Table 2.

Drug taking risk exposures among PWUDs

Variables	PWID = 119						Non- PWID = 1506
	Men		Women		Total		Men		Women		Total
	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
Duration of drug use, median (IQR)	10 (5–13)		10 (4–12)		10 (5–13)		4 (1–8)		3 (1–6)		4 (1–7)
Duration of any drug use					n = 117						n = 1468
Users ≤12 months	7	6.9	3	20.0	10	8.6	303	25.2	82	30.7	385	26.2
Users > 12 months	95	93.1	12	80.0	107	91.4	898	74.8	185	69.3	1083	73.8
Methods PWUDs used drugs at the first time
Smoking	74	72.6	14	82.5	87	73.7	1158	96.7	254	93.7	1440	96.1
Sniffing/drinking	8	7.8	0	0	8	6.9	35	2.9	15	5.5	52	3.5
Injecting	20	19.6	2	12.5	22	18.6	4	0.3	2	0.7	6	0.4
Persons PWUDs used drug with at the first time
Friends	89	87.4	13	81.3	103	87.3	1141	95.2	202	74.5	1370	91.3
Sweethearts/spouses/relatives	8	7.8	2	12.5	10	8.4	26	2.2	47	17.3	73	4.9
Alone	4	3.9	0	0.0	4	3.4	29	2.1	14	5.2	43	2.9
Others	1	0.9	1	6.2	1	0.9	3	0.3	8	3.0	15	0.9
Persons who first introduced you to use drugs
Friends	85	83.3	12	75.0	98	83.0	1079	90.0	189	69.7	1292	86.1
Myself	8	7.8	2	12.5	10	8.5	73	6.1	22	8.1	99	6.5
Sweethearts/spouses/relatives	8	7.8	2	12.5	10	8.5	44	3.7	49	18.1	76	5.1
Others	1	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	0.2	11	4.1	34	2.3
Types of illicit drug used in the past 12 months
Ice/amphetamine	79	77.5	14	87.5	92	78.0	998	82.9	203	74.6	1228	81.5
Yama (pill of methamphetamine)	30	29.4	7	43.8	37	31.4	557	46.3	148	54.4	710	47.1
Marijuana	16	15.7	1	6.3	17	14.4	140	11.6	13	4.8	153	10.2
Heroin	59	57.8	12	75.0	73	61.9	33	2.7	9	3.3	42	2.8
Ecstasy	4	3.9	3	18.8	7	5.9	54	4.5	26	9.6	80	5.3
Others (including inhalant)	13	8.1	1	1.5	19	16.1	149	12.4	17	6.3	136	5.3
Reported uses at least 2 drugs in past 12 months	58	56.8	12	75.0	70	59.3	455	37.9	107	39.4	562	38.1
Last injecting drugs with re-used syringes and needles (n = 119)	–	–	–	–	38	31.9	–	–	–	–	–	–
Reported sharing needles and syringes when injecting drugs in past month (n = 59)	–	–	–	–	21	35.6	–	–	–	–	–	–