Table 1 The characteristics of drug users at the first-ever-MMT in Wuhan city, China for the 10-year period 2006–2015, and separately for the phase I (2006–2010) and phase II (2011–2015).
characteristics | Total N = 13884 | 2006–2010 (phase I) N = 11636 | 2011–2015 (phase II) N = 2248 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
age at entry* | |||||
mean years | 39.26 | 38.65 | 42.43 | <0.001 | |
sd | 7.57 | 7.312 | 8.08 | ||
age of initial opioid drug use* | |||||
mean years | 28.64 | 28.18 | 31.07 | <0.001 | |
sd | 7.915 | 7.613 | 8.94 | ||
gender | |||||
male | 10252(73.8%) | 8559(73.6%) | 1693(75.3%) | 0.083 | |
female | 3632(26.2%) | 3077(26.4%) | 555(24.7%) | ||
ethnic group | |||||
Han | 13752(99.0%) | 11535(99.1%) | 2217(98.6%) | 0.022 | |
non-Han | 132(1.0%) | 101(0.9%) | 31(1.4%) | ||
marital status | |||||
Married or in cohabitation | 6012(43.3%) | 4938(42.4%) | 1074(47.8%) | <0.001 | |
other | 7872(56.7%) | 6698(57.6%) | 1174(52.2%) | ||
education level | |||||
junior middle school or above | 12802(92.2%) | 10895(93.6%) | 1907(84.8%) | <0.001 | |
under junior middle school | 1082(7.8%) | 741(6.4%) | 341(15.2%) | ||
employed | |||||
no | 11805(85.0%) | 10247(88.1%) | 1558(69.3%) | <0.001 | |
yes | 2079(15.0%) | 1389(11.9%) | 690(30.7%) | ||
ever injected drugs | |||||
no | 2621(18.9%) | 2061(17.7%) | 560(24.9%) | <0.001 | |
yes | 11263(81.1%) | 9575(82.3%) | 1688(75.1%) | ||
drug use in last 6 months | |||||
only injected | 10327(74.4%) | 9081(78.0%) | 1246(55.4%) | <0.001 | |
non-only injected | 3557(25.6%) | 2555(22.0%) | 1002(44.6%) | ||
share needles in last 3 months | |||||
no | 1186(75.6%) | 922(72.3%) | 264(90.1%) | <0.001 | |
yes | 382(24.4%) | 353(27.7%) | 29(9.9%) | ||
HIV status | |||||
negative | 13835(99.6%) | 11592(99.6%) | 2243(99.8%) | 0.254 | |
positive | 49(0.4%) | 44(0.4%) | 5(0.2%) | ||
HCV status | |||||
negative | 3816(27.5%) | 3152(27.1%) | 664(29.5%) | 0.017 | |
positive | 10068(72.5%) | 8484(72.9%) | 1584(70.5%) | ||
Syphilis status | |||||
negative | 13438(96.8%) | 11247(96.7%) | 2191(97.5%) | 0.047 | |
positive | 446(3.2%) | 389(3.3%) | 57(2.5%) | ||
