.1

2.4

2.6

2005

4.2

6.3

6.8

6.9

6.8

2.1

2.2

2004

4.1

5.2

6.8

6.2

6.9

1.9

2.1

2003

4.3

5.2

7.0

7.1

6.2

7.2

2.3

2.0

2002

4.1

4.8

7.0

6.9

7.0

1.9

2.1

2001

4.4

6.1

7.2

7.3

6.8

7.3

2.3

1.9

2000

4.4

5.6

7.0

6.5

7.0

2.5

2.3

Age: 12–20 years

2015

3.7

5.4

6.9

—

5.7

—

1.1

1.4

2014

3.0

6.5

5.0

5.5

4.6

6.2

1.5

1.2

2013

3.6

8.1

6.7

—

7.5

4.1

1.6

1.3

2012

3.4

5.8

6.2

2.8

6.5

—

1.1

1.2

2011

3.2

8.9

5.6

—

4.7

8.2

1.3

2010

2.9

5.4

6.3

—

6.6

5.0

1.2

2009

2.8

5.5

5.2

2.0

5.7

4.6

1.2

1.6

2008

4.0

5.9

7.1

4.6

6.4

9.0

1.4

1.5

2007

3.6

9.5

6.0

3.1

5.2

9.2

1.2

1.5

2006

3.3

4.5

5.3

1.5

5.1

6.3

1.0

1.1

2005

3.1

7.0

5.7

3.0

6.0

5.4

1.4

1.2

2004

3.1

8.8

5.4

—

4.2

8.4

1.4

1.1

2003

3.7

7.4

9.0

2.9

7.0

12.2

—

1.1

2002

3.2

7.5

6.9

—

8.1

1.8

1.2

2001

4.2

10.7

5.0

1.5

5.0

5.2

—

1.1

2000

3.8

9.2

5.3

3.4

4.6

7.2

—

1.1

Age: 21–24 years

2015

3.3

5.4

5.6

4.7

8.4

2.3

2.1

2014

3.4

5.7

4.8

3.8

5.1

6.3

1.6

2013

3.1

5.4

6.5

6.7

6.6

6.0

1.5

2.2

2012

3.1

5.6

7.2

—

6.5

4.3

1.3

1.4

2011

3.2

7.0

5.1

4.1

—

4.2

1.4

2.2

2010

2.9

6.5

5.1

3.8

6.1

5.5

1.5

2009

3.1

5.4

5.5

3.9

6.6

5.7

1.3

1.5

2008

3.3

5.1

5.7

4.0

—

5.4

2.1

2.4

2007

3.5

8.3

4.8

4.6

4.2

—

1.6

2.0

2006

3.2

6.0

3.9

3.3

5.0

4.2

1.8

2.0

2005

3.1

6.8

8.3

4.4

7.2

—

1.8

2.0

2004

3.2

6.6

6.0

4.7

5.4

8.8

1.4

2.2

2003

3.6

5.2

7.0

5.3

4.7

12.8

1.6

1.5

2002

3.4

5.3

5.4

4.4

5.7

6.6

1.7

2001

3.8

7.7

6.9

4.0

6.2

—

1.6

1.4

2000

3.5

6.1

5.3

4.3

3.4

7.8

1.6

1.8

Age: 25–44 years

2015

3.8

5.1

5.7

5.9

5.1

2.1

3.1

2014

3.9

5.0

5.8

5.9

5.0

5.3

2.4

2.9

2013

3.9

4.7

5.7

6.0

1.9

2.7

2012

3.6

4.8

5.7

5.8

5.3

5.5

1.9

2.8

2011

3.6

5.3

6.0

5.9

6.6

6.1

2.0

2.9

2010

3.6

4.9

6.0

6.1

5.3

5.7

1.8

2.6

2009

3.7

5.2

6.0

5.7

6.3

1.7

2.7

2008

3.8

5.1

6.1

6.3

5.6

2.0

2.6

2007

3.7

6.0

6.2

5.3

5.4

2.1

2.5

2006

3.7

5.5

5.9

6.0

5.8

5.5

2.5

3.0

2005

3.7

5.8

6.1

6.2

5.9

5.6

2.2

2.6

2004

3.7

5.0

6.0

6.1

5.6

5.7

1.8

2.5

2003

3.9

4.7

6.2

5.1

6.5

2.2

2.1

2002

3.7

4.4

6.3

6.4

5.0

6.4

1.8

2.3

2001

4.0

5.8

6.5

6.1

6.8

2.2

2.4

2000

3.9

5.2

6.1

6.3

5.9

5.7

2.2

2.6

Age: 45–64 years

2015

4.8

5.2

5.9

6.0

5.6

2.9

4.5

2014

4.9

5.2

5.8

6.0

5.7

5.5

2.6

3.9

2013

4.8

4.9

5.8

5.7

2.5

3.7

2012

4.7

5.1

5.8

5.9

5.7

2.5

3.2

2011

4.6

5.6

5.8

5.6

2.5

3.3

2010

4.6

5.0

6.0

6.1

5.9

2.1

3.0

2009

4.7

5.4

6.3

6.8

6.2

2.0

3.4

2008

4.7

4.9

6.5

6.6

6.5

6.4

2.2

3.4

2007

4.6

5.9

6.3

6.4

6.0

6.2

2.5

3.1

2006

4.7

5.4

6.3

6.5

6.1

5.9

2.8

3.6

2005

4.6

5.8

6.6

6.2

6.5

2.4

3.2

2004

4.6

4.9

6.4

6.1

6.4

2.2

3.0

2003

4.8

4.7

6.7

6.4

6.8

2.4

2.5

2002

4.8

4.7

6.9

6.8

7.2

6.8

2.3

2.9

2001

4.9

5.3

6.8

6.3

7.0

2.4

2.5

2000

4.8

5.1

6.8

6.6

6.8

2.5

2.4

Age: 65+ years

2015

6.1

5.8

5.9

6.2

5.9

5.6

3.0

3.6

2014

6.1

5.5

5.7

5.8

5.7

3.4

3.6

2013

6.2

5.5

5.8

5.6

6.0

5.8

2.6

3.9

2012

6.1

5.3

5.8

6.1

5.9

5.6

2.7

3.7

2011

6.3

6.6

5.8

6.1

5.8

2.7

4.1

2010

6.3

5.4

6.2

6.7

6.1

3.0

3.8

2009

5.9

5.0

6.3

6.4

6.3

2.5

4.7

2008

6.4

5.3

6.5

6.7

6.5

2.7

4.8

2007

6.5

5.9

6.3

6.1

6.3

3.0

—

2006

6.2

5.4

6.2

6.3

6.0

6.2

3.0

4.5

2005

6.4

5.9

6.6

6.4

6.8

6.7

2.9

4.3

2004

6.3

5.3

6.6

6.7

6.1

6.7

2.5

3.1

2003

6.5

5.4

6.7

6.5

6.0

7.0

3.1

3.3

2002

6.6

5.3

6.7

6.9

6.4

6.7

3.3

4.2

2001

6.9

5.5

6.8

6.4

6.9

3.0

3.5

2000

6.6

5.5

6.9

7.1

6.0

7.0

3.1

3.5

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Table 3. Average length of stay (in days) for discharges with principal (first-listed) mention of an alcohol-related diagnosis for U.S. population ages 12 and older, by sex and age group, 2000–2015

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