This statistic presents the percentage of people in the U.S. who injected drugs and who were HIV negative, but engaged in behaviors associated with HIV infection in the past 12 months as of 2018. During that year, 26 percent of people who injected drugs and were HIV-negative practiced receptive syringe sharing.
Percentage of people in the U.S. who injected drugs and who were HIV-negative, but engaged in select behaviors in the past year as of 2018
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Percentage of people who inject drugs
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People who inject drugs in 23 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs)
Supplementary notes
* Receptive syringe sharing was defined as “using needles that someone else had already injected with,” and receptive injection equipment sharing was defined as
using equipment such as cookers, cottons, or water used to rinse needles or prepare drugs “that someone else had already used.” Condomless vaginal or anal sex
was defined as “sex without a condom.”
Figures include data from 23 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). These areas included Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago,
Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colorado; Detroit, Michigan; Houston, Texas;
Los Angeles, California; Memphis, Tennessee; Miami, Florida; Nassau-Suffolk,
New York; New Orleans, Louisiana; New York, New York; Newark, New Jersey;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon; San Diego, California; San
Francisco, California; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Seattle, Washington; Virginia
Beach, Virginia; Washington, District of Columbia.
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CDC, & MMWR. (October 22, 2021). Percentage of people in the U.S. who injected drugs and who were HIV-negative, but engaged in select behaviors in the past year as of 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/805427/behaviors-among-hiv-negative-people-who-inject-drugs-us/
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CDC, MMWR. (2021). Percentage of people in the U.S. who injected drugs and who were HIV-negative, but engaged in select behaviors in the past year as of 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/805427/behaviors-among-hiv-negative-people-who-inject-drugs-us/
CDC, and MMWR. "Percentage of People in The U.S. Who Injected Drugs and Who Were Hiv-negative, but Engaged in Select Behaviors in The past Year as of 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Oct 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/805427/behaviors-among-hiv-negative-people-who-inject-drugs-us/
CDC & MMWR, Percentage of people in the U.S. who injected drugs and who were HIV-negative, but engaged in select behaviors in the past year as of 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/805427/behaviors-among-hiv-negative-people-who-inject-drugs-us/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Percentage of people in the U.S. who injected drugs and who were HIV-negative, but engaged in select behaviors in the past year as of 2018 [Graph], CDC, & MMWR, October 22, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/805427/behaviors-among-hiv-negative-people-who-inject-drugs-us/
