Table 1 Demographic factors, sexual behaviors and drug use characteristics of 2,231 drug users admitted to NDTC, Chiang Mai, Thailand
From: Risk factors associated with injection initiation among drug users in Northern Thailand
| Â | Number (%) (n = 2231) |
|---|---|
Age (years), Median (IQR) | 29.3 (21.4~38.5) |
Male | 2005 (89.9) |
Thai ethnicity | 1238 (55.5) |
Single* | 1301 (58.3) |
Rural residence | 1685 (75.5) |
Education | Â |
No schooling | 725 (32.5) |
≤ 6 years | 500 (22.4) |
7~11 years | 635 (28.5) |
12 or More years | 371 (16.6) |
Employed | 1824 (81.8) |
Ever smoking | 2074 (93.0) |
Ever drinking | 1805 (80.9) |
Ever been in jail/prison | 732 (32.8) |
HIV positive | 347 (15.6) |
Number of sex partners, median (IQR) | 5.0 (1.0~10.0) |
Ever selling sex | 40 (1.8) |
Ever sex abused | 31 (1.4) |
The first drug ever used | Â |
Opium | 755 (33.8) |
Heroin | 326 (14.6) |
Amphetamine | 478 (21.4) |
Marijuana | 541 (24.3) |
Others** | 131 (5.9) |
Age of drug initiation (years), median (IQR) | 17.3 (15.1~22.7) |
Ever injection | 879 (39.4) |