Comparing key characteristics of young adult crack users in and out-of-treatment in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Table 3 Key health and service utilization indicators of samples

	Street sample (n = 81)			Treatment sample (n = 30)
	n	%	95% CI	n	%	95% CI
Self-rated physical health status [30]
Excellent, very good, or good	43	53	42–64	13	43	25–61
Fair or poor	38	47	36–58	17	57	39–75
Physical health problems [30]
Yes	32	41	30–52	12	41	23–59
No	47	59	48–70	17	59	41–77
*Self-rated mental health status [30] []**
Excellent, very good, or good	45	56	45–67	9	31	14–48
Fair or poor	35	44	33–54	20	69	52–86
Mental health problems [30]
Yes	30	37	27–48	11	37	20–54
No	51	63	53–74	19	63	46–80
Unprotected sex [30]
Yes	45	56	45–67	22	73	57–89
No	36	44	33–55	8	27	11–42
Tested for HIV (ever)
Yes	34	42	31–53	11	37	20–54
No	46	58	47–69	19	63	46–80
HIV + (serology)	3	4	0–8	0	n/a	n/a
Hep B + (HBSAg)	5	6	1–11	0	n/a	n/a
Hep C + (HCVAB)	0	n/a	n/a	0	n/a	n/a
*Social services use (e.g., shelter, food bank) [30] []**
Yes	27	33	23–43	4	13	1–25
No	54	67	57–77	26	87	75–99
*General health services use (e.g., community health centre, hospital) [30] []**
Yes	8	10	4–17	9	30	14–46
No	73	90	84–97	21	70	54–86
*Specialized mental health or addiction services use [30] []**
Yes	0	n/a	n/a	3	10	0 - 21
No	69	100	n/a	26	90	79 - 101

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