Table 3.
Self-reported risk behaviours & problems among IDU by sex work status
| Sex workers % (n = 22) | Non-sex workers % (n = 132) | |
| borrowed needles in past month | 14 | 5 |
| lent needles in past month | 23 | 11 |
| last injected in public place in past month | 36 | 26 |
| usually injected in public place in past month | 23 | 28 |
| injection related problems past month | 86* | 55 |
| attended mental health professional past 6 months | 32 | 25 |
| property crime in past month | 32 | 31 |
| drug dealing in past month | 36 | 36 |
| arrested in past 12 months | 50 | 49 |
*significant at p < 0.05