Chunk #15 — Methods — Method for Estimating the Numbers of Lifetime PWID in the U.S

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Estimating the number of persons who inject drugs in the united states by meta-analysis to calculate national rates of HIV and hepatitis C virus infections.

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We multiplied our newly derived lifetime estimates of the population proportion of PWID by the population estimate from the Census Bureau for persons aged 13 years or older for the 50 states and District of Columbia [19] to obtain an estimated number of PWID.