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Table 2 Demographics, drug use, HIV, HCV and drug overdose among PWID by residence in ZIP codes with 10+ participant and with 1–9 participants

From: Geographic distribution of risk (“Hotspots”) for HIV, HCV, and drug overdose among persons who use drugs in New York City: the importance of local history

Average age (SD)

ZIPs < 10 PWUD

ZIPs ≥ 10 PWUD

All ZIPs

Test statistics; P value

41 (11.6)

46 (9.9)

45 (10.2)

t = 8.0; < 0.001

N

%

N

%

N

%

Total

372

100.0

2342

100.0

2714

100.0

 

Gender

      

0.6; 0.43

 Male

295

79.3

1896

81.0

2191

80.7

 

 Female

76

20.4

438

18.7

514

18.9

 

 Transgender

1

0.3

8

0.3

9

0.3

 

Race/ethnicity

      

123.0; < 0.001

 White

142

38.2

353

15.1

495

18.2

 

 African-American

107

28.8

998

42.6

1105

40.7

 

 Latinx

106

28.5

927

39.6

1033

38.1

 

 Other

17

4.6

64

2.7

81

3.0

 

Drug use and drug use behaviors

 Last 6 months heroin injected

169

45.4

775

33.2

944

34.9

21.0; < 0.001

 Last 6 months cocaine injected

63

16.9

338

14.5

401

14.8

1.5; 0.22

 Last 6 months speedball injected

64

17.2

314

13.5

378

14.0

3.7; 0.053

 Daily injection

171

46.0

816

35.0

987

36.5

16.7; < 0.001

 Last 6 months cocaine sniff/snort

124

33.4

909

38.9

1033

38.2

4.1; < 0.05

 Last 6 months crack cocaine smoked

194

52.2

1186

50.8

1380

51.0

0.24; 0.63

 Last 6 months heroin sniff/snort

205

55.1

1353

58.1

1558

57.7

1.2; 0.28

Infection prevalence

 HIV+

31

9.4

266

12.6

297

12.2

2.8; 0.09

 HCV+

116

34.8

744

35.6

860

35.5

0.1; 0.80

 HSV2+

132

36.9

1092

48.5

1224

46.9

17.1; < 0.001

 HIV/HSV2 coinfection

24

7.2

193

9.1

217

8.9

1.3; 0.25