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