|
Event-level characteristic
|
Younger than 25 (n = 52) n (%)
|
25 or older (n = 146) n (%)
|
P-value
|
|---|
|
Had Own Drugs
|
26 (50.0)
|
109 (74.7)
|
0.001
|
|
Type of Drug Injected
| | |
0.50
|
|
Heroin
|
42 (80.8)
|
110 (75.3)
| |
|
Cocaine
|
4 (7.7)
|
7 (4.8)
| |
|
Heroin and Cocaine
|
6 (11.5)
|
28 (19.2)
| |
|
Other
|
0 (0)
|
1 (0.7)
| |
|
Injection Setting
| | |
0.20
|
|
Shooting Gallery
|
2 (3.9)
|
7 (4.8)
| |
|
Home/Friend’s Home
|
21 (41.2)
|
80 (54.8)
| |
|
Public Place
|
28 (54.9)
|
59 (40.4)
| |
|
Injection Partner
| | |
0.22
|
|
Sexual Partner
|
22 (42.3)
|
40 (27.4)
| |
|
Friends
|
19 (36.5)
|
74 (50.7)
| |
|
Stranger(s)
|
2 (3.9)
|
7 (4.8)
| |
|
Alone
|
9 (17.3)
|
25 (17.1)
| |
|
Where Obtained Needles
| | |
0.36
|
|
Needle Exchange
|
25 (49.0)
|
87 (60.0)
| |
|
Injection Partner(s)
|
7 (13.7)
|
22 (16.2)
| |
|
Pharmacy
|
18 (35.3)
|
35 (34.1)
| |
|
Found
|
1 (2.0)
|
1 (0.7)
| |
|
Withdrawal Symptoms before Injection
|
40 (76.9)
|
111 (76.0)
|
0.90
|
- Missing observations: Setting=1; Where Obtained Needles=2.
