TABLE 1—
Variable | No. (%) |
Median age, y (range) | 39 (19–64) |
Years of injecting (interquartile range) | 15.9 (8.6–25.9) |
Gender | |
Male | 753 (70.7) |
Female | 312 (29.3) |
Took place at safer injecting facilitya | |
Yes | 1 (0.1) |
No | 1064 (99.9) |
Used a borrowed syringea | |
Yes | 213 (20.0) |
No | 852 (80.0) |
Was assisted with injectiona,b | |
Yes | 796 (74.7) |
No | 269 (25.3) |
aAll behaviors refer to the time of first injection drug use.
bRefers to being physically injected by another individual.