Table 4

Factors associated with crossing the border among injecting drug users in the China-Vietnam border area

Vietnam

Crossed borders

P Value

Yes

No


Ethnic Minority

Yes

56 (31%)

125 (69%)

P = .0015

No

27 (16%)

138 (84%)

HIV

Positive

20 (13%)

139 (87%)

P <.0001

Negative

63 (34%)

124 (66%)

Distance from the Border

1 km

39 (98%)

1 (3%)

P <.0001

3 km

3 (9%)

32 (91%)

12 km

8 (29%)

20 (71%)

13 km

12 (27%)

33 (73%)

14 km

21 (11%)

177 (89%)


China


Ethnic Minority

Yes

28 (13%)

181 (87%)

P = .0053

No

2 (2%)

81 (98%)

HIV

Positive

8 (17%)

40 (83%)

P = .1242

Negative

22 (9%)

219 (91%)

Distance from the Border

0 km

20 (51%)

19 (49%)

P <.0001

19 km

3 (17%)

15 (83%)

57 km

7 (3%)

228 (97%)


Des Jarlais et al. BMC Public Health 2005 5:89   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-5-89

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