Table 1 Characteristics of the sample of IDUs of Vancouver
Name | Gender | Age | Ethnicity | Drug of choice | Years of injection | Medical condition | Year selected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tania | Woman | 46 | White | Heroin & Crack | 27 | HCV & HIV | 2011 |
Joe | Man | 60 | White | Heroin | 45 | HCV | 2011 |
Maxim | Man | 50 | White | Heroin & Crack | 35 | HCV & HIV | 2011 |
Michelle | Woman | 30 | White | Heroin & Crack | 12 | HCV | 2011 |
Ashley | Woman | 43 | First Nation | Cocaine, Heroin & Crack | 20 | HCV | 2011 |
Martin | Man | 46 | White | Cocaine & Heroin | 10 | Bipolar Disorder | 2011 |
Jack | Man | 46 | First Nation | Heroin & Crack | 30 | HCV & HIV | 2011 |
Catherine | Woman | 53 | White | Heroin & Crack | 23 | HCV | 2011 |
George | Man | 53 | White | Cocaine & Heroin | 2 | HCV & Diabetic | 2011 |
Sam | Man | 37 | First Nation | Heroin | 10 | HCV & Abscesses | 2011 |
Alex | Male | 47 | Caucasian | Heroin & Crack | 30 | HCV | 2009 |
Ayatollah | Male | 50 | Middle Eastern | Heroin | 20 | HCV | 2009 |
Dan | Male | 37 | First Nation | Heroin | 10 | HCV & Abscesses | 2009 |
Lisa | Female | 39 | First Nation | Cocaine & Crack | 15 | Bipolar Disorder | 2009 |
Niki | Female | 30 | Caucasian | Cocaine & Crack | 14 | HCV & HIV | 2009 |
Shane | Male | 29 | Caucasian | Heroin | 13 | HCV & HIV | 2009 |