Risk Factors

HCV POSITIVE %

Use of Injection

None

3.7

<5/Year

4.5

5 - 10/Year

6.1

>10/Year

8.3

Type of Syringe

New Disposable Syringes

3.5

Used Syringes

6.8

Shaving

Home

7.5

Barber

9.8

Sharing Tooth Brushes/Miswak

8.4

Sharing Cigarettes/Hukahs/Biddi

11.5

Tattooing/Acupuncture

8.3

Nose/Ear Piercing

5.8

History of Hospitalization

9.8

History of Surgery

10.1