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
Sex or age and year	Alcoholic psychoses	Alcohol dependence syndrome	Any	Alcohol-related	Other specified without mention of alcohol	Unspecified without mention of alcohol	Nondependent abuse of alcohol	Alcohol poisoning
U.S. Total
2015	4.5	5.2	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.6	2.5	3.5
2014	4.6	5.2	5.8	5.9	5.6	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	5.9	5.6	2.1	2.8
2011	4.4	5.6	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.7	2.1	2.9
2010	4.4	5.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.0	2.0	2.7
2009	4.4	5.3	6.2	6.2	6.4	6.2	1.8	2.8
2008	4.4	5.0	6.5	6.5	6.4	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	6.0	2.4	2.9
2005	4.4	5.8	6.5	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	6.6	6.1	6.9	2.5	2.1
2002	4.4	4.6	6.7	6.7	6.5	6.7	2.1	2.4
2001	4.6	5.7	6.7	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	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	5.6	5.3	5.5	2.2	3.1
2012	4.5	4.9	5.6	5.7	5.4	5.4	2.1	2.8
2011	4.5	5.4	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.4	2.2	3.1
2010	4.5	5.0	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.9	2.0	2.8
2009	4.5	5.2	6.0	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	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	4.6	6.4	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	6.4	5.5	6.6	2.4	2.4
2000	4.5	5.2	6.5	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	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	6.4	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	6.7	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	6.8	2.1	2.2
2004	4.1	5.2	6.8	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	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	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	1.3
2010	2.9	5.4	6.3	—	6.6	5.0	1.2	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	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	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	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	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	5.7	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	5.7	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	6.0	5.7	6.3	1.7	2.7
2008	3.8	5.1	6.1	6.3	5.6	5.6	2.0	2.6
2007	3.7	6.0	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	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	6.5	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	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	5.8	5.8	5.7	2.5	3.7
2012	4.7	5.1	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.7	2.5	3.2
2011	4.6	5.6	5.8	5.8	5.6	5.6	2.5	3.3
2010	4.6	5.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	5.9	2.1	3.0
2009	4.7	5.4	6.3	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	6.6	6.2	6.5	2.4	3.2
2004	4.6	4.9	6.4	6.4	6.1	6.4	2.2	3.0
2003	4.8	4.7	6.7	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	6.8	6.3	7.0	2.4	2.5
2000	4.8	5.1	6.8	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	5.7	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	5.8	6.1	5.8	2.7	4.1
2010	6.3	5.4	6.2	6.2	6.7	6.1	3.0	3.8
2009	5.9	5.0	6.3	6.4	6.3	6.3	2.5	4.7
2008	6.4	5.3	6.5	6.5	6.7	6.5	2.7	4.8
2007	6.5	5.9	6.3	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	6.8	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