HIV prevention among HIV-negative people who inject drugs U.S. 2018

This statistic presents the percentage of people in the U.S. who injected drugs and who were HIV-negative and who received testing and HIV prevention services as of 2018. During that year, 57 percent of people who injected drugs and were HIV-negative had been tested for HIV infection in the past 12 months.

Percentage of people in the U.S. who injected drugs and were HIV-negative and who received testing and HIV prevention services as of 2018

Characteristic	Percentage of people who inject drugs
Tested for HIV infection in the previous 12 months	57%
Participated in HIV behavioral interventions in the previous 12 months*	33%
Ever tested for hepatitis C	83%
Received syringes from SSP in the previous 12 months**	46%
Received syringes from sterile sources only in the previous 12 months**	55%

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January 2021

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United States

Survey time period

2018

Special properties

People who inject drugs in 23 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs)

Supplementary notes

* Participating in an individual or group HIV behavioral intervention (e.g., a one-on-one conversation with a counselor or an organized discussion regarding HIV prevention) did not include counseling received as part of an HIV test or conversations with friends.
** Receiving a syringe from a syringe services program (SSP) was defined as reporting receiving a sterile syringe or needles at least once from an SSP or syringe/needle exchange program. Receiving syringes from sterile sources only included reporting receiving syringes from at least one of the following: SSP, pharmacy, or healthcare provider and not any other sources during the previous 12 months.

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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