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Table 4 Demographic characteristics among those using substances before or during sex

From: Individual and poly-substance use and condomless sex among HIV-uninfected adults reporting heterosexual sex in a multi-site cohort

   

Substance use before/during sex

  

Total

No

Yes

N

N

2915

1397 (47.9)

1518 (52.1)

Male

2915

2021 (69.3)

758 (54.3)

1263 (83.2)

Age

2915

40 (28–49)

37 (26–48)

41 (29–49)

Race/Ethnicity

2915

   

Black or African American

 

1701 (58.4)

912 (65.3)

789 (52.0)

White

 

0

0

0

Hispanic or Latino (alone or in combination with race)

 

1169 (40.1)

460 (32.9)

709 (46.7)

Two or more races

 

45 (1.5)

25 (1.8)

20 (1.3)

Sexual Orientation

2915

   

Heterosexual/Straight

 

2002 (68.7)

1168 (83.6)

834 (54.9)

Homosexual/Gay/Lesbian/Queer/Down-Lo

 

55 (1.9)

13 (0.9)

42 (2.8)

Bisexual/Other

 

843 (28.9)

212 (15.2)

631 (41.6)

Refused/DK/Missing

 

15 (0.5)

4 (0.3)

11 (0.7)

Education

2915

   

High school or less

 

2251 (77.2)

1084 (77.6)

1167 (76.9)

Some college

 

572 (19.6)

278 (19.9)

294 (19.4)

College graduate or above

 

91 (3.1)

34 (2.4)

57 (3.8)

Refused/DK/Missing

 

1 (< 0.1)

1 (0.1)

0

Risk Behaviorsa

2915

   

Number of sex partners

 

2 (1–3)

1 (1–2)

2 (1–3)

Unprotected sex

 

2425 (83.2)

1110 (79.5)

1315 (86.6)

Injection Drug Use

    

Ever IDU

 

371 (12.7)

116 (8.3)

255 (16.8)

Recent IDU

 

92 (3.2)

8 (0.6)

84 (5.5)

Substance Usea

2915

   

Alcohol

 

2133 (73.2)

812 (58.1)

1321 (87.0)

Binge alcohol

 

1419 (48.7)

437 (31.3)

982 (64.7)

Cocaine/crack

 

334 (11.5)

19 (1.4)

315 (20.8)

Illicit opioids

 

285 (9.8)

17 (1.2)

268 (17.7)

Methamphetamine/stimulants

 

73 (2.5)

10 (0.7)

63 (4.2)

Cannabis

 

899 (30.8)

192 (13.7)

707 (46.6)

Other

 

180 (6.2)

19 (1.4)

161 (10.6)

Polysubstance

 

1039 (35.6)

175 (12.5)

864 (56.9)

  1. Data presented as median (IQR) or n (%) – percent may not sum to 100 due to rounding
  2. a Reference period: past 30 days