Table 1.
Injection initiation assistance provision and gender among people who inject drugs in San Diego, USA, Tijuana, Mexico, and Vancouver, Canada (n = 2,622)
| Categorical Variables | Overall n(%) |
San Diego n(%) |
Tijuana n(%) |
Vancouver n(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helped Someone Initiate Injection (Past 6 Months) | ||||
| Yes | 112(4.3) | 18(5.1) | 23(4.3) | 71(4.1) |
| No | 2,510(95.7) | 334(94.9) | 508(95.7) | 1668(95.9) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 1,693(64.6) | 249(70.7) | 326(61.4) | 1118(64.3) |
| Female | 924(35.2) | 98(27.8) | 205(38.6) | 621(35.7) |
| Transgender | 5(0.2) | 5(1.5) | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2,622 | 352 | 531 | 1,739 |