An outbreak of HIV infection among people who inject drugs in northeastern Massachusetts: findings and lessons learned from a medical record review

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of patients with HIV infection whose medical records were reviewed, northeast Massachusetts, 2018 (N = 88)

Sociodemographic Characteristic	n	%
Sex
Male	54	61
Female	34	39
Race/Ethnicity
White non-Hispanic	46	52
Black non-Hispanic	4	5
Hispanic/Latino	33	38
Other/unknown	5	6
Age (as of 6/30/2018, years)
20-29	26	30
30-39	35	40
40-49	15	17
50-59	7	8
> 60	5	6
Place of birth
United States mainland	50	57
Puerto Rico	18	21
Other	3	3
Unknown	17	19
HIV risk exposure
Male to male sexual contact (MSM)	0	0
Heterosexual only	12	14
Injection drug use (IDU)	71	81
MSM/IDU	1	1
Unknown/not documented	4	5
Year of HIV diagnosis^b
Prior to 2015	11	13
2015	5	6
2016	15	17
2017	46	52
2018	11	13
Age (at HIV diagnosis, years)^b
< 19	1	1
20-29	29	33
30-39	35	40
40-49	14	16
50-59	6	7
> 60	3	3
Incarcerated during review period^a
Yes	19	22
No	69	78
Homeless during review period^a
Yes	65	74
No	20	23
Not Documented	3	3
Health insurance coverage (as of 6/30/18)
Medicare	10	11
Medicaid	72	82
Medicare/Medicaid	1	1
Private health insurance	1	1
None, self-pay	4	5

^aAs determined through medical record review, and HIV surveillance data reported to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health through October 31, 2018. Medical record review period was May 1, 2016 through date of data abstraction (abstraction performed May 17 to June 6, 2018)
^bAs documented HIV surveillance data reported to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health

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