Age (mean (range)) (years) | 35.3
(16 to 58) | 31.4 (14 to 58) |
Time injecting (mean (range)) (years) | 14.3 (0.1 to 44) | 11.8 (0.1 to 40) |
Married/common law | 154 (17) | 188 (37) |
Ethnicity |
White | 582 (62) | 283 (56) |
Aboriginal | 168 (18) | 194 (38) |
Hispanic | 78 (8) | 4 (1) |
Asian | 58 (6) | 9 (2) |
Other | 46 (5) | 15 (3) |
Welfare/disability recipient | 659 (71) | 347 (69) |
Education (at least elementary) | 708 (76) | 406 (80) |
Housing |
Hotel (single room occupancy) | 432 (46) | 212 (42) |
Apartment | 292 (31) | 172 (34) |
Boarding house/hostel | 67 (7) | 32 (6) |
Other* | 141 (16) | 89 (18) |
Jail (ever) | 736 (79) | 355 (70) |
HIV positive | 241 (26) | 178 (35) |
Hepatitis C positive | 797 (86) | 439 (87) |