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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2009 May 22;103(3):93–98. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.12.018

Table 1.

Selected characteristics of Baltimore NEP clients at enrollment, November 1994- December 2005 (N=12,388)

Characteristics N %
Total 12,388
Female 3863 31%
< Age 30 1723 14%
Homeless 437 4%
High school degree/GED 7483 60%
Race
 White 2793 23%
 Black/African-American 9034 73%
 Other 543 4%
Marital Status
 Single 8232 66%
 Widowed/Separated/Divorced 2957 24%
 Married 1109 9%
Same Zip Code as Enrollment Site 4321 36%
Employed 1729 14%
Drug treatment (ever)* 4093 59%
>20 years of injection drug use 4808 39%
≥ 4 injections per day* 3375 48%
*

These variables were collected routinely from 1998. Percentages are calculated out of 6910 unique clients.