Table 1

 Descriptive statistics of 929 injecting drug users

TotalMenWomen
NumberNumber%Number%
*Calendar period for which each patient contributes to the analysis.
Subjects (n) 92970075.422924.7
Cohorts integrating GEMES
    CIPS Valencia28020329.17733.6
    Sandoval-Madrid64507.1146.1
    HUGTIP-Badalona213162223.15122.3
    CAS-Barcelona15711416.34318.8
    Prisons-Barcelona21517124.44419.2
Level of education
    No formal education74616.4135.2
    Primary education35726527.89236.8
    Secondary education16914114.82811.2
    University studies75717.541.6
    Unknown52841543.511345.2
AIDS (%)21517224.54318.7
AIDS incidence per 100 person years5.13.8
Deaths (%)16013018.63013.1
Death rate per 100 person years3.52.5
Pre-AIDS deaths (%of total deaths)6452401230
Year of seroconversion (median)July 1992October 1992
Seroconversion interval (median in years)929700 1.07229 1.00
Year of beginning of treatment (median)April 1997January 1997
Age at seroconversion (median)25.124.1
Proportion prescribed antiretrovirals33723733.910043.7
Subjects in each calendar period*
Before 199222576.86823.2
1992–95 (reference)48374.416625.6
1996–9848874.316925.7
1999–200145675.614724.4