Baseline characteristics of drug injection–naive, street-involved youth according to noninjection use of crystal methamphetamine, Vancouver, British Columbia
| Characteristic | Use of crystal methamphetamine; no. (%) of participants* | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total n = 395 | No n = 254 | Yes n = 141 | |
| Sociodemographic | |||
| Age, yr, median (IQR) | 21.6 (19.6–23.3) | 21.7 (19.5–23.6) | 21.4 (19.7–22.8) |
| Sex, male | 269 (68.1) | 177 (69.7) | 92 (65.2) |
| Ethnicity, white | 242 (61.3) | 147 (57.9) | 95 (67.4) |
| Recent drug use† | |||
| Cocaine | 194 (49.1) | 127 (50.0) | 67 (47.5) |
| Crack cocaine | 221 (55.9) | 137 (53.9) | 84 (59.6) |
| Heroin | 63 (15.9) | 31 (12.2) | 32 (22.7) |
| Cannabis | 389 (98.5) | 252 (99.2) | 137 (97.2) |
| Alcohol | 69 (17.5) | 50 (19.7) | 19 (13.5) |