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Table 3 Self-reported risk behaviours & problems among IDU by sex work status

From: Drug use and risk behaviours among injecting drug users: a comparison between sex workers and non-sex workers in Sydney, Australia

 

Sex workers % (n = 22)

Non-sex workers % (n = 132)

borrowed needles in past month

14

5

lent needles in past month

23

11

last injected in public place in past month

36

26

usually injected in public place in past month

23

28

injection related problems past month

86*

55

attended mental health professional past 6 months

32

25

property crime in past month

32

31

drug dealing in past month

36

36

arrested in past 12 months

50

49

  1. *significant at p < 0.05
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