Characteristics of all New South Wales opioid substitution therapy registrants and those with notified HIV infection, 1985–2007
| Entire cohort | HIV infection | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person-years | Person-years | |||||
| No. (%) of registrants | Total | Median (IQR) | No. (%) of registrants | Total | Median (IQR) | |
| Total | 45 412 (100) | 481 936 | 9.94 (5.61–15.2) | 426 (100) | 3511 | 7.60 (3.66–12.4) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Men | 30 147 (66.4) | 310 632 | 9.67 (5.31–14.8) | 346 (81.2) | 2796 | 7.58 (3.63–11.8) |
| Women | 15 265 (33.6) | 171 304 | 10.6 (6.30–16.2) | 80 (18.8) | 715 | 7.68 (3.72–14.6) |
| Age at cohort entry (years) | ||||||
| <25 | 16 266 (35.8) | 166 503 | 9.48 (5.83–14.0) | 139 (32.6) | 1176 | 7.38 (3.87–13.0) |
| 25–30 | 14 680 (32.3) | 171 073 | 11.3 (6.26–17.4) | 120 (28.2) | 1027 | 7.96 (3.75–11.7) |
| ≥31 | 14 466 (31.9) | 144 361 | 9.46 (4.86–14.4) | 167 (39.2) | 1308 | 7.25 (2.83–12.7) |
| Year of cohort entry | ||||||
| 1985–1989 | 8476 (18.7) | 161 566 | 20.4 (18.7–21.8) | 75 (17.6) | 887 | 10.2 (6.02–19.2) |
| 1990–1995 | 11 220 (24.7) | 152 938 | 14.1 (12.7–15.7) | 140 (32.9) | 1479 | 12.8 (5.99–14.8) |
| 1996–2001 | 15 302 (33.7) | 133 232 | 8.84 (7.35–10.4) | 122 (28.6) | 908 | 8.00 (6.33–9.65) |
| 2002–2007 | 10 414 (22.9) | 34 200 | 3.44 (1.88–4.81) | 89 (20.9) | 237 | 2.72 (1.22–3.89) |