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Table 1 Patient Demographics: Recent MMTP entrants who injected drugs in the past 6 months

From: Sterile syringe access and disposal among injection drug users newly enrolled in methadone maintenance treatment: a cross-sectional survey

Characteristic

Participants (n = 35)

No.(%)

Age,

 

   mean (range)

38 (19–61)

Sex

 

   Men

19 (54.3)

Ethnicity

 

   Hispanic

26 (74.3)

   African American

5 (14.3)

   Caucasian

4 (11.4)

HIV positive*

11 (31.4)

HCV positive*

24 (68.6)

Time in treatment

 

   2–4 weeks

33 (94.3)

   5–8 weeks

2 (0.6)

Recent injection drug use

 

   Injected in past week

18 (51.4%)

   Injected in past month

28 (80.0%)

  1. *Self-reported