Table 2 Drug taking risk exposures among PWUDs
Variables | PWID = 119 | Non- PWID = 1506 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | |||||||
Freq. | % | Freq. | % | Freq. | % | Freq. | % | Freq. | % | Freq. | % | |
Duration of drug use, median (IQR) | 10 (5–13) | 10 (4–12) | 10 (5–13) | 4 (1–8) | 3 (1–6) | 4 (1–7) | ||||||
Duration of any drug use |  |  |  |  | n = 117 |  |  |  |  | n = 1468 | ||
 Users ≤12 months | 7 | 6.9 | 3 | 20.0 | 10 | 8.6 | 303 | 25.2 | 82 | 30.7 | 385 | 26.2 |
 Users > 12 months | 95 | 93.1 | 12 | 80.0 | 107 | 91.4 | 898 | 74.8 | 185 | 69.3 | 1083 | 73.8 |
Methods PWUDs used drugs at the first time | ||||||||||||
 Smoking | 74 | 72.6 | 14 | 82.5 | 87 | 73.7 | 1158 | 96.7 | 254 | 93.7 | 1440 | 96.1 |
 Sniffing/drinking | 8 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6.9 | 35 | 2.9 | 15 | 5.5 | 52 | 3.5 |
 Injecting | 20 | 19.6 | 2 | 12.5 | 22 | 18.6 | 4 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.7 | 6 | 0.4 |
Persons PWUDs used drug with at the first time | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Friends | 89 | 87.4 | 13 | 81.3 | 103 | 87.3 | 1141 | 95.2 | 202 | 74.5 | 1370 | 91.3 |
 Sweethearts/spouses/relatives | 8 | 7.8 | 2 | 12.5 | 10 | 8.4 | 26 | 2.2 | 47 | 17.3 | 73 | 4.9 |
 Alone | 4 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3.4 | 29 | 2.1 | 14 | 5.2 | 43 | 2.9 |
 Others | 1 | 0.9 | 1 | 6.2 | 1 | 0.9 | 3 | 0.3 | 8 | 3.0 | 15 | 0.9 |
Persons who first introduced you to use drugs | ||||||||||||
 Friends | 85 | 83.3 | 12 | 75.0 | 98 | 83.0 | 1079 | 90.0 | 189 | 69.7 | 1292 | 86.1 |
 Myself | 8 | 7.8 | 2 | 12.5 | 10 | 8.5 | 73 | 6.1 | 22 | 8.1 | 99 | 6.5 |
 Sweethearts/spouses/relatives | 8 | 7.8 | 2 | 12.5 | 10 | 8.5 | 44 | 3.7 | 49 | 18.1 | 76 | 5.1 |
 Others | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.2 | 11 | 4.1 | 34 | 2.3 |
Types of illicit drug used in the past 12Â months | ||||||||||||
 Ice/amphetamine | 79 | 77.5 | 14 | 87.5 | 92 | 78.0 | 998 | 82.9 | 203 | 74.6 | 1228 | 81.5 |
 Yama (pill of methamphetamine) | 30 | 29.4 | 7 | 43.8 | 37 | 31.4 | 557 | 46.3 | 148 | 54.4 | 710 | 47.1 |
 Marijuana | 16 | 15.7 | 1 | 6.3 | 17 | 14.4 | 140 | 11.6 | 13 | 4.8 | 153 | 10.2 |
 Heroin | 59 | 57.8 | 12 | 75.0 | 73 | 61.9 | 33 | 2.7 | 9 | 3.3 | 42 | 2.8 |
 Ecstasy | 4 | 3.9 | 3 | 18.8 | 7 | 5.9 | 54 | 4.5 | 26 | 9.6 | 80 | 5.3 |
 Others (including inhalant) | 13 | 8.1 | 1 | 1.5 | 19 | 16.1 | 149 | 12.4 | 17 | 6.3 | 136 | 5.3 |
Reported uses at least 2 drugs in past 12Â months | 58 | 56.8 | 12 | 75.0 | 70 | 59.3 | 455 | 37.9 | 107 | 39.4 | 562 | 38.1 |
Last injecting drugs with re-used syringes and needles (n = 119) | – | – | – | – | 38 | 31.9 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Reported sharing needles and syringes when injecting drugs in past month (n = 59) | – | – | – | – | 21 | 35.6 | – | – | – | – | – | – |