Table 1 Basic characteristics of IDUs in five cities in Georgia, 2009
From: Prevalence of HIV among injection drug users in Georgia
Characteristic | Â | Â |
|---|---|---|
Overall | N = 1127 | Â |
Age (median years) | Â | 35 |
Male | Â | 98.7% |
Georgian | Â | 95.3% |
Residency: | Â | Â |
   Tbilisi |  | 27.2% |
   Gori |  | 18.2% |
   Zugdidi |  | 18.2% |
   Telavi |  | 18.1% |
   Batumi |  | 18.3% |
Education: | Â | Â |
   Primary/secondary |  | 54.9% |
   Incomplete higher/higher |  | 45.1% |
Married | Â | 49.7% |
Internally displaced person | Â | 1.9% |
Ever imprisoned | Â | 11.9% |
Age of first drug use (median years) | Â | 17 |
Age of first drug injection (median years) | Â | 19 |
Ever shared syringe (yes) | Â | 59.1% |
At last injection injected with shared syringe or left at a place of gathering (yes) | Â | 6.1% |
At last injection injected with prefilled syringe used by somebody else (yes) | Â | 2.4% |
At last injection shared paraphernalia (yes) | Â | 46.4% |
Ever tested for HIV | Â | 28.9% |
Tested for HIV during last 12 months | Â | 6.0% |
Received condoms from preventive programmes during last 12 months | Â | 15.8% |
Received syringes from preventive programmes during last 12 months | Â | 25.1% |
Received qualified information on HIV/AIDS during last 12 months | Â | 17.8% |
Received condoms from preventive programmes and tested for HIV during last 12 months | Â | 13.9% |
Can get new unused syringes when needed | Â | 97.0% |
Can get new unused syringes from drug store | Â | 94.9% |
Knowledge: | Â | Â |
   Healthy looking person can be HIV infected (yes) |  | 89.3% |
   One can reduce HIV risk if properly uses condoms during every sexual contact (yes) |  | 96.2% |
   One may protect himself from HIV by having one uninfected and reliable sexual partner (yes) |  | 92.8% |
   One may be infected with HIV by using a syringe already used by someone else (yes) |  | 99.4% |
Male to male sexual relationship | N = 1112 | 1.7% |
Number of female sexual partners during last 12 months (median) | Â | 3 |
Always condom use with regular partners | N = 870 | 10.2% |
Always condom use with occasional partners | N = 550 | 29.6% |
Always condom use with paid sex partners | N = 316 | 63.9% |
Tested HIV positive | N = 1108 | 1.99% |