Table 1: Demographic Characterisitcs

Table 1: DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Patients enrolled:		N=132

		n	(%)
	Male	76	(58)
	Female	55	(42)
	Transgender	1	(1)

	Median Age	43 yrs (range 21-79)

	African American	48	(36)
	White	30	(23)
	Other/declined/unknown	54	(41)
	Hispanic¹	72	(55)

HIV risk behavior:

	Injection drug use	58	(44)
	Heterosexual contact	39	(30)
	Male same sex contact	19	(14)
	Not reported or identified	14	(11)
	Blood transfusion	2	(2)

Referral Source:

	Inpatient hospital	96	(73)
	Outpatient Clinic	28	(21)
	Substance abuse program	8	(6)

¹ Hispanic ethnicity listed as separate and not mutually exclusive category from racial categories above.

[Citation: Selwyn PA, Rivard M, Kappell D, Goeren B, LaFosse H, Schwartz C, Caraballo R, Luciano D, Post LF. Palliative care for AIDS at a large urban teaching hospital: Program description and preliminary outcomes. Innovations in End-of-Life Care. 2002;4(3), www.edc.org/lastacts/]

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