Table 1. Reported behaviours among 1,404 Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) in six cities in Indonesia, 2007
Sixteen percent of IDUs reported sharing a needle (borrowed or lent) at last injection with a median of 2 persons. Twelve percent of IDUs injected with a previously used needle at last injection and thirteen percent used a public needle. The mean number of persons with whom respondents shared needles in the last week was 3.5 (95% CI 2.8 - 3.1) among IDUs One third (29.7%) of IDUs reported having ever been in prison and 8.3% of them injected for the first time while in prison. Of all survey respondents, 12.4% reported having been jailed for narcotic use last year. Of the 269 IDUs who were in prison last year, 139 (51.7%) received information on HIV and 26 (9.7%) received condoms while in prison.