Table 2.
Baseline demographics, drug use characteristics, and injection promoting behaviors among PWID by followed or lost to contact in Tallinn and Staten Island
| Tallinn, Estonia | Staten Island, NY | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not followed-up N= 69 (100%) | Followed-up N=230 (100%) | Not followed-up N=37 (100%) | Followed-up N=66 (100%) | |
| % | % | % | % | |
| Avg. Age (SD) | 32(6) | 34 (7) | 41 (11) | 45 (12) |
| Avg. Years injecting (SD) | 13(7) | 14 (6) | 14 (13) | 18 (14) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 84 | 75 | 65 | 59 |
| Female | 16 | 25 | 35 | 39 |
| Non-binary | - | - | - | 2 |
| Race or ethnicity | ||||
| White | - | - | 59 | 45 |
| Black | - | - | 11 | 27 |
| Latinx | - | - | 19 | 9 |
| Other | 11 | 18 | ||
| Estonian | 6 | 16 | - | - |
| Russian | 88 | 78 | - | - |
| Other | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| Injecting drug use | ||||
| Heroin | 0 | <1 | 92 | 97 |
| Cocaine | <1 | 0 | 43 | 33 |
| Speedball | 0 | 0 | 32 | 42 |
| Opiate analgesics | 0 | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| Fentanyl | 70 | 72 | 8 | 5 |
| Amphetamine or methamphetamine | 62 | 64 | 5 | 9 |
| Any injecting | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Daily injecting | 25 | 25 | 59 | 58 |
| Non-injecting drug use | ||||
| Any non-injected drug use | 70 | 67 | 97 | 91 |
| Heroin | 0 | 0 | 59 | 55 |
| Cocaine | 0 | 0 | 46 | 39 |
| Speedball | 0 | 0 | 41 | 50 |
| Opiate analgesics | 19 | 14 | 54 | 56 |
| Fentanyl | 43 | 31 | 5 | 5 |
| Amphetamine or methamphetamine | 13 | 16 | 5 | 15 |
| Injection promoting behavior | ||||
| Talk positively about injecting | 3 | 8 | 27 | 24 |
| Inject in front of non-injectors | 22 | 27 | 27 | 23 |
| Offer to inject a non-injector | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Helped inject last 6 months | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 |