Table 1.
Risk factors and HIV testing history of the inmate population in a Massachusetts county prison
| Inmates offered testing, n=1,004 (%) | |
| Risk factors | |
| History of IDU* | 180 (17.9) |
| Known hepatitis C | 82 (8.2) |
| Previous HIV test | |
| Last 3 months | 228 (26.7) |
| Last 1 year | 457 (45.5) |
| Last 3 years | 617 (61.5) |
| Ever tested | 703 (70.0) |
| HIV test acceptors, n=734 (%) | |
| Site of last HIV test (572 data available) | |
| Primary care | 204 (27.8) |
| Prison | 328 (44.7) |
| Detoxification unit | 23 (3.1) |
| Other | 17 (2.3) |
| Self-reported risk factors in the last 3 years (734 data available) | |
| MSM* | 6 (0.8) |
| IDU | 129 (17.6) |
| Shared needles | 91 (12.4) |
| Sex with IDU | 114 (15.5) |
| Sex under influence of drugs/alcohol | 523 (71.2) |
| Sex with HIV+ partner | 13 (1.8) |
| Sex with prostitute | 83 (11.3) |
| Exchanged sex for drugs/money | 51 (6.9) |
| STD* diagnosis | 91 (12.4) |
| 2–4 sex partners | 252 (34.3) |
| ≥5 sex partners | 301 (41.0) |
IDU Injection drug user, MSM men sex with men, STD sexually transmitted disease