Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of people who inject drugs by race and syringe services program client status.

	Total N = 263 (100%)	White n=102 (39%)		Black n=161 (61%)
		Non-Client n =22 (8%)	Client n =80 (30%)	Non-Client n = 58 (22%)	Client n =103 (39%)
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	p
Sociodemographic
Age
18–44	110 (42%)	19	63	10	18 (17%)	<0.001
45 and older	153 (58%)	3 (14%)	17	48	85 (83%)
Male Sex	184 (70%)	16	47	47	74 (72%)	0.04
Educational
Less than HS	100 (38%)	8 (36%)	30	23	39 (38%)	0.76
12th grade or	119 (45%)	11	33	24	51 (50%)
Some college	44 (17%)	3 (14%)	17	11	13 (13%)
Housing Status
Own/Rent	99 (38%)	7 (32%)	20	23	49 (48%)	<.0001
Staying with	77 (29%)	7 (32%)	16	23	31 (30%)
Homeless	87 (33%)	8 (36%)	44	12	23 (22%)
In a Relationship	88 (33%)	7 (32%)	36	18	27 (26%)	.06
Has Health	214 (81%)	17	58	45	94 (91%)	<0.01
Has Children	108 (41%)	13	43	26	26 (25%)	<.001
Past Year	77 (29%)	4 (18%)	40	9 (16%)	24 (23%)	<.0001
Drug Use in Past 30 days
Smoked Marijuana	109 (41%)	12	36	23	38 (37%)	0.40
Non-Injection	136 (52%)	13	57	25	41 (40%)	<.0001
Smoked Heroin	85 (32%)	7 (32%)	17	23	38 (37%)	0.08
Injected Heroin	239 (91%)	21	77	50	91 (88%)	0.13
Non-medical	66 (25%)	1 (5%)	26	19	20 (19%)	0.01
Injected Speedball	146 (56%)	6 (27%)	38	33	69 (67%)	<.01
Tranquilizer Use	62 (24%)	6 (27%)	26	16	14 (14%)	0.02
Witnessed Overdoses
Ever Witnessed Any	231 (88%)	18	70	49	94 (91%)	0.48
Ever Witnessed	100 (38%)	6 (27%)	34	20	40 (39%)	0.55
Take-home naloxone (THN)
Received Overdose	181 (69%)	8 (36%)	61	30	82 (80%)	<.0001
THN Possession	138 (52%)	13	40	18	67 (65%)	<0.001
THN	98 (42%)	4 (22%)	43	13	38 (40%)	<0.001