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Imagine that you had a strong need to get information about cancer. Where would you go first?

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[HC-15]  Imagine that you had a strong need to get information about cancer. Where would you go first?

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Estimated U.S. Adult Population information
Survey Respondents information
  Response Number Percentage Sample
Responses
Sample
Percentage
1 Printed materials 6,028,902 2.9% 200 3.1%
2 Interpersonal source 9,460,402 4.5% 280 4.4%
3 Health care provider 101,631,044 48.9% 3,124 49.5%
4 Information specialist 14,780,253 7.1% 447 7.0%
5 Internet 69,678,497 33.5% 2,084 33.0%
6 Other 2,039,062 0.9% 64 1.0%
98 Refused 77,133 0.0% 2 0.0%
99 Don't know 3,890,145 1.8% 109 1.7%
 
Total
- 100% 6,310 100%
Survey Notes:
HINTS 2003 Survey Instrument (English): PDF  
Who was asked:
People who 'other' regarding where they would look first for cancer information , All people in the survey  
Data collection method:
Phone
Question source:
New to HINTS 2003 
Dataset:
2003
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