Table 2.
Number, percentage, and standardized percentage of current users by individual substance and by region among people living with HIV in clinical care at CNICS sites in 2017-2019
| Number of individuals by region | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West N, (%, st%*) |
Northeast N, (%, st%*) |
Midwest N, (%, st%*) |
South N, (%, st%*) |
Everyone N, (%) |
P value | |
| 2633 | 746 | 560 | 3747 | 7686 | ||
| Marijuana | 912 (34.6, Ref) | 304 (40.8, 37.1) | 188 (33.6, 30.1) | 915 (24.4, 21.4) | 2319 (30.2) | <0.001 |
| Methamphetamines/crystal | 386 (14.7, Ref) | 104 (13.9, 12.1) | 9 (1.6, 1.9) | 75 (2.0, 3.9) | 574 (7.5) | <0.001 |
| Cocaine/crack | 164 (6.2, Ref) | 63 (8.4, 10.7) | 43 (7.7, 7.2) | 230 (6.1, 4.0) | 500 (6.5) | 0.07 |
| Illicit Opioids | 83 (3.2, Ref) | 13 (1.7, 1.5) | 3 (0.5, 1.0) | 112 (3.0, 2.7) | 211 (2.7) | 0.001 |
| IDU | 122 (4.6, Ref) | 34 (4.6, 4.2) | 4 (0.7, 0.7) | 49 (1.3, 1.3) | 209 (2.7) | <0.001 |
| At-risk alcohol use | 471 (17.9, Ref) | 160 (21.4, 21.1) | 117 (20.9, 24.7) | 490 (13.1, 12.4) | 1238 (16.1) | <0.001 |
| Binge drinking (any) | 929 (35.3, Ref) | 298 (39.9, 39.5) | 209 (37.3, 43.0) | 987 (26.3, 30.8) | 2423 (31.5) | <0.001 |
| Binge drinking (frequent) | 143 (5.4, Ref) | 44 (5.9, 6.7) | 28 (5.0, 5.6) | 136 (3.6, 3.6) | 351 (4.6) | 0.002 |
*
standardized percentage to West region based on age, sex, race/ethnicity and MSM.
IDU: injection drug use; MSM: men who have sex with men