Table 4 Injection information
Variable | All participants (n = 90) | Stimulants main drug (n = 32) | Opioids main drug (n = 44) | Stimulants and opioids main drug (n = 12) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | Range | M | Range | M | Range | M | Range | |
# Other people getting syringes for | 0.85 | 0–10 | .88 | 0–10 | 0.95 | 0–5 | 0.58 | 0–2 |
# Days syringes picked up in past month | 4.70 | 0–30 | 4.88 | 0–30 | 4.77 | 0–30 | 4.58 | 0–15 |
Age of first injection of any drug | 22.95 | 9–46 | 24.61 | 9–46 | 21.40 | 13–41 | 22.50 | 15–33 |
Years since initiating injecting | 14.81 | 0–49 | 16.19 | 0–49 | 15.23 | 0–43 | 13.73 | 7–21 |
# Days injected in past week | 5.34 | 0–7 | 4.66 | 0–7 | 5.71 | 0–7 | 6.33 | 2–7 |
# Injections per day | 5.43 | 1–20 | 4.21 | 1–10 | 5.49 | 1–20 | 7.82 | 3–20 |
# Times syringe used before discard | 1.85 | 1–27 | 2.21 | 1–27 | 1.57 | 1–6 | 2.25 | 1–10 |
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency of being alone when injecting | ||||||||
Never | 38 | 42.2 | 11 | 34.4 | 18 | 40.9 | 8 | 66.7 |
Sometimes | 27 | 30.0 | 10 | 31.3 | 14 | 31.8 | 3 | 25.0 |
Most times | 19 | 21.1 | 6 | 18.8 | 11 | 25.0 | 1 | 8.3 |
Always | 6 | 6.7 | 5 | 15.6 | 1 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 |
Frequency of injecting in public | 89 | 43 | ||||||
Never | 34 | 38.2 | 17 | 53.1 | 12 | 27.9 | 4 | 33.3 |
Sometimes | 34 | 38.2 | 10 | 31.3 | 19 | 44.2 | 5 | 41.7 |
Most times | 14 | 15.7 | 2 | 6.3 | 8 | 18.6 | 3 | 25.0 |
Always | 7 | 7.9 | 3 | 9.4 | 4 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 |
Injection-related health | ||||||||
Abscess or skin infection | 39 | 43.3 | 9 | 28.1 | 25 | 56.8 | 5 | 41.7 |
Blood clot or blood infection | 11 | 12.2 | 4 | 12.5 | 5 | 11.4 | 2 | 16.7 |
Endocarditis | 5 | 5.6 | 1 | 3.1 | 4 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 |