Table 4.

Patient’s employment/legal, health, and drug use data

Variable	CA n = 251 [SD]	CH n = 1,035 [SD]	NL n = 174 [SD]	SP n = 62 [SD]	DE n = 540 [SD]
Age (mean) [SD]	39.7 [8.6]	31.5 [7.2]	38.5 [5.7]	37.2 [5.5]	35.9 [6.8]
Women	38.6%	28%	17.8%	9.7%	18.2%
Poor housing	72.9%	49%	13.8%	21%	36.1%
Employment/legal situation
Illegal activities/income prior month	73.3%	50%	70.1%	58.1%	78.1%
Illegal activities prior month (mean days)	15.1 [12.7]		12.4 [?]	9.8 [12.2]	22.6 [9.8]
Major source of support
Employment	15.9%		8.1%		4.0%
Welfare/public assistance	36.3%		57.6%		48.8%
Illegal activities	36.7%		28.5%		27.7%
Health
HIV	9.6%	15%	13.2%	40.3%	6.9%
HCV	62.9%	82%		93.5%	78.5%
MAP physical health (mean)	15.3 [7.2]		11.5 [7.6]	23.4 [12.8]
Ever attempted suicide	32.3%		37.9%		39.7%
Methadone previous treatment (median)	3		2	3
Drug use
Years of Heroin use (mean)	13.9 [8.0]	10.5	15.9 [5.7]	19.7 [6.4]	13 [6.3]
Days heroin use prior month (mean)	26.5 [7.4]		25.9 [6.0]	23.9 [9.5]	26.5 [6.9]
Days cocaine use prior month (mean)	16 [12.6]		18.7 [10.2]	23.1 [9.8]	15.5 [11.5]
Money spent in drugs (CAN)	$2,346 [$3,342]		$1,459 [$1,211]	$1,476 [$1,203]	$1,941 [$2,516]

CA = Canada; CH = Switzerland; NL = The Netherlands; SP = Spain; DE = Germany

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