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Table 1 Participants’ sociodemographic characteristics (n = 943)

From: Understanding hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV among people who inject drugs in South Africa: findings from a three-city cross-sectional survey

 

Cape Town

Durban

Pretoria

Total

N

301

318

324

943

Age [median (IQR)]

31 (28–35)

27 (25–31)

30 (26–34)

29 (26–34)

Sex [n (%)]

 Male

252 (84%)

287 (90%)

280 (86%)

819 (87%)

 Female

49 (16%)

31 (10%)

44 (14%)

124 (13%)

Race [n (%)]

 Black

12 (4%)

169 (53%)

207 (64%)

388 (41%)

 Mixed ancestry

215 (73%)

33 (10%)

11 (3%)

259 (28%)

 White

68 (23%)

82 (26%)

103 (32%)

253 (27%)

 Indian

1 (0%)

34 (11%)

1 (0%)

36 (4%)

Living on the street [n (%)]

163 (54%)

246 (77%)

217 (67%)

626 (66%)