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Table 2 Frequency of risk behaviors and HCV screening among Gorgan prison residents and new inmates, n = 1892

From: A simple risk-based strategy for hepatitis C virus screening among incarcerated people in a low- to middle-income setting

 

Residents

New inmates

All

Characteristics, n (%)

n = 1482

n = 410

n = 1892

Age, median (IQR)

35 (29–41)

–

35 (29–41)

Sex

Male

1414 (95.4%)

410 (100%)

1824 (96.4%)

Female

68 (4.6%)

–

68 (3.6%)

Highest educational level

Did not go to school

143 (9.7%)

25 (6.1%)

168 (8.9%)

Did not finish high school

911 (61.5%)

161 (39.3%)

1072 (56.7%)

Finished high school

268 (18.1%)

172 (42.0%)

440 (23.3%)

Higher education

112 (7.6%)

47 (11.5%)

159 (8.4%)

Missing

48 (3.2%)

5 (1.2%)

53 (2.8%)

Monthly income

Minimum wage or below

1194 (80.6%)

271 (66.1%)

1465 (77.4%)

Living wage

185 (12.5%)

104 (25.4%)

289 (15.3%)

Above living wage

65 (4.4%)

25 (6.1%)

90 (4.8%)

Missing

38 (2.6%)

10 (2.4%)

48 (2.5%)

Drug use, ever

No

419 (28.3%)

128 (31.2%)

547 (29.0%)

Yes

1059 (71.5%)

282 (68.8%)

1341 (70.9%)

Injecting drug use, ever

No

910 (85.9%)

254 (90.1%)

1,164 (86.8%)

Yes

146 (13.8%)

28 (9.9%)

174 (13.0%)

Shared injection equipment, ever

No

62 (42.5%)

10 (35.7%)

72 (41.4%)

Yes

73 (50.0%)

18 (64.3%)

91 (52.3%)

Missing

11 (7.5%)

0 (0.0%)

11 (6.3%)

Imprisonment, ever

No

–

128 (31.2%)

128 (31.2%)

Yes

–

282 (68.8%)

282 (68.8%)

HCV screening, ever

No

874 (59.0%)

342 (83.4%)

1216 (64.3%)

Do not know

77 (5.2%)

36 (8.8%)

113 (6.0%)

Yes, currently have HCV

21 (1.4%)

3 (0.7%)

24 (1.3%)

Yes, currently do not have HCV

191 (12.9%)

14 (3.4%)

205 (10.8%)

Yes, do not know the current status

315 (21.3%)

14 (3.4%)

329 (17.4%)

  1. IQR interquartile range