Table 3 |
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Risk behaviors among study participants |
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| Doña Ana County, NM (n = 100) |
Ciudad Juárez, MX (n = 204) |
El Paso, TX (n = 155) |
Chi-square p-value a |
All sites (n = 459) |
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| In the past 6 months, how often did you inject drugs? |
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| Less than daily |
43 (43.0) |
5 (2.5) |
49 (31.6) |
97 (21.1) |
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| Several times a day |
55 (55.0) |
198 (97.1) |
100 (64.5) |
< 0.0001 |
353 (76.9) |
| No answer |
2 (2.0) |
1 (0.5) |
6 (3.9) |
9 (2.0) |
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| In the past 6 months, how often have you used a needle that you knew had been used
before? |
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| Never |
60 (60.0) |
71 (34.8) |
14 (9.0) |
145 (31.6) |
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| Share |
38 (38.0) |
132 (64.7) |
97 (62.6) |
< 0.0001 |
267 (58.2) |
| No answer |
2 (2.0) |
1 (0.5) |
44 (28.4) |
47 (10.2) |
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| Are you aware of any needle exchange programs in your area? |
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| No |
29 (29.0) |
174 (85.3) |
135 (87.1) |
338 (73.6) |
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| Yes |
71 (71.0) |
29 (14.2) |
17 (11.0) |
< 0.0001 |
117 (25.5) |
| No answer |
0 (0.0) |
1 (0.5) |
3 (1.9) |
4 (0.9) |
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| Which of the following drugs do you inject most often in the past 6 months? |
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| Heroin |
69 (69.0) |
82 (40.2) |
103 (66.5) |
254 (55.3) |
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| Cocaine |
17 (17.0) |
4 (2.0) |
29 (18.7) |
50 (10.9) |
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| Speedball (heroin + cocaine) |
2 (2.0) |
84 (41.2) |
14 (9.0) |
100 (21.8) |
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| Other |
5 (5.0) |
10 (4.9) |
6 (3.9) |
< 0.0001 |
21 (4.6) |
| No answer |
7 (7.0) |
24 (11.8) |
3 (1.9) |
34 (7.4) |
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a Chi-square test of independence used to observe differences across sites. |
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Baumbach et al. Harm Reduction Journal 2008 5:33 doi:10.1186/1477-7517-5-33 |
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