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Injection Drug Use Risk Behaviors Among Women in Jail
| Total % | African American % | Non-Hispanic White % | Hispanic % | |
| Injection drug use, ever | 18.8 | 14.5 | 41.9 | 16.6 |
| Needle sharing | ||||
| Ever shared needles | 8.5 | 5.4 | 24.9 | 8.9 |
| Shared in past y | 3.8 | 2.1 | 12.3 | 5.3 |
| Shared in past 6 mos | 3.4 | 1.9 | 11.0 | 4.8 |
| Shared in past mo | 2.4 | 1.1 | 8.8 | 4.1 |
| Shared in past 2 wks | 2.0 | 0.8 | 7.9 | 3.7 |
| Needle cleaning, past mo | ||||
| Always | 7.3 | 5.1 | 18.7 | 8.1 |
| Sometimes | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.4 |
| Never | 0.7 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.4 |
