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Table 1 Sociodemographics, Sexual Risk Factors, Drug Use & Risk, and Disease Outcomes by Puerto Rican Immigration Status, among New York City Injection Drug Users, 2009, n = 488

From: Sexual and injection-related risks in Puerto Rican-born injection drug users living in New York City: A mixed-methods analysis

  

Immigration Status

 

Total

US-Born

PR- Immigrated > 3 Years Ago

PR-Immigrated ≤ 3 Years Ago

 
 

%

%

%

%

P

Gender

    

0.09

   Male

78.8

76.2

90.5

74.5

 

   Female

20.9

23.4

9.5

25.5

 

   Transgender

0.3

0.4

0.0

0.0

 

Race/Ethnicity

    

< 0.01

   Black

12.8

21.5

0.0

0.0

 

   Hispanic

50.2

35.1

100.0

100.0

 

   White

36.7

42.9

0.0

0.0

 

   Other

0.3

0.5

0.0

0.0

 

Age

    

0.03

   18-29

11.2

11.7

2.4

13.0

 

   30-39

27.8

24.8

35.1

37.8

 

   40-49

43.2

44.9

39.8

44.1

 

   50 +

17.8

18.5

22.7

5.1

 

Sociodemographics 1

     

   Homeless

62.1

59.6

59.3

85.2

0.01

   Income < $10,000

65.0

61.4

72.1

87.1

< 0.01

   Incarcerated

33.3

36.0

28.3

25.3

0.23

Sexual Risk Factors 1

     

   Unprotected Intercourse

64.3

60.7

72.0

81.9

0.01

   UI with Casual/Exchange Partner

21.5

17.2

32.7

37.4

< 0.01

   ≥ 3 Total Partners

23.0

20.0

32.8

28.7

0.03

Mean (Median) Total Partners

3.6 (1)

4.0 (1)

2.3 (1)

3.3 (2)

0.07

Alcohol/Non-Injection Drug Use 1

     

   Binge Alcohol Use

44.9

46.4

36.7

37.6

0.22

Binge Alcohol Use ≥ 1x/week

25.1

25.9

19.7

23.9

0.53

   NI Drug Use

65.5

71.4

53.3

36.9

< 0.01

NI Drug Use ≥ 1x/week

48.8

53.2

37.1

35.6

< 0.01

   NI Crack Use

36.3

40.8

24.4

21.8

< 0.01

Injection Drug Use 1

     

   Drug Injection ≥ 1x/day

83.4

80.7

89.0

98.8

< 0.01

   Drugs Injected

     

Heroin Alone

89.8

93.8

73.5

87.8

< 0.01

Speedballs

55.5

51.3

71.6

72.8

< 0.01

Cocaine Alone

43.3

48.4

32.0

23.2

< 0.01

   Receptive Syringe Sharing

27.6

24.4

30.4

40.5

0.08

Mean (Median) RSS Partners

0.9 (0)

0.8 (0)

1.0 (0)

1.5 (0)

0.04

   Cooker, Cotton, Water Sharing

41.2

40.0

38.8

52.5

0.34

Disease Outcomes

     

   HIV Seroinfection (n = 485)

16.5

13.6

31.2

7.0

< 0.01

   HCV Seroinfection (n = 478)

72.0

69.4

89.0

77.0

< 0.01

  1. 1 Timeframe: in the past 12 months