Table 2 Circumstances of first injection of illicit drugs by state
From: My first time: initiation into injecting drug use in Manipur and Nagaland, north-east India
Variable | Total (n = 200) | Manipur (n = 100) | Nagaland (n = 100) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | % | n | % | n | % | n | Â |
Drug injected 1 st time | |||||||
   - Heroin | 30.5 | 61 | 48.0 | 48 | 13.0 | 13 | < 0.01 |
   - SP | 65.5 | 131 | 49.0 | 49 | 82.0 | 82 |  |
   - Other* | 4.0 | 8 | 3.0 | 3 | 5.0 | 5 |  |
Had used this drug previously | |||||||
   - No | 33.3 | 66 | 40.0 | 40 | 26.5 | 26 | = 0.04 |
   - Yes | 66.7 | 132 | 60.0 | 60 | 73.5 | 72 |  |
Whose needle was used | |||||||
   - Mine | 44.5 | 89 | 52.0 | 52 | 37.0 | 37 | = 0.04 |
   - Someone else's | 53.5 | 107 | 45.0 | 45 | 62.0 | 62 |  |
   - Don't know | 2.0 | 4 | 3.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 |  |
Whose idea to inject | |||||||
   - Mine | 32.5 | 65 | 32.0 | 32 | 33.0 | 33 | = 0.77 |
   - Someone else's | 58.0 | 116 | 57.0 | 57 | 59.0 | 59 |  |
   - Both | 9.5 | 19 | 11.0 | 11 | 8.0 | 8 |  |
Planned or spontaneous | |||||||
   - Planned | 21.0 | 42 | 11.0 | 11 | 31.0 | 31 | = 0.01 |
   - Spontaneous | 79.0 | 158 | 89.0 | 89 | 69.0 | 69 |  |
Who paid for the drug | |||||||
   - Me | 48.5 | 96 | 40.8 | 40 | 56.0 | 56 | = 0.01 |
   - Someone else | 32.3 | 64 | 33.7 | 33 | 31.0 | 31 |  |
   - Both | 13.1 | 26 | 14.3 | 14 | 12.0 | 12 |  |
   - Free | 6.1 | 12 | 11.2 | 11 | 1.0 | 1 |  |
Who obtained the drug | |||||||
   - Me | 23.1 | 46 | 14.1 | 14 | 32.0 | 32 | < 0.01 |
   - Someone else | 63.3 | 126 | 72.7 | 72 | 54.0 | 54 |  |
   - Both | 13.6 | 27 | 13.1 | 13 | 14.0 | 14 |  |
Place of 1 st injection | |||||||
   - My house | 17.5 | 35 | 15.0 | 15 | 20.0 | 20 | = 0.09 |
   - Friend's house | 43.5 | 87 | 50.0 | 50 | 37.0 | 37 |  |
   - Peddler's place | 2.5 | 5 | 2.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 3 |  |
   - Public toilets | 3.5 | 7 | 6.0 | 6 | 1.0 | 1 |  |
   - Hotel/restaurant | 1.5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 2 |  |
   - Bushes/wasteland | 15.5 | 31 | 9.0 | 9 | 22.0 | 22 |  |
   - Riverbank | 3.5 | 7 | 4.0 | 4 | 3.0 | 3 |  |
   - Other†| 12.5 | 25 | 13.0 | 13 | 12.0 | 12 |  |
Concurrent use of other drugs | |||||||
   - No | 46.7 | 93 | 50.0 | 50 | 43.4 | 43 | = 0.35 |
   - Yes | 53.3 | 106 | 50.0 | 50 | 56.6 | 56 |  |
Drugs used concurrently‡ | |||||||
   - Alcohol | 10.6 | 21 | 8.0 | 8 | 13.1 | 13 | = 0.24 |
   - Marijuana | 6.5 | 13 | 11.0 | 11 | 2.0 | 2 | = 0.01 |
   - Heroin (smoked) | 7.0 | 14 | 5.0 | 5 | 9.1 | 9 | = 0.26 |
   - SP (oral) | 21.6 | 43 | 20.0 | 20 | 23.2 | 23 | = 0.58 |
   - Cigarettes | 37.2 | 74 | 43.0 | 43 | 31.5 | 31 | = 0.09 |
   - Glue | 3.0 | 6 | 5.0 | 5 | 1.0 | 1 | = 0.10 |
   - Gutka (packaged paan) | 21.6 | 43 | 19.0 | 19 | 24.2 | 24 | = 0.37 |
   - Pills | 7.0 | 14 | 5.0 | 5 | 9.1 | 9 | = 0.26 |
   - Other | 5.0 | 10 | 7.0 | 7 | 3.0 | 3 | = 0.20 |
Others present | |||||||
   - No | 2.0 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | 3.0 | 3 | = 0.31 |
   - Yes | 98.0 | 196 | 99.0 | 99 | 97.0 | 97 |  |
Injected by other | |||||||
   - No | 5.5 | 11 | 3.0 | 3 | 8.0 | 8 | = 0.12 |
   - Yes | 94.5 | 189 | 97.0 | 97 | 92.0 | 92 |  |