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Table 2 Demographic characteristics and drug intake mode of participants of DCRs (n = 154)

From: A cross-sectional national survey assessing self-reported drug intake behavior, contact with the primary sector and drug treatment among service users of Danish drug consumption rooms

 

Total

n (%)

154 (100)

Age, years

 20–29

15 (10)

 30-39

47 (30)

 40-49

55 (36)

 ≥50

37 (24)

Gender

 Male

116 (75)

 Female

38 (25)

Age at first time of hard drug use, yearsa

 9–19

93 (60)

 20–29

42 (27)

 30–39

14 (9)

 ≥40

5 (3)

Nationalitya

 Danish citizenship

113 (73)

 EU citizenship other than Danish

13 (8)

 Non-EU citizen

28 (18)

Residence status

 Single

108 (70)

 Cohabiting

46 (30)

Parental status

 No children

66 (45)

 Children

80 (55)

Work status

 Full time/part time work

16 (11)

 Social welfare

65 (44)

 Early retirement

56 (38)

 Other

11 (7)

Housing status

 Stable

92 (60)

 Unstable

62 (40)

Drug intake method

 Inject in a muscle or subcutaneous

1 (1)

 Inject in a vein

96 (63)

 Sniff

10 (7)

 Smoke

56 (37)

Drugs used

 Cocaine

75 (49)

 Heroin

62 (41)

 Mix of heroin and cocaine

24 (16)

 Methadone

24 (16)

 Benzodiazepines

8 (5)

 Ritaline

5 (3)

 Amphetamines

3 (2)

Frequency of DCR use per week

 Less than 1 day a week

30 (20)

 1 day a week

17 (11)

 2–4 days a week

42 (27)

 5–7 days a week

65 (42)

Frequency of use of DCR per day

 1 time per day

45 (29)

 2–5 times per day

75 (49)

 More than 5 times per day

33 (22)

Disease status

 Hepatitis C virus (HCV)

56 (39)

 Hepatitis B virus (HBV)

13 (9)

 HIV

5 (3)

 Tuberculosis

5 (3)

 None of these

80 (55)

Incarcerationb

 Spent time in prison

118 (81)

 Never been to prison

21 (14)

 Prefer not to answer

7 (5)

Incarcerated 1–5 times

62 (53)

 6–10 times

32 (28)

 11–50 times

22 (19)

Use of health care system the past 3 months

 Health care clinic in or close to DCRs

44 (30)

 Street nurse

9 (6)

 General practitioner

44 (30)

 Emergency room

24 (16)

 Hospitalization

22 (14)

 Outpatient contact

24 (16)

 None of the above

55 (37)

  1. aTotal is 99 due to rounding error
  2. bOnly three (5 %) with HCV have never been in prison, Pearson chi-square p = 0.034. All participants with HIV have spent time in prison. N 71 (60 %) of those who spent time in prison, were age 9–19 when they started using illicit drugs