Behavioural Risk for HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C Infections among a Population of Drug Users and Injectors across Four Regions in Ghana

Table 2

Distribution of respondents’ who use drugs for HIV, hepatitis B, and C infection.

	Unweighted	Weighted	HIV	HCV	HBV
	n (%)	n (%)	n(%)	n (%)	n (%)
Factor	323 (100)	323 (100)	8 (100)	19 (100.0)	15(100.0)
Age group at start of using drugs
<15 years	14 (4.3)	14 (4.4)	0	0	0
15–19 years	107 (33.1)	100 (31.1)	37.28	17.89	33.99
20–24 years	82 (25.4)	83 (25.8)	15.14	21.11	13.73
25–29 years	40 (12.4)	38 (12.0)	30.11	26.78	9.8
>30 years	51 (15.8)	54 (16.9)	17.47	28.27	3.92
Drug used at first time^(M)
Cocaine	27 (8.4)	22 (7.0)	29.12	0	0
Crack	33 (10.2)	38 (11.9)	38.44	28.27	17.65
Heroin	44 (13.6)	56 (17.4)	0	19.84	3.92
Marijuana	158 (48.9)	155 (48.2)	32.44	32.55	54.25
Campucheas (heroin mixed with marijuana	1 (0.3)	1 (0.3)	0	0	6.54
Cocktail (marijuana + heroin)	7 (2.2)	7 (2.1)	0	13.39	0
Tramadol	25 (7.7)	13 (4.1)	0	0	0
Alcohol	2 (0.6)	2 (0.9)	0	0	0
Cigarette	3 (0.9)	3 (1.0)	0	0	0
Prescription drugs	2 (0.6)	1 (0.5)	0	0	0
Refused to answer	21 (6.5)	21 (6.7)	0	5.95	17.65
Ever changed from one drug to the other
Yes	246 (76.2)	239 (74.2)	51.08	58.34	82.35
No	56 (17.3)	61 (19.2)	48.92	35.71	0
Nonresponse	21 (6.5)	21 (6.7)	0	5.95	17.65
What did it change to?
Cocaine	76 (30.9)	88 (35.8)	31.93	15.79	34.13
Crack	57 (23.2)	52 (21.5)	0	0	0
Heroin	64 (26.0)	71 (29.2)	45.26	84.21	57.14
Marijuana	10 (4.1)	9 (3.9)	0	0	0
Cocktail	3 (1.2)	2 (0.6)	0	0	0
Crystal meth/methamphetamine	6 (2.4)	3 (1.2)	0	0	4.76
Tramadol	18 (7.3)	13 (5.2)	22.81	0	1.59
Pethidine	3 (1.2)	2 (0.8)	0	0	2.38
Opiates	3 (1.2)	1 (0.4)	0	0	0
Prescription drugs	6 (2.4)	4 (1.5)	0	0	0
Last time drug was used
Within the last 7 days	299 (92.6)	295 (91.5)	100	94.05	100
More than 7 days to 1 month	3 (0.9)	2 (0.6)	0	0	0
More than 1 month up to 6 months	4 (1.2)	4 (1.1)	0	0	0
More than 6 up and to 12 months	1 (0.3)	1 (0.3)	0	0	0
More than 12 months	16 (5.0)	21 (6.5)	0	5.95	0
Number of times per day drug is used	8 (2.7)	5 (1.6)	0	0	0
1 time/day	39 (12.9)	43 (14.2)	13.98	30.06	18.25
2 times/day	92 (30.5)	92 (30.3)	8.15	48.81	32.54
3 times/day	54 (17.9)	53 (17.4)	31.45	17.18	7.94
4+ times/day	109 (36.1)	110 (36.5)	46.42	3.95	41.27
>4 times/day
Commonly use two or more drugs together
No	214 (66.3)	209 (64.7)	63.89	73.22	53.59
Yes	80 (24.8)	83 (25.8)	36.11	20.83	28.76
No response	29 (9.0)	31 (9.5)	0	5.95	17.65