TABLE 1—
Respondent Demographic Characteristics Among Needle Exchange Clients by Race: Baltimore, MD, 2010–2012
| Characteristic | White, No. (%) or Mean ±SD | Non-White, No. (%) or Mean ±SD | Total No. (%) or Mean ±SD | Pa |
| Total | 123 (39.94) | 185 (60.06) | 308 (100) | |
| Gender | < .001 | |||
| Female | 50 (40.65) | 25 (13.51) | 75 (24.35) | |
| Male | 72 (58.53) | 157 (84.86) | 229 (74.35) | |
| Age, y | < .001 | |||
| ≤ 34 | 62 (50.41) | 6 (3.24) | 68 (22.08) | |
| > 34 | 61 (49.59) | 179 (96.76) | 240 (77.92) | |
| On parole or probation | .193 | |||
| Yes | 30 (24.39) | 34 (18.37) | 64 (20.78) | |
| No | 91 (73.98) | 149 (80.54) | 240 (77.92) | |
| Age 1st injected drugs, y | 22.72 ±7.24 | 22.78 ±8.56 | 22.76 ±8.05 | .477 |
| Visits to this NEP site during past 6 mob | .021 | |||
| > 13 | 73 (59.35) | 85 (45.95) | 158 (51.30) | |
| ≤ 13 | 50 (40.65) | 100 (54.05) | 150 (48.70) |
Note. NEP = needle exchange program. The sample size was n = 308 clients.
a
P values between White and non-White participants were determined according by Pearson χ2 test or (in the case of mean age of first injection drug use) t test.
b
Response values for items measuring visits to the needle exchange program site were capped at 78 (West Baltimore) and 104 (Southwest Baltimore), the maximum number of times the needle exchange program operates at those sites during a 6-month period.