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Have you ever been diagnosed as having cancer?


[CA-01]  Have you ever been told by a doctor that you had cancer?

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Estimated U.S. Adult Population information
Survey Respondents information
  Response Number Percentage Sample
Responses
Sample
Percentage
1 Yes 24,479,382 11.3% 873 15.6%
2 No 190,366,711 87.9% 4,657 83.4%
3 Yes, but it was a mis-diagnosis 1,525,900 0.7% 50 0.9%
98 Refused 73,967 0.0% 3 0.1%
99 Don't know 100,809 0.1% 3 0.1%
 
Total
- 100% 5,586 100%
Survey Notes:
HINTS 2005 Survey Instrument (English): PDF  
Who was asked:
All people in the survey  
Data collection method:
Phone
Question source:
Revised from: NHIS 2000, Adult Core Questionnaire, November 2001, question CAN.130 
Dataset:
2005
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