Table 1.
Characteristics of the population screened for high-risk behaviors
| Total (n=3470) | Low-risk for acute HCV (n=2392) | Self-reported past HCV (n=804) | High-risk for acute HCV (n=171) | Acute HCV Cases (n=35) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No IVDU (n= 2096) | Past IVDU >12 months (n=277) | |||||
| Male Sex, No. (%) | 2241(64.6) | 1584 (75.6) | 169 (61.0) | 313 (38.9) | 60 (35.1) | 13 (37.1) |
| Age, Mean (SD) | 34 (9.7) | 34 (9.8) | 34 (9.4) | 36 (9.7) | 30 (7.0) | 29 (5.5) |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||
| Black, NH, No (%) | 834 (24.0) | 679 (32.4) | 28 (10.1) | 85 (10.6) | 5 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) |
| White, NH, No (%) | 1719 (49.5) | 793 (37.8) | 198 (71.5) | 534 (66.4) | 150 (87.7) | 32 (91.4) |
| Hispanic, No (%) | 771 (22.2) | 526 (25.1) | 44 (15.9) | 156 (19.4) | 12 (7.0) | 2 (5.7) |
| American Indian, No (%) | 8 (0.23) | 6 (0.29) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Asian, No (%) | 22 (0.63) | 22 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Other, No (%) | 116 (3.3) | 70 (3.3) | 7 (2.5) | 29 (3.6) | 2 (1.2) | 1 (2.9) |
*
The 35 cases of acute HCV were identified from within the high risk group. 22 inmates refused the screening questionnaire, 81 questionnaires were incomplete. These inmates were not classified for probability of HCV infection.