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How likely do you think it is that you will develop breast cancer in the future?

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[BC-01]   How likely do you think it is that you will develop breast cancer in the future? Would you say your chance of getting breast cancer is very low, somewhat low, moderate, somewhat high, or very high?
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Estimated U.S. Adult Population information
Survey Respondents information
  Response Number Percentage Sample
Responses		 Sample
Percentage
1
Very low
22,878,256 22.2% 865 23.7%
2
Somewhat low
25,698,356 24.9% 905 24.8%
3
Moderate
35,293,252 34.2% 1,205 33.0%
4
Somewhat high
11,752,884 11.4% 387 10.6%
5
Very high
3,840,806 3.7% 143 3.9%
98
Refused
377,695 0.3% 17 0.4%
99
Don't know
3,176,996 3.0% 121 3.3%
 
Total
 - 100% 3,643 100%
Survey Notes:
 HINTS 2003 Survey Instrument (English): PDF 
Who was asked:
 Women who have not had breast cancer, Women
Data collection method:
 Phone
Question source:
 New to HINTS 2003
Dataset:
 2003

 

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