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Is there any particular reason why you haven't had a mammogram?

2003 Data

2005 Not Asked

2007 Not Asked

All Years

[BC-09] Is there any particular reason why you haven't had a mammogram {yet/in the past 2 years}?

Data Collection Method:		Estimated U.S. Adult Population		Survey Respondents
	Response	Number	Percentage	Sample Responses	Sample Percentage
10	No reason	6,061,236	28.1%	225	28.4%
11	Didn't need/didn't know needed this test	1,686,041	7.8%	60	7.5%
12	Doctor didn't order it/didn't say i needed it	3,310,811	15.3%	114	14.3%
13	Haven't had any problems/no symptoms	643,857	2.9%	23	2.9%
14	Put it off/didn't get around to it	2,470,860	11.4%	93	11.7%
15	Too expensive/no insurance/cost	2,389,064	11.1%	77	9.7%
16	Too painful, unpleasant, or embarrassing	1,211,352	5.6%	47	5.9%
17	Had another type of breast exam	287,100	1.3%	15	1.8%
18	Don't have doctor	210,246	0.9%	9	1.1%
19	Never heard of it/never thought about it	172,278	0.8%	6	0.7%
21	Age/thought they were too young	938,634	4.3%	39	4.9%
91	Other (specify)	2,052,230	9.5%	81	10.2%
98	Refused	24,821	0.1%	2	0.2%
99	Don't know	51,770	0.2%	1	0.1%
	Total	-	100%	792	100%

Survey Notes:	HINTS 2003 Survey Instrument (English): PDF
Who was asked:	Women who gave a different reason why they never had a mammogram, or why they didn't have one in the last two years, Women who have never had a mammogram, or who had a mammogram more than two years ago, Women who have not had breast cancer, People age 35 or older, Women,
Data collection method:	Phone
Question source:	revised from: NHIS 2000, Cancer Module, Question NAF.360
Dataset:	2003

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