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In general, once people start having sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy exams, about how often should they have them?
In general, once people start having sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy exams, about how often should they have them?
[CC-25] In general, once people start having sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy exams, about how often should they
have them?
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Estimated U.S. Adult Population  |
Survey Respondents |
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Response
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Number
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Percentage
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Sample
Responses
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Sample
Percentage
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2-5 years
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11,932
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2.0%
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1
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5.5%
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Depends on heredity
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9,801
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1.7%
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1
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5.5%
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Depends on how scared they are
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21,191
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3.7%
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1
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5.5%
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Depends on risk level
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20,728
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3.6%
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1
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5.5%
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Depends on their condition
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36,883
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6.4%
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1
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5.5%
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Depends upon family histor
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12,278
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2.1%
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1
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5.5%
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Each time they have a physical
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13,709
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2.4%
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1
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5.5%
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If cancer in the family- often
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17,004
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2.9%
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1
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5.5%
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If diagnosed then each year,
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55,116
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9.6%
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1
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5.5%
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If history
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34,206
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6.0%
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1
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5.5%
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Never
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63,577
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11.1%
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2
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11.1%
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No other time
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65,728
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11.5%
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1
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5.5%
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Once
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91,235
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16.0%
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1
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5.5%
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Once in life if no problems
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29,091
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5.1%
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1
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5.5%
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Once yearx2 then every 5 yrs
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26,597
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4.6%
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1
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5.5%
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Some times but not all the tim
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41,669
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7.3%
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1
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5.5%
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When ins. allows
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18,130
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3.1%
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1
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5.5%
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Total
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100%
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18
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100%
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Survey Notes:
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HINTS 2003 Survey Instrument (English): PDF
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Who was asked:
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People who thought about getting a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy in the last ten years
, People who who said something different than this about how often people should get sigmoidoscopies or colonoscopies
, People who have heard of a sigmoidoscopy or a colonoscopy
, People who have not had colon cancer
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Data collection method:
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Phone
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Question source:
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New to HINTS 2003
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Dataset:
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2003
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None
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