Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of 57 people who inject drugs in rural southern Illinois and New York City, 2020
| Rural Southern Illinois n = 18 |
New York City n = 39 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Agea | ||
| 18–30 | 6 (33%) | 6 (16%) |
| 31–40 | 6 (33%) | 10 (26%) |
| 41–50 | 5 (28%) | 16 (42%) |
| 51–60 | 1 (6%) | 6 (16%) |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 10 (56%) | 24 (62%) |
| Female | 8 (44%) | 13 (33%) |
| Transgender female | 0 (0%) | 2 (5%) |
| Race/ethnicitya | ||
| White | 17 (94%) | 8 (21%) |
| Black | 0 (0%) | 4 (10%) |
| Black and Hispanic | 0 (0%) | 6 (15%) |
| Hispanic | 0 (0%) | 19 (49%) |
| Native American | 1 (6%) | 0 (0%) |
| Sexual orientationa | ||
| Heterosexual | 16 (89%) | 33 (94%) |
| Bisexual | 2 (11%) | 2 (6%) |
| Educationa | ||
| Less than high school | 3 (17%) | 9 (26%) |
| High school/GED | 6 (33%) | 13 (37%) |
| Some college | 8 (44%) | 12 (34%) |
| Bachelor’s degree | 1 (6%) | 1 (3%) |
aMissing data