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The most recent time you looked for cancer information, where did you go first?

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[HC-13]  The most recent time you looked for information on cancer, where did you look first?

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Estimated U.S. Adult Population information
Survey Respondents information
  Response Number Percentage Sample
Responses
Sample
Percentage
1 Printed materials 25,952,903 27.6% 854 28.4%
2 Interpersonal source 2,735,893 2.9% 90 2.9%
3 Health care provider 10,130,120 10.8% 342 11.3%
4 Information specialist 6,691,781 7.1% 208 6.9%
5 Internet 45,083,957 48.0% 1,399 46.5%
6 Other 2,265,064 2.4% 77 2.5%
98 Refused 19,589 0.0% 1 0.0%
99 Don't know 858,408 0.9% 33 1.0%
 
Total
- 100% 3,004 100%
Survey Notes:
HINTS 2003 Survey Instrument (English): PDF  
Who was asked:
People who have looked for information about cancer for themselves , People who chose 'other' regarding where they looked for cancer information  
Data collection method:
Phone
Question source:
New to HINTS 2003 
Dataset:
2003
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