Table 1.
Socio-demographic and drug-related characteristics of PWID in Baltimore City (BC) and Anne Arundel County (AAC), 2019–2020
| BC n (%) |
AAC n (%) |
p (Fisher’s exact test) | Total, n (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 249 | N = 34 | N = 283 | ||
| Socio-demographic variables | ||||
| Younger age (18–29) | 27 (11%) | 6 (18%) | 0.255 | 33 (12%) |
| Male | 143 (57%) | 24 (71%) | 0.193 | 167 (59%) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 88 (35%) | 19 (56%) | 0.024e | 107 (38%) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 142 (57%) | 13 (38%) | 155 (55%) | |
| Hispanic | 6 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (2%) | |
| Other | 13 (5%) | 2 (6%) | 15 (5%) | |
| Drug variables | ||||
| Drugs injecteda | ||||
| Fentanyl and cocaine injection | 139 (56%) | 18 (53%) | 0.849 | 157 (56%) |
| Fentanyl injection without cocaine | 42 (17%) | 5 (15%) | 47 (17%) | |
| No fentanyl injection | 67 (27%) | 11 (32%) | 78 (28%) | |
| Injected daily | 179 (72%) | 19 (56%) | 0.072 | 198 (70%) |
| Receptive syringe sharinga | 55 (22%) | 12 (35%) | 0.13 | 67 (24%) |
| No. of injections/day, median (IQR) | 4 (2–5) | 3 (2–4) | 0.152fs | 3 (2–5) |
| 1–2 | 67 (30%) | 10 (30%) | 0.054 | 82 (30%) |
| 3–4 | 68 (30%) | 16 (48%) | 87 (32%) | |
| ≥ 5 | 92 (41%) | 7 (21%) | 103 (38%) | |
| Structural variables | ||||
| Drug-related arrestb | 42 (17%) | 10 (29%) | 0.097 | 52 (18%) |
| Current homelessness | 189 (76%) | 30 (88%) | 0.128 | 219 (77%) |
| Currently has health insurance | 184 (78%) | 32 (94%) | 0.017 | 228 (81%) |
| HIV variables | ||||
| Accessed HIV testingb, c | 102 (88%) | 20 (77%) | 0.207 | 122 (86%) |
| Currently living with HIVd | 13 (11%) | 0 (0%) | – | 13 (9%) |
| Ever heard of PrEP | 146 (59%) | 15 (44%) | 0.139 | 161 (57%) |
| Ever taken PrEP | 23 (9%) | 1 (3%) | 0.33 | 24 (8%) |
| Accessed a SSPa | 186 (75%) | 21 (62%) | 0.147 | 207 (73%) |
Boldface denotes p-value < 0.05
IQR interquartile range, PrEP HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, SSP syringe services program
aSelf-reported, past 3 months
bPast year
cn = 142
dn = 139, self-reported
eBlack/Hispanic/Other were collapsed due to small cell sizes
fMann-Whitney non-parametric test