Table 1 Demographic characteristics of PWID interviewed and characteristics of locations where PWID congregate in selected wards in Cape Town, Tshwane and eThekwini, 2015
Metropolitan area | Cape Town | Tshwane | eThekwini | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | n | n | ||
No. of mapped electoral wards | 18 | 12 | 15a | |
No. of secondary key informants interviewed | 400 | 280 | 385 | |
No. locations where drug use suspected | 734 | 146 | 222 | |
No. locations where injecting suspected | 230 | 68 | 164 | |
No. locations where PWID interviewed | 61 | 36 | 40 | |
Locations where injecting is not suspected but PWID identifiedb | 0/29 (0%)c | 1/13 (8%) | 1/14 (7%) | |
Median no. of people estimated to congregate at locations (interquartile range) | 7 (4–15) | 10 (5–13) | 6 (3–11) | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Sex of PWID interviewed | Male | 56 (92%) | 31 (86%) | 35 (88%) |
Female | 5 (8%) | 5 (14%) | 5 (12%) | |
Race of PWID interviewed | Black | 3 (5%) | 16 (44%) | 6 (15%) |
White | 22 (36%) | 18 (50%) | 29 (73%) | |
Colouredd | 36 (59%) | 2 (6%) | 1 (3%) | |
Indian/Asian | 0 | 0 | 4 (10%) | |
No. of locations where commodities seen | Condoms | 3 (5%) | 0 | 1 (3%) |
Lubricant | 2 (3%) | 0 | 0 | |
Sterile injecting equipment | 0 | 0 | 1 (3%) | |
No. of locations where sterile injecting equipment reportedly available (for purchase) | 3 (5%) | 6 (17%) | 6 (15%) | |
Needle and syringe disposal | Discarded in bin, needle intact | 26 (43%) | 16 (44%) | 20 (51%) |
Needle broken off, then discarded in bin | 11 (18%) | 11 (31%) | 10 (26%) | |
Needle discarded on the ground | 11 (18%) | 5 (14%) | 7 (18%) | |
Sex work occurs at the location | 33 (54%) | 15 (42%) | 23 (58%) | |
Drug sales/purchase occurs at the location | 37 (61%) | 26 (72%) | 23 (58%) | |