Table 1 Demographic and substance use characteristics of the sample of persons who inject drugs
Overall (n = 40) | |
|---|---|
Age (Median, IQR) | 37, 32–45 |
Gender | |
Man | 26 (65%) |
Woman | 13 (33%) |
Non-binary (assigned male at birth) | 1 (3%) |
Race | |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 7 (18%) |
Asian | 1 (3%) |
African American/Black | 1 (3%) |
White | 21 (53%) |
Multiple races | 5 (13%) |
Other race(s) | 5 (13%) |
Hispanic ethnicity | 7 (18%) |
Housing status | |
Stably housed | 8 (20%) |
Not stably housed | 32 (80%) |
Drug(s) used at last injection episode | |
Heroin, alone | 14 (35%) |
Methamphetamine, alone | 4 (10%) |
Heroin and methamphetamine | 15 (38%) |
3 or more drugs in combination | 7 (17.5%) |
Days injected in past month (Median, IQR) | 30, 25–30 |
Injecting episodes on an average day (Median, IQR) | 4, 3–4 |
Years injecting drugs (Median, IQR) | 11.5, 5–18 |
Years aware of HCV diagnosis (Median, IQR) | 2, 0.5–7 |