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<strong>EPIDEMIOLOGIC</strong> TRENDS IN <strong>DRUG</strong> <strong>ABUSE</strong>—Seattle-King County Area<br />

Exhibit 12. Comparison of HIV and HCV Seroprevalence by Primary Injection Drug and MSM 1 Status in<br />

Recently Arrested Male Injectors, Seattle-King County, Kiwi Study: 1998–2002<br />

MSM Status and Primary<br />

HIV Hepatitis C<br />

Injection Drug N Percent HIV+ N Percent HCV+<br />

Never-MSM heroin injectors 553 2.0 364 78.3<br />

Never-MSM amphetamine 2 injectors 343 1.1 307 38.1<br />

MSM heroin injectors 32 9.7 16 75.0<br />

MSM amphetamine injectors 41 29.3 32 37.5<br />

1<br />

MSM=male-male sex in the past year.<br />

2<br />

’Amphetamine’ was the term used in some data collection, but it is believed that the findings related directly to methamphetamine<br />

specifically.<br />

SOURCE: Public Health – Seattle & King County<br />

Exhibit 13. Number of Methamphetamine Labs and Dump Sites Reported in King and Neighboring Counties:<br />

1990–2004<br />

Number of Methamphetamine Incidents, Labs, and Dump Sites<br />

2,000<br />

1,800<br />

1,600<br />

1,400<br />

1,200<br />

1,000<br />

800<br />

600<br />

400<br />

200<br />

0<br />

SOURCE: Washington State Department of Ecology<br />

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004<br />

King 6 10 2 7 7 10 23 17 48 107 231 271 241 202 199<br />

Kitsap 1 1 2 1 3 1 21 45 54 60 50 44<br />

Pierce 10 18 18 12 17 17 53 42 129 318 545 589 438 466 541<br />

Snohomish 2 2 2 7 6 5 13 37 69 83 98 101<br />

WA State TOTAL 38 43 40 42 36 54 153 203 349 789 1,454 1,890 1,693 1,480 1337<br />

Proceedings of the Community Epidemiology Work Group, Vol. II, January 2005 257

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