Table 2 Substance use practices among participants (n = 3439)
|  | SWs (n = 1528) | MSM (n = 746) | PWUD/ID (n = 1165) | TOTAL | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CT | PE | Mthatha | DBN | PMB | CT | JHB | PTA | CT | DBN | PTA | Â | |
N | 384 | 248 | 248 | 399 | 249 | 250 | 250 | 246 | 367 | 398 | 400 | 3439 |
Substances used in last month | ||||||||||||
 Any substancea | 296 (77%) | 216 (87%) | 194 (78%) | 305 (76%) | 160 (64%) | 176 (70%) | 199 (80%) | 119 (48%) | 361 (98%) | 396 (99%) | 396 (99%) | 2818 (82%) |
 Alcohol | 217 (56%) | 205 (83%) | 194 (78%) | 295 (74%) | 148 (59%) | 152 (61%) | 192 (77%) | 102 (42%) | 29 (8%) | 19 (5%) | 15 (4%) | 1568 (46%) |
 Heroinb | 32 (8%) | 1 (< 1%) | 0 | 0 | 12 (5%) | 17 (7%) | 3 (1%) | 1 (< 1%) | 300 (82%) | 394 (99%) | 378 (95%) | 1138 (33%) |
 Methamphetamine | 107 (28%) | 17 (7%) | 0 | 2 (1%) | 1 (< 1%) | 27 (11%) | 11 (4%) | 6 (2%) | 293 (80%) | 8 (2%) | 14 (4%) | 486 (14%) |
 Cannabis | 55 (14%) | 14 (6%) | 0 | 32 (8%) | 9 (4%) | 39 (16%) | 43 (17%) | 31 (13%) | 45 (12%) | 44 (11%) | 121 (30%) | 433 (13%) |
 Cocaine | 12 (3%) | 0 | 0 | 31 (8%) | 4 (2%) | 11 (4%) | 4 (2%) | 2 (1%) | 9 (2%) | 13 (3%) | 118 (30%) | 204 (6%) |
 Methcathinone | 4 (1%) | 2 (1%) | 0 | 20 (5%) | 0 | 8 (3%) | 11 (4%) | 10 (4%) | 1 (< 1%) | 1 (< 1%) | 11 (3%) | 68 (2%) |
Injected a drug in the last 12 months | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 (10%) | 9 (4%) | 8 (3%) | 292 (80%) | 315 (79%) | 313 (79%) | 961 (28%) |
Injected a drug in last month | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 (9%) | 8 (3%) | 8 (3%) | 290 (79%) | 313 (79%) | 311 (78%) | 952 (28%) |
Currently on OST for ≥ 30 days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (3%) | 1 (< 1%) | 1 (< 1%) | 12 (3%) | 16 (4%) | 21 (5%) | 58 (2%) |