Table 1.

Demographic information of study participants*.

Variable	Totals (%) N = 31
Sex n (%)
Female	21 (67.7)
Male	10 (32.3)
Age years
Mean (range)	47.15 (27–64)
Ethnicity n (%)
Caucasian	11 (35.5)
Aboriginal	19 (61.3)
Other	1 (3.2)
Duration of crack use years
Mean (range)	10.4 (3–25)
Injection drug use n (%)
Currently use	26 (83.9)
Ever used injection drugs	31 (100)

*Four focus groups were conducted at a support agency for people who use drugs (2 male, both n = 5; 2 female, both n = 5). Two focus groups were conducted at a multiservice centre for women in survival sex work (n = 5, n = 6).