A Retrospective Chart Review of Treatment Seeking Middle Aged Individuals at a Tertiary Care Substance Use Disorder Treatment Centre in North Part of India over Five Successive Years: Findings from Drug Abuse Monitoring System

Table 2

IDU related variables of the treatment seeking middle aged individuals over the 5-year period.

Variable	2007 (558)		2008 (580)		2009 (549)		2010 (680)		2011 (674)		Total
	𝑛	%	𝑁	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
IDU ever	81	14.5	71	12.2	85	15.5	99	14.6	106	15.7	442	14.4
IDU current	46	8.2	40	6.9	55	10.0	82	12.1	70	10.4	293	9.5
Sharing of needles	18	39.1	15	37.5	11	20.0	8	9.8	12	17.1	64	21.8
Sharing of needles by IV route	19	41.3	34	85.0	51	92.7	59	72.0	57	81.4	220	75.1
Sharing of needles by IM route	26	56.5	6	15.0	4	7.3	18	22.0	13	18.6	67	22.9
Sharing of needles (Route not known)	1	2.2	0	0.0	0	0.0	5	6.1	0	0.0	6	2.0
Paraphernalia	5	10.9	34	85.0	42	76.4	6	7.3	2	2.9	89	30.4
HIV screening	10	1.8	4	0.7	5	0.9	5	0.7	31	4.6	55	1.8