TABLE 1.
Baseline characteristics, stratified by sex, of 1689 people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada (2007–2014).
| Characteristic | Total n (%) |
Males n (%) |
Females n (%) |
p - value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 (100) | 1122 (66.4%) | 567 (33.6%) | ||
| Median age (IQR)† | 43 (37–49) | 45 (38–50) | 40 (33–46) | <0.001 |
| Caucasian ancestry | 1000 (59.2) | 734 (65.4) | 266 (46.9) | <0.001 |
| ≥High school education | 826 (48.9) | 578 (51.5) | 248 (43.7) | 0.003 |
| Childhood emotional abuse | 693 (41.0) | 426 (38.0) | 267 (47.1) | <0.001 |
| In a stable relationship* | 493 (29.2) | 273 (24.3) | 220 (38.8) | <0.001 |
| Downtown Eastside residence* | 1103 (65.3) | 713 (63.5) | 390 (68.8) | 0.033 |
| Employed* | 404 (23.9) | 324 (28.9) | 80 (14.1) | <0.001 |
| HIV seropositive | 693 (41.0) | 453 (40.4) | 240 (42.3) | 0.441 |
| Residential eviction* | 115 (6.8) | 75 (6.7) | 40 (7.1) | 0.775 |
| ≥Daily crack cocaine use* | 608 (36.0) | 338 (30.1) | 270 (47.6) | <0.001 |
| ≥Daily heroin injection* | 332 (19.7) | 196 (17.5) | 136 (24.0) | 0.001 |
| ≥Daily cocaine injection* | 139 (8.2) | 93 (8.3) | 46 (8.1) | 0.897 |
| Heavy alcohol use* | 281 (16.6) | 179 (16.0) | 102 (18.0) | 0.275 |
| Enrolment in addiction treatment* | 949 (56.2) | 603 (53.7) | 346 (61.0) | 0.005 |
| Sex work involvement* | 209 (12.4) | 31 (2.8) | 178 (31.4) | <0.001 |
| Drug dealing* | 440 (26.1) | 261 (23.3) | 179 (31.6) | <0.001 |
| Incarceration* | 222 (13.1) | 170 (15.2) | 52 (9.2) | <0.001 |
| Experienced violence* | 356 (21.1) | 245 (21.8) | 111 (19.6) | 0.282 |
†
Interquartile range
*
Refers to 6 month period prior to interview