Table 3.

Indicators of Proposition 36 program performance and outcomes

County size	Large				Medium
County	1	2	3	Range (n=13a)	4	5	6	Range (n=12a)
Dropped-out of treatment <30 days, %b	25	19	32	19–49	27	36	21	21–55
Treatment retention ≤ 90 days, %	53	63	49	42–63	44	45	64	26–64
Completed treatment, %	24	50	45	24–62	28	66	51	28–66
Re-arrested for drug offense, %b	49	50	43	30–59	44	53	42	39–62
Re-arrested for any offense, %b	69	73	70	51–79	73	69	68	61–79
Sentenced to jail, %b	54	57	49	36–96	24	52	48	24–93
Sentenced to prison, %b	6	4	5	1–17	10	4	9	4–14
Composite scorec	35	38	35	28–38	35	36	40	29–40

^aIndicates total number of counties within this size category.

^bIndicates item was reverse-scored for calculation of the composite score.

^cSum of seven indicators; possible range 0 to 70.