|
Mean age; years (SD)
|
28 (±7)
|
27 (±7)
|
0.08
| |
|
Male gender; No. (%)
|
51 (54)
|
267 (68)
|
0.01
|
0.4 - 0.9
|
|
ATSI; No. (%)
|
26 (28)
|
92 (23)
|
0.38
|
0.8 - 2.1
|
|
Less than 10 years education; No. (%)
|
71 (76)
|
302 (77)
|
0.82
|
0.6 - 1.6
|
|
Duration of imprisonment; weeks (SD)
|
28 (±39)
|
52 (±95)
|
<0.001
| |
|
Previously imprisoned; No. (%)
|
79 (84)
|
276 (70)
|
<0.01
|
1.2 - 4.1
|
|
Continuous imprisonment; No. (%)
|
24 (26)
|
216 (55)
|
<0.001
|
0.2 - 0.5
|
|
Ever:
| | | | |
|
Mean duration of IDU; years (SD) (mean, years)
|
9.5 (±6.8)
|
8.1 (±6.0)
|
0.04
| |
|
Tattoo; No. (%)
|
76 (81)
|
278 (71)
|
0.03
|
1.1 - 3.3
|
|
Body-piercing; No. (%)
|
68 (72)
|
307 (78)
|
0.25
|
0.4 - 1.2
|
|
Fight with blood; No. (%)
|
37 (39)
|
167 (42)
|
0.79
|
0.6 - 1.5
|
|
Stabbed; No. (%)
|
24 (26)
|
109 (28)
|
0.68
|
0.5 - 1.5
|
|
Shared a razor; No. (%)
|
12 (13)
|
66 (17)
|
0.39
|
0.4 - 1.5
|
|
Haircut with laceration; No. (%)
|
21 (22)
|
85 (22)
|
0.87
|
0.6 - 1.8
|
|
Blood contact during sport; No. (%)
|
12 (13)
|
80 (20)
|
0.11
|
0.3 - 1.1
|
|
Needle-stick injury; No. (%)
|
21 (22)
|
68 (17)
|
0.28
|
0.8 - 2.4
|
|
IDU in prison; No. (%)
|
49 (52)
|
147 (37)
|
0.01
|
1.1 - 2.8
|
|
Injected by someone else; No. (%)
|
58 (62)
|
284 (72)
|
0.04
|
0.4 - 1.0
|
|
Injected heroin; No. (%)
|
69 (73)
|
249 (63)
|
0.06
|
1.0 - 2.7
|
|
Injected methamphetamine; No. (%)
|
82 (87)
|
341 (87)
|
0.86
|
0.5 - 2.1
|
|
Injected methadone/buprenorphine; No. (%)
|
40 (43)
|
125 (32)
|
0.05
|
1.0 - 2.5
|
|
Daily IDU; No. (%)
|
82 (87)
|
296 (75)
|
0.01
|
1.2 - 4.3
|
|
Shared IDU equipment; No. (%)
|
63 (67)
|
243 (62)
|
0.43
|
0.8 - 2.0
|
|
Drug & Alcohol counseling; No. (%)
|
69 (73)
|
303 (77)
|
0.42
|
0.5 - 1.4
|
|
3 months prior to incarceration*
| | | | |
|
IDU; No. (%)
|
58 (83)
|
115 (65)
|
<0.01
|
1.3 - 5.1
|
|
Daily IDU; No. (%)
|
50 (71)
|
75 (43)
|
<0.001
|
1.9 - 6.1
|
|
Shared IDU equipment; No. (%)
|
18 (26)
|
41 (23)
|
0.69
|
0.6 - 2.2
|
|
Always bleach shared equipment, No. (%)
|
13 (19)
|
16 (9)
|
0.04
|
1.0 - 5.0
|
|
Since incarceration:
| | | | |
|
IDU; No. (%)
|
31 (33)
|
102 (26)
|
0.17
|
0.9 - 2.3
|
|
Daily IDU; No. (%)
|
3 (3)
|
15 (5)
|
0.56
|
0.2 - 2.4
|
|
Shared IDU equipment; No. (%)
|
27 (29)
|
93 (24)
|
0.30
|
0.8 - 2.2
|
|
Always bleach shared equipment, No. (%)
|
20 (21)
|
63 (16)
|
0.22
|
0.8 - 2.5
|
|
Recent break from IDU >6 months; No. (%)
|
33 (35)
|
208 (53)
|
<0.01
|
0.3 - 0.7
|
|
Currently on MMT; No. (%)
|
36 (38)
|
63 (16)
|
<0.001
|
2.0 - 5.3
|
