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**Table 3.** Average length of stay (in days) for discharges with principal (first-listed) mention of an alcohol-related diagnosis, by sex and age group, 1979–2010.
Sex or age and year	Alcoholic psychoses	Alcohol dependence syndrome	Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis				Nondependent abuse of alcohol
Sex or age and year	Alcoholic psychoses	Alcohol dependence syndrome	Any	Alcoholic	Other specified	Unspecified	Nondependent abuse of alcohol
U.S. total
2010*	4.6	4.1	5.0	5.3	5.2	4.0	2.0
2009*	4.6	3.8	6.3	7.5	3.4	5.8	2.5
2008*	4.4	3.7	5.4	5.4	4.6	5.8	1.7
2007	4.5	4.7	6.0	6.5	5.0	5.4	3.0
2006	4.7	4.7	5.5	5.4	5.6	5.8	2.2
2005	4.6	4.7	5.9	5.8	5.0	6.5	2.4
2004	5.3	4.6	6.1	6.3	3.8	6.5	2.7
2003	5.3	4.9	5.9	6.1	5.4	5.9	2.1
2002	5.0	5.5	6.2	6.6	4.5	5.8	2.2
2001	5.3	5.1	6.4	6.6	5.2	6.1	3.5
2000	4.7	5.5	6.4	6.7	4.6	6.4	3.6
1999	5.1	5.1	6.1	5.8	7.1	6.3	3.1
1998	4.9	5.6	5.8	5.8	3.3	6.5	3.3
1997	5.7	6.3	7.2	7.8	4.1	7.3	4.5
1996	5.4	6.6	6.1	6.2	4.9	6.1	4.9
1995	5.3	7.0	7.8	7.5	12.9	6.1	2.7
1994	5.6	7.7	7.4	7.9	4.9	7.5	3.1
1993	5.4	8.2	8.5	9.0	5.5	9.0	3.6
1992	5.5	8.8	9.7	8.7	9.3	11.6	2.6
1991	6.4	9.1	8.4	8.6	6.7	8.9	4.2
1990	6.0	9.5	9.9	10.3	6.6	10.9	3.2
1989	6.1	10.3	10.0	12.0	5.4	9.5	3.8
1988	5.8	10.7	8.8	9.4	5.0	9.2	6.9
1987**	6.7	10.7	8.7	9.3	7.2	8.7	3.2
1986**	6.3	10.4	8.0	8.6	6.1	8.1	3.8
1985**	7.3	10.4	8.4	8.8	6.0	9.4	4.6
1984**	5.9	10.3	10.6	11.1	9.8	10.5	3.6
1983**	6.6	11.2	10.2	10.3	7.8	11.5	4.0
1982**	7.1	10.9	11.5	12.0	8.3	12.5	3.6
1981**	7.1	10.3	12.1	11.8	6.7	15.3	3.4
1980**	6.6	9.9	11.8	12.1	7.6	13.7	4.5
1979**	7.2	9.1	12.6	12.7	8.4	14.8	2.8
Sex: male
2010*	4.4	4.5	4.7	5.0	—	3.8	2.0
2009*	4.9	3.8	7.0	8.0	—	7.4	2.8
2008*	4.8	3.5	5.2	5.5	—	5.3	1.6
2007	4.6	4.6	6.5	6.9	5.8	5.7	2.9
2006	4.6	4.7	5.6	5.3	7.5	5.9	2.1
2005	4.7	4.7	5.8	6.0	—	5.5	2.7
2004	5.3	4.6	6.3	6.4	6.0	6.1	2.6
2003	5.1	4.5	6.0	6.3	5.0	5.3	2.2
2002	4.7	5.4	6.3	6.8	—	5.1	2.4
2001	5.0	5.0	6.0	6.1	—	5.9	2.5
2000	4.6	5.1	6.1	6.4	4.3	5.8	2.8
1999	4.9	4.9	5.5	5.5	—	5.9	3.3
1998	5.2	5.6	6.1	6.1	—	7.0	3.3
1997	5.7	5.9	7.3	7.1	—	8.9	4.4
1996	5.0	6.4	6.1	6.2	—	6.0	5.1
1995	5.2	6.8	7.1	7.6	—	5.8	2.9
1994	5.5	7.3	6.6	7.1	—	6.3	3.2
1993	5.6	8.0	8.7	8.3	5.9	11.1	2.8
1992	5.6	8.7	9.2	9.0	4.6	11.6	3.0
1991	6.1	8.7	8.0	8.4	8.4	6.4	3.5
1990	6.1	9.5	10.7	10.8	6.5	12.2	2.5
1989	5.8	10.2	9.2	10.9	4.7	8.4	4.6
1988	5.8	10.5	8.3	8.9	5.2	7.2	7.2
1987**	7.0	10.3	7.7	8.0	5.7	8.1	3.2
1986**	6.4	10.2	7.0	7.4	5.3	7.3	3.5
1985**	5.6	10.4	8.0	8.1	6.7	8.7	5.0
1984**	6.1	10.0	10.6	10.4	11.7	10.4	3.8
1983**	6.7	10.9	10.2	9.6	8.9	11.4	4.2
1982**	7.2	10.3	10.4	11.0	5.8	11.2	3.9
1981**	7.2	10.1	11.4	10.6	6.3	14.8	3.6
1980**	6.4	9.8	11.6	11.8	6.6	12.9	4.7
1979**	6.6	9.1	11.6	11.3	7.6	13.3	3.0
Sex: female
2010*	5.1	3.0	5.6	6.0	—	4.3	2.2
2009*	3.9	3.6	4.8	6.0	—	4.0	2.0
2008*	3.4	4.0	5.8	5.4	5.7	6.5	1.9
2007	4.3	4.8	5.1	5.4	4.7	5.1	3.2
2006	4.8	4.7	5.5	5.6	4.6	5.6	2.4
2005	4.6	4.6	6.1	5.2	5.0	8.0	2.0
2004	5.5	4.5	5.8	6.2	2.6	6.9	3.0
2003	5.7	5.8	5.9	5.5	5.7	6.4	1.8
2002	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.6	4.6	6.4	1.7
2001	5.8	5.1	7.0	8.1	6.2	6.3	5.6
2000	4.8	6.5	6.9	7.6	4.9	6.9	5.0
1999	5.6	5.6	6.9	6.7	8.4	6.5	2.7
1998	4.1	5.4	5.3	5.2	3.2	6.2	3.1
1997	5.5	7.3	7.1	9.6	3.7	6.3	4.7
1996	7.4	7.2	6.1	6.4	3.6	6.2	4.3
1995	5.5	7.5	8.6	7.2	14.2	6.3	2.0
1994	6.1	9.0	9.0	10.2	5.4	9.3	2.9
1993	4.4	9.0	8.1	11.0	5.1	6.9	5.8
1992	5.2	9.0	10.4	7.7	11.6	11.7	1.9
1991	8.4	10.3	8.9	9.1	5.6	10.8	5.5
1990	5.4	9.6	8.8	8.9	6.6	9.7	5.3
1989	7.4	10.5	10.8	14.2	6.1	10.3	2.2
1988	5.5	11.2	9.7	11.2	4.8	10.5	6.6
1987**	5.4	11.6	10.3	12.2	8.6	9.3	3.2
1986**	5.9	11.0	9.1	10.9	7.1	8.6	4.7
1985**	13.3	10.5	9.0	10.1	5.2	10.0	3.5
1984**	5.2	10.9	10.7	12.7	8.4	10.6	3.1
1983**	6.3	12.1	10.2	11.9	6.9	11.6	3.6
1982**	6.9	12.6	13.0	14.0	9.9	14.1	3.0
1981**	7.0	11.1	13.0	13.4	7.1	15.9	2.9
1980**	7.4	10.4	12.2	12.6	8.1	14.9	4.0
1979**	10.7	9.0	13.9	15.6	8.8	16.6	2.5
Age: 15–24 years
2010*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008*	—	3.0	—	—	—	—	—
2007	3.7	5.3	—	—	—	—	3.2
2006	4.1	4.7	—	—	—	—	1.6
2005	5.5	3.7	—	—	—	—	1.4
2004	—	4.6	—	—	—	—	2.0
2003	—	6.7	—	—	—	—	—
2002	5.7	7.5	—	—	—	—	0.8
2001	4.7	5.0	—	—	—	—	1.0
2000	3.8	6.7	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	9.2	—	—	—	—	2.0
1998	—	7.9	—	—	—	—	3.4
1997	—	7.8	—	—	—	—	6.2
1996	—	11.3	—	—	—	—	—
1995	—	10.2	—	—	—	—	—
1994	—	11.7	—	—	—	—	3.3
1993	—	10.9	—	—	—	—	4.9
1992	—	12.1	—	—	—	—	1.6
1991	—	12.4	—	—	—	—	5.2
1990	—	11.9	—	—	—	—	1.9
1989	—	15.0	—	—	—	—	2.7
1988	—	13.8	—	—	—	—	9.7
1987**	—	13.2	—	—	—	—	2.7
1986**	—	12.6	—	—	—	—	3.0
1985**	—	13.4	—	—	—	—	3.7
1984**	—	13.2	—	—	—	—	2.2
1983**	—	13.6	—	—	—	—	3.2
1982**	—	14.8	—	—	—	—	2.3
1981**	—	11.9	—	—	—	—	2.0
1980**	—	12.7	—	—	—	—	1.6
1979**	—	9.8	—	—	—	—	1.7
Age: 25–44 years
2010*	3.5	5.0	4.6	4.9	—	—	1.5
2009*	4.0	3.0	6.2	6.9	—	—	3.5
2008*	3.6	3.6	5.6	5.4	—	—	1.6
2007	3.9	4.6	6.8	7.5	—	4.7	3.4
2006	4.6	4.5	5.5	5.4	—	4.5	2.2
2005	4.2	5.1	5.0	5.6	—	—	2.0
2004	5.2	4.5	6.3	6.8	—	—	1.9
2003	4.9	4.7	5.6	5.7	—	—	2.0
2002	4.8	5.6	6.8	7.5	—	3.7	2.4
2001	4.8	5.0	6.1	6.3	—	6.0	4.3
2000	4.6	5.5	6.1	6.1	—	5.9	4.4
1999	4.2	4.8	6.1	5.4	—	6.0	2.7
1998	3.9	5.2	5.2	5.4	—	—	3.1
1997	5.1	5.4	7.7	8.4	—	—	4.4
1996	5.2	6.4	5.9	6.2	—	—	4.2
1995	4.9	6.6	6.2	6.8	—	—	2.6
1994	4.8	7.4	8.1	8.0	—	—	3.1
1993	4.7	7.7	7.9	7.7	—	—	3.2
1992	5.0	8.7	9.3	8.7	—	—	2.1
1991	5.6	9.1	8.5	8.7	—	—	3.8
1990	4.8	9.3	7.3	7.5	—	—	4.6
1989	5.8	10.0	8.9	11.2	4.2	—	4.2
1988	4.8	11.0	7.1	7.5	4.2	—	6.4
1987**	5.3	10.5	8.1	9.4	—	—	3.2
1986**	5.7	9.8	6.7	7.9	—	—	4.2
1985**	5.6	10.3	7.5	8.3	—	—	4.9
1984**	5.6	9.8	8.8	9.0	—	—	3.4
1983**	6.2	11.0	8.8	8.1	8.5	10.2	4.2
1982**	5.8	10.0	10.9	12.8	5.9	12.1	4.3
1981**	6.3	9.8	8.4	8.4	5.3	12.0	3.9
1980**	6.1	9.1	9.8	10.8	8.7	9.2	4.8
1979**	6.1	9.4	10.9	11.7	—	12.9	2.6
Age: 45–64 years
2010*	4.9	3.5	5.3	5.6	5.7	3.8	2.5
2009*	5.2	4.4	6.9	8.0	—	6.6	1.5
2008*	4.7	3.7	5.3	5.7	—	4.9	2.0
2007	4.8	4.7	6.0	6.2	3.8	5.7	2.7
2006	4.7	4.6	5.2	5.1	5.3	5.2	2.3
2005	4.9	4.2	6.3	5.8	5.8	7.4	3.4
2004	5.1	4.5	6.2	6.6	4.6	5.9	3.8
2003	5.5	4.7	6.0	6.4	5.6	5.2	2.1
2002	5.0	4.8	5.9	6.3	4.2	5.3	2.3
2001	5.9	5.0	6.5	6.7	—	6.2	3.0
2000	4.6	5.5	6.4	6.7	4.8	6.2	2.3
1999	6.1	4.6	5.7	5.6	—	6.3	4.0
1998	5.7	5.6	6.0	6.1	—	6.6	3.5
1997	4.9	7.1	7.1	6.9	—	7.9	3.7
1996	5.1	5.5	6.0	6.1	—	6.0	4.7
1995	5.2	6.8	8.9	7.7	—	5.8	3.2
1994	5.9	7.1	6.8	7.3	—	6.2	2.5
1993	5.9	8.2	7.8	9.2	3.5	7.9	2.6
1992	5.7	7.6	9.2	8.5	5.7	12.5	3.8
1991	7.1	8.2	7.6	8.4	4.9	7.0	4.3
1990	6.6	9.0	11.5	13.1	6.4	10.9	1.9
1989	6.0	8.1	11.1	13.4	4.9	10.3	3.1
1988	6.0	8.7	9.7	10.3	4.1	10.3	4.6
1987**	7.3	10.1	9.3	10.2	8.2	8.4	3.9
1986**	6.7	10.3	8.0	9.1	—	7.1	3.5
1985**	10.7	9.6	9.0	9.5	6.2	9.8	5.4
1984**	6.0	9.6	10.9	11.8	—	12.1	5.4
1983**	6.3	10.5	9.7	11.0	6.0	10.8	3.5
1982**	8.0	10.5	11.2	11.6	6.4	12.4	3.7
1981**	7.8	10.2	13.0	12.7	8.7	15.2	3.4
1980**	7.1	10.3	12.5	13.0	7.0	14.3	5.8
1979**	7.4	8.7	12.9	13.1	7.6	15.3	3.3
Age: 65+ years
2010*	8.2	4.7	4.7	—	—	4.3	—
2009*	5.2	3.1	5.1	6.0	—	4.8	—
2008*	7.4	4.1	5.4	5.0	—	7.3	—
2007	7.1	4.8	5.6	6.2	6.5	5.1	—
2006	4.4	6.5	6.5	6.6	—	6.9	2.2
2005	5.5	6.3	5.6	6.0	—	5.6	2.6
2004	7.5	5.1	5.8	3.8	—	7.4	2.7
2003	6.9	7.2	6.0	5.4	—	6.7	3.1
2002	6.8	7.8	6.2	6.8	—	6.1	2.9
2001	6.1	5.8	6.4	7.2	—	6.1	5.8
2000	6.6	4.1	7.0	8.4	—	6.7	4.6
1999	6.2	6.4	6.9	7.4	—	6.3	4.9
1998	6.9	6.4	6.0	5.8	—	6.5	—
1997	10.5	7.9	7.0	8.9	—	6.7	—
1996	7.3	8.4	6.4	7.1	—	6.2	—
1995	6.1	7.3	7.2	8.0	—	6.4	—
1994	7.8	8.0	7.7	8.6	—	7.6	—
1993	8.2	9.1	9.8	10.8	—	9.5	—
1992	8.9	8.8	10.6	9.2	—	10.8	—
1991	8.3	9.4	9.3	8.9	—	10.1	—
1990	8.1	9.4	9.9	8.8	—	11.3	—
1989	8.1	11.8	8.9	9.3	—	9.2	—
1988	7.1	8.4	9.1	10.0	—	8.5	—
1987**	11.8	10.6	8.8	7.5	—	9.6	—
1986**	9.4	12.7	9.1	8.1	—	10.3	—
1985**	6.8	11.7	8.4	7.5	—	9.0	—
1984**	7.7	12.9	12.2	—	—	9.0	—
1983**	—	12.0	13.0	—	—	13.3	—
1982**	—	12.0	13.1	11.8	—	12.9	—
1981**	11.4	11.9	13.2	13.2	—	15.9	—
1980**	—	9.8	12.9	12.0	8.1	14.9	—
1979**	—	9.2	13.7	13.2	—	15.3	—

Note: Values are rounded down to the first decimal place.

* Beginning in 2008, the sample of hospitals was reduced by half. Any discontinuities in trends observed in recent years could be an artifact due to the sample size reduction.

** This is the period before implementation of a new sample design. Some of the differences between the 1979–1987 statistics and those of later years may be due to sampling error rather than changes in hospital utilization patterns.

— There were fewer than 30 NHDS records for this cell of the table. Data are not reported because of questionable reliability.

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