Table IIIb.
Demographics and Drug Use among new and long-term MSM-PWID in Hai Phong, Viet Nam, 2014
| New injectors | ||
|---|---|---|
| Total N | 24 | 21 |
| Avg. Age(SD)* | 36(8) | 28(4) |
| Avg. Years injecting (SD)* | 11(5) % |
1(1) % |
| Drug use behaviors | ||
| Heroin (injected) | 100 | 100 |
| Methamphetamine (injected) | 4 | 0 |
| Methamphetamine (non-injected) | 42 | 24 |
| Sexually active | 100 | 100 |
| HIV seropositive | 33 | 14 |
| HCV seropositive* | 67 | 29 |
| Injecting daily or more frequently | 83 | 62 |
| Receptive sharing+ | 0 | 10 |
| Distributive sharing# | 0 | 5 |
| Sex with primary partner | 58 | 81 |
| Unsafe sex with primary partner | 42 | 62 |
| Sex with casual partner | 25 | 33 |
| Unsafe sex with casual partner | 13 | 19 |
| Exchanged sex for money | 71 | 62 |
| Unsafe sex with client | 42 | 29 |
| Exchanged money for sex | 21 | 19 |
| Unsafe sex with sex worker | 4 | 5 |
+
defined as receiving used needles/syringes from other PWID
#
defined as giving used needles/syringes to other PWID
*
Significant difference (p < 0.05) by chi-square test (for continuous variables t-test was used)