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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of DLM clients

From: Evaluation of the Deadly Liver Mob program: insights for roll-out and scale-up of a pilot program to engage Aboriginal Australians in hepatitis C and sexual health education, screening, and care

 

Site 1 (n = 677)

April 2013–Oct 2015

N ( %)

Site 2 (n = 55)

Feb 2015–Feb 2016

N (%)

Age M (SD), range

33.45 (11.87), 14–91

38.62 (12.11), 18–64

Gender

 Male

320 (47)

33 (60)

 Female

357 (53)

22 (40)

Area of residence

 Site 1 area

463 (68)

10 (18)

 Site 2 area

85 (13)

41 (75)

 Out of area

99 (15)

4 (7)

 Not recorded/unknown

30 (4)

–

Injecting drug use*

196 (29)

15 (27)

Recruited other people to DLM (peer referral)

180 (27)

9 (16)

  1. *History of injecting drug use was not a routine screening question. This information was gathered either through recognition of a DLM participant as an NSP client or through conversation
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