Table 2.
Risk behaviors by race/ethnicity
| Risk behavior | Sample (n=138) | African American (n=65) | White/Caucasian (n=31) | Hispanic/Latino (n=34) | Multiracial (n=8) | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||||
| Injecting heroin | ||||||
| Lifetime | 66 (48%) | 18 (28%) | 28 (90%) | 14 (41%) | 6 (75%) | <0.001 |
| Past 12 months | 62 (45%) | 16 (25%) | 27 (87%) | 14 (41%) | 5 (63%) | <0.001 |
| Past month | 56 (41%) | 13 (20%) | 24 (77%) | 14 (41%) | 5 (63%) | <0.001 |
|
| ||||||
| Injecting cocaine | ||||||
| Lifetime | 40 (29%) | 11 (17%) | 20 (65%) | 4 (12%) | 5 (63%) | <0.001 |
| Past 12 months | 30 (22%) | 9 (14%) | 13 (42%) | 3 (9%) | 5 (63%) | <0.001 |
| Past month | 20 (15%) | 5 (8%) | 8 (26%) | 2 (6%) | 5 (63%) | <0.001 |
|
| ||||||
| Sharing drug equipment | ||||||
| Used used needles | 28 (20%) | 9 (14%) | 13 (42%) | 2 (6%) | 4 (50%) | 0.004 |
| Passed on needles | 17 (12%) | 8 (12%) | 6 (19%) | 1 (3%) | 2 (25%) | 0.234 |
|
| ||||||
| Sexual partners past year* | 0.076 | |||||
| 0 partners | 21 (15%) | 14 (22%) | 3 (10%) | 4 (13%) | 0 (0%) | |
| 1 partner | 71 (51%) | 34 (52%) | 13 (43%) | 19 (61%) | 5 (71%) | |
| 2-5 partners | 32 (23%) | 13 (20%) | 13 (43%) | 6 (19%) | 0 (0%) | |
| 6-10 partners | 4 (3%) | 2 (3%) | 1 (3%) | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) | |
| >10 partners | 5 (4%) | 2 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) | 2 (29%) | |
|
| ||||||
| Frequency of condom use* | 0.906 | |||||
| Never | 44 (32%) | 20 (33%) | 10 (34%) | 11 (35%) | 3 (43%) | |
| Rarely/Occasionally | 13 (9%) | 5 (8%) | 4 (14%) | 3 (10%) | 1 (14%) | |
| Sometimes | 13 (9%) | 6 (10%) | 3 (10%) | 2 (7%) | 2 (29%) | |
| Most of the time | 13 (9%) | 7 (11%) | 4 (14%) | 2 (7%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Always | 45 (33%) | 23 (37%) | 8 (28%) | 13 (41%) | 1 (14%) | |
|
| ||||||
| Frequency of sex with persons of unknown HIV status* | 0.058 | |||||
| Never | 110 (80%) | 56 (86%) | 20 (65%) | 28 (90%) | 6 (75%) | |
| Rarely/Occasionally | 22 (16%) | 7 (11%) | 10 (32%) | 3 (10%) | 2 (25%) | |
| ≥ Weekly | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Daily | 2 (1%) | 2 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
|
| ||||||
| Frequency of sex with persons of unknown Hepatitis C status* | 0.058 | |||||
| Never | 107 (76%) | 52 (82%) | 21 (70%) | 29 (94%) | 5 (71%) | |
| Rarely/Occasionally | 22 (16%) | 10 (16%) | 9 (30%) | 1 (3%) | 2 (29%) | |
| ≥ Weekly | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Daily | 1 (1%) | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
|
| ||||||
| Frequency of sex for money, drugs* | 0.904 | |||||
| Never | 112 (81%) | 51 (79%) | 25 (81%) | 29 (94%) | 7 (88%) | |
| Rarely/Occasionally | 19 (14%) | 10 (15%) | 6 (19%) | 2 (6%) | 1 (12%) | |
| ≥ Weekly | 3 (2%) | 3 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Daily | 1 (1%) | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
*
Data for at least 1 participant missing in at least one of the subgroups