Table 1 Injecting and treatment history: PWID London 2017–2019
Demographics and injecting history | N = 455 |
|---|---|
Demographics | N (%) |
Age (years), mean (SD) | 45.7 (9.0) |
Gender | |
Male | 341 (75.0) |
Female | 114 (25.0) |
Ethnicity | |
White or White British | 336 (73.9) |
African, Caribbean or Black British | 50 (11.0) |
Asian or Asian British | 12 (2.6) |
Mixed ethnicity | 27 (5.9) |
Other | 30 (6.6) |
Place of residence, past 12 months | |
Own house/flat | 169 (37.1) |
Shared house/flat | 25 (5.5) |
At parents, relatives or friends house | 28 (6.2) |
Hostel | 146 (32.1) |
Street homeless | 61 (13.4) |
Gaol/prison | 15 (3.3) |
Other | 11 (2.4) |
Ever homeless | |
No | 100 (22.0) |
Yes | 355 (78.0) |
Injecting history | |
Age of injecting initiation, mean (SD) | 24.8 (8.7) |
Duration injecting main drug | |
One year or less | 57 (12.5) |
2–4 years | 70 (15.4) |
5–7 years | 50 (11.0) |
8–10 years | 55 (12.1) |
11–14 years | 31 (6.8) |
15+ years | 192 (42.2) |
Injected in the last 12 months | |
Yes | 284 (62.4) |
No | 171 (37.6) |
Main drug injected in last 12 months | N = 284 |
Heroin and crack combined | 164 (57.8) |
Heroin only | 97 (34.2) |
Stimulants (amphetamine, methamphetamines, speed) | 11 (3.9) |
Crack only | 5 (1.8) |
Methadone | 4 (1.4) |
Cocaine | 2 (0.7) |
Methedrone | 1 (0.4) |
Main drug injected in the past, if had not injected in last 12 months | n = 171 |
Heroin only | 102 (59.7) |
Heroin and crack combined | 61 (35.7) |
Stimulants (amphetamine, methamphetamines, speed) | 4 (2.3) |
Crack (only) | 2 (1.2) |
Methadone | 1 (0.6) |
Steroids or other performance enhancing drugs | 1 (0.6) |
Treatment history | |
Ever been on opiate substitution therapy (OST) | |
Yes, currently | 360 (79.1) |
Yes, not now but in the past | 62 (13.6) |
No | 33 (7.3) |
Duration on opiate substitution therapy, if receiving OST currently | n = 360 |
Duration on OST (years), median (95% CI) | 10 (7.10) |