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Volume 94, Issue 1 , Pages 221-233 , 1 April 2008

Racial and ethnic changes in heroin injection in the United States: Implications for the HIV/AIDS epidemic

Received 30 August 2007 ,Revised 25 November 2007 ,Accepted 26 November 2007.

Top 3 most frequently injected primary substances among admissions to publicly funded treatment programs in the United States: Treatment Episodes Data Set, 1992 through 2004.

Top 3 most frequently injected primary substances among admissions to publicly funded treatment programs in the United States: Treatment Episodes Data Set, 1992 through 2004.
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Racial/ethnic distribution of injection among primary heroin admissions to publicly funded treatment programs in the United States: Treatment Episodes Data Set, 1992 through 2004.

Racial/ethnic distribution of injection among primary heroin admissions to publicly funded treatment programs in the United States: Treatment Episodes Data Set, 1992 through 2004.
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Age distribution of primary heroin injecting admissions to publicly funded treatment programs in the United States: Treatment Episodes Data Set, 1992 and 2004. ^*Samples exclude cases missing informati

Age distribution of primary heroin injecting admissions to publicly funded treatment programs in the United States: Treatment Episodes Data Set, 1992 and 2004. ^*Samples exclude cases missing information on age. Proportion missing <0.5%. ^**Percentage injecting of total heroin admissions.
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Age distribution of primary heroin injecting admissions to publicly funded treatment programs in selected East Coast and Midwest primary metropolitan statistical areas: Treatment Episodes Data Set, 19

Age distribution of primary heroin injecting admissions to publicly funded treatment programs in selected East Coast and Midwest primary metropolitan statistical areas: Treatment Episodes Data Set, 1992 and 2004. ^*Samples exclude cases missing information on age. Proportion missing <0.5%. ^**Percentage injecting of total heroin admissions.
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Age distribution of primary heroin injecting admissions to publicly funded treatment programs in selected West Coast primary metropolitan statistical areas: Treatment Episodes Data Set, 1992 and 2004.

Age distribution of primary heroin injecting admissions to publicly funded treatment programs in selected West Coast primary metropolitan statistical areas: Treatment Episodes Data Set, 1992 and 2004. ^*Samples exclude cases missing information on age. Proportion missing <0.5%. ^**Percentage injecting of total heroin admissions.
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