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. 2018 Mar 29;13(3):e0194799. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194799

Table 1. Demographics and recent drug use of PWIDs in ZIP Codes with 10 or more PWIDs and less than 10 PWIDs who entered Beth Israel/Mount Sinai drug treatment from 2011–2015 (N = 910).

Zips of 10 or more PWID Zips of <10 PWID All Zips
Average N per Zip Code 17 2 4
Average Age (SD) 41 (9.9) 38 (10.7) 40 (10.4)
N % N % N %
Total 482 100.0 428 100.0 910 100
Gender
Male 402 83.4 335 78.3 737 81.0
Female 80 16.6 93 21.7 173 19.0
Race/ethnicity*
White 116 24.1 193 45.1 309 34.0
African-American 75 15.6 60 14.0 135 14.8
Latinx 281 58.3 145 33.9 426 46.8
Other 10 2.0 30 7.0 40 4.4
Age groups
18–22 15 3.1 22 5.1 37 4.1
23–27 30 6.2 60 14.0 90 9.9
28–32 54 11.2 72 16.8 126 13.8
33–37 73 15.1 61 14.3 134 14.7
38–42 76 15.8 61 14.3 137 15.1
43–47 95 19.7 59 13.8 154 16.9
48–52 74 15.4 50 11.7 124 13.6
53–57 47 9.8 29 6.8 76 8.4
58–62 13 2.7 10 2.3 23 2.5
63–67 4 0.8 1 0.2 5 0.5
68–72 1 0.2 2 0.5 3 0.3
73–77 0 0.0 1 0.2 1 0.1
Injected heroin 456 94.8 414 96.7 870 95.7
Injected cocaine 188 39.1 171 40.1 359 39.6
Injected speedball 174 36.1 163 38.2 337 37.1
Smoked cocaine 182 37.8 187 43.7 369 40.6
Daily injection 346 71.8 313 73.1 659 72.4
HIV+* 41 9.8 16 4.2 57 7.2
HCV+* 277 66.4 216 57.0 493 61.9
ART among HIV+ 26/41 63.4 10/16 62.5 36/57 63.2
HIV- with receptive sharing 68 14.2 71 16.9 139 15.5
HIV+ with distributive sharing 4 0.8 1 0.2 5 0.6
HCV- with receptive sharing 20 4.2 28 6.7 48 5.3
HCV+ with distributive sharing 42 8.9 34 8.0 76 8.5

* statistically significant differences, p < 0.05 by Fisher’s exact test