From: My first time: initiation into injecting drug use in Manipur and Nagaland, north-east India
Variable | Total (n = 200) | Manipur (n = 100) | Nagaland (n = 100) | p value | |||
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 | % | n | % | n | % | n |  |
Drug use around the time of initiation into injecting drug use* | |||||||
Alcohol | 80.0 | 160 | 85.0 | 85 | 75.0 | 75 | = 0.08 |
Marijuana | 50.5 | 101 | 72.0 | 72 | 29.0 | 29 | < 0.01 |
Heroin†| 43.0 | 86 | 58.0 | 58 | 28.0 | 28 | < 0.01 |
SP†| 65.5 | 131 | 68.0 | 68 | 63.0 | 63 | = 0.46 |
Cigarettes | 86.5 | 173 | 95.0 | 95 | 78.0 | 78 | < 0.01 |
Glue | 22.0 | 44 | 34.0 | 34 | 10.0 | 10 | < 0.01 |
Gutka (packaged paan) | 62.5 | 125 | 63.0 | 63 | 62.0 | 62 | = 0.88 |
Pills | 50.0 | 100 | 67.0 | 67 | 33.0 | 33 | < 0.01 |
Other‡ | 14.0 | 28 | 16.0 | 16 | 12.0 | 12 | = 0.41 |
Drug use in the last six months* | |||||||
Alcohol | 59.5 | 119 | 67.0 | 67 | 52.0 | 52 | = 0.03 |
Marijuana | 38.0 | 76 | 59.0 | 59 | 17.0 | 17 | < 0.01 |
Heroin†| 57.0 | 114 | 72.0 | 72 | 42.0 | 42 | < 0.01 |
SP†| 82.0 | 164 | 75.0 | 75 | 89.0 | 89 | = 0.01 |
Cigarettes | 81.5 | 163 | 93.0 | 93 | 70.0 | 70 | < 0.01 |
Glue | 16.0 | 32 | 26.0 | 26 | 6.0 | 6 | < 0.01 |
Gutka (packaged paan) | 58.5 | 117 | 66.0 | 66 | 51.0 | 51 | = 0.03 |
Pills | 52.5 | 105 | 64.0 | 64 | 41.0 | 41 | = 0.01 |
Other‡ | 14.5 | 29 | 24.0 | 24 | 5.0 | 5 | < 0.01 |
Drug use in the last week* | |||||||
Alcohol | 66.0 | 33 | 35.0 | 35 | 31.3 | 31 | = 0.58 |
Marijuana | 22.0 | 44 | 38.0 | 38 | 6.1 | 6 | < 0.01 |
Heroin†| 44.5 | 89 | 61.0 | 61 | 28.3 | 28 | < 0.01 |
SP†| 65.0 | 130 | 59.0 | 59 | 71.7 | 71 | = 0.06 |
Cigarettes | 68.0 | 136 | 82.0 | 82 | 54.5 | 54 | < 0.01 |
Glue | 8.0 | 16 | 14.0 | 14 | 2.0 | 2 | < 0.01 |
Gutka (packaged paan) | 48.0 | 96 | 55.0 | 55 | 41.4 | 44 | = 0.06 |
Pills | 29.5 | 59 | 28.0 | 28 | 31.3 | 31 | = 0.61 |
Other‡ | 9.0 | 18 | 17.0 | 17 | 1.0 | 1 | < 0.01 |