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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2019 Sep;23(9):2304–2314. doi: 10.1007/s10461-019-02467-y

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