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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2016 Apr;20(4):722–736. doi: 10.1007/s10461-015-1244-2

Table 1.

Characteristics of participants analyzed, heterosexuals at high-risk, National HIV Behavioral Surveillance system, New York City 2010

Characteristics Total
N
Total 494 100
Borough of residence
  Manhattan 155   31.4
  Queens 9     1.8
  Brooklyn 263   53.2
  Bronx 67   13.6
  Staten Island 0     0
Gender
  Male 297   60.1
  Female 197   39.9
Race/ethnicity
  Black 393   79.6
  Hispanic 97   19.6
  White 2     0.4
  Other 2     0.4
Age
  18–29 173   35.0
  ≥30 years 321   65.0
  Median age (IQR) 40 (24–50)
Non-heterosexual identity 118   23.9
Not married/not living as married 421   85.2
Less than high school graduation/GED 212   42.9
Income <10 k (past 12 months) 276   56.2
Homeless (past 12 months) 186   37.7
Arrested (past 12 months) 157   31.8
Drug and alcohol use
  Drug injection (lifetime) 82   16.6
  Drug injection (past 12 months) 21     4.3
  NI drug use (any NI drugs) 379   76.7
  NI crack use 112   22.7
  NI cocaine use 114   23.1
  NI heroin use 110   22.3
  NI methamphetamine 6     1.2
  NI marijuana 308   62.4
  Binge alcohol usea (past 12 months) 285   57.7
Sexual risks (past 12 months)
  Condomless vaginal sex 443   89.8
  Condomless anal sex 218   44.1
  >3 heterosexual sexual partners 251   50.8
  Median number of sex partners (IQR) 4 (2–7)
  Sex exchange 147   29.8
UHF community location of sexual partnerships
  Own community only 286   57.9
  Outside communities only 59   11.9
  Both own and outside communities 149   30.2
Self-reported HIV infection status
  Positive 15     3.0
  Negative 391   79.2
  Unknown 88   17.8
HIV infection status
  Positive 46     9.3
  Negative 435   88.1
  Unknown (indeterminate or test not done) 13     2.6

NI non-injection

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