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|
Estimated U.S. Adult Population  |
Survey Respondents |
|
|
Response
|
Number
|
Percentage
|
Sample
Responses
|
Sample
Percentage
|
|
|
Advised to in next 2 yrs
|
13,436
|
0.5%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Afraid of doing it for finding
|
8,126
|
0.3%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Appts. get cancelled
|
28,629
|
1.2%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Breast feeding twins
|
24,785
|
1.0%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Busy taking care of everyone e
|
42,097
|
1.8%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Convenience
|
15,109
|
0.6%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Dealing with other health issu
|
35,911
|
1.5%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Did not want to
|
35,643
|
1.5%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Didnt want to
|
42,397
|
1.8%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Dislike accuracy, misdiagnosis
|
27,283
|
1.1%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Do not believe in getting them
|
44,754
|
1.9%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Do not have family history
|
50,227
|
2.1%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Do not think are accurate
|
24,382
|
1.0%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Does not believe in
|
13,337
|
0.5%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Does not have run in family
|
12,674
|
0.5%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Does not live in fear ds holst
|
25,782
|
1.1%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Doesn't want to know if has c
|
57,194
|
2.4%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Don't believe in different
|
11,423
|
0.4%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Don't believe in it, self exam
|
9,704
|
0.4%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Don't look for stuff if not
|
27,455
|
1.1%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Don't trust the xrays radiation
|
30,448
|
1.3%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Don't want one
|
46,071
|
1.9%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Don't want the test
|
8,126
|
0.3%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Don't want to know if she has
|
21,866
|
0.9%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Dont believe in having them
|
22,504
|
0.9%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Dont perform unnessecary test
|
10,493
|
0.4%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Dr said get soon to est baseli
|
29,126
|
1.2%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Eye cancer matasticized, gave
|
31,291
|
1.3%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
F said she had biopsy dosent w
|
27,852
|
1.1%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Faith in god
|
5,429
|
0.2%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Fr does not believe in it
|
41,807
|
1.7%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Fr does not like going to dr.
|
13,883
|
0.5%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Fr doesnt go to doctor
|
20,184
|
0.8%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Fr states that having a mammog
|
20,449
|
0.8%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Fr states that she is scared t
|
21,799
|
0.9%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Had not been concerned about i
|
24,382
|
1.0%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Has been pregnant constantly
|
31,331
|
1.3%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Have breast implants and could
|
8,537
|
0.3%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Have had a bilateriamastectomy
|
11,427
|
0.4%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Have had broken hip have not
|
20,054
|
0.8%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Have not gone to doctor
|
46,650
|
2.0%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Havent had exam in a while
|
13,559
|
0.5%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Havent have regular physicals
|
53,332
|
2.2%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Having babies continuously
|
20,255
|
0.8%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Heard too many horror stories
|
28,437
|
1.2%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Is bad luck doesn't believe in
|
8,537
|
0.3%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Its scheduled just hasnt happe
|
51,364
|
2.2%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Just dont want to
|
9,536
|
0.4%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Machine broken at the time
|
99,688
|
4.2%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Mammograms are unrealiable
|
49,760
|
2.1%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Medical condition cannot stand
|
22,695
|
0.9%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Need to take off work
|
37,549
|
1.6%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Never wanted to get one
|
12,136
|
0.5%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
No family history
|
10,503
|
0.4%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
No family history and age
|
22,096
|
0.9%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
No family history not a lot of
|
31,331
|
1.3%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
No history of cancer
|
12,512
|
0.5%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
No transporation
|
9,752
|
0.4%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Not able to get time off work
|
46,162
|
1.9%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Not as accurate if you are fat
|
27,819
|
1.1%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Not worried about it
|
72,879
|
3.1%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Only visits dr. when necessary
|
16,322
|
0.7%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Pregnant
|
10,085
|
0.4%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Pregnant @ the time
|
22,931
|
0.9%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Pregnant and breast feeding
|
38,489
|
1.6%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Radiation
|
35,868
|
1.5%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Scared of the results
|
45,392
|
1.9%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Scheduled this month
|
29,555
|
1.2%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Sfr has transportation problem
|
17,911
|
0.7%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Sfr states that she would have
|
32,286
|
1.3%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
She does not give a damn
|
11,114
|
0.4%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
She has been nursing
|
13,286
|
0.5%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
So sick the last 3 yrs that it
|
24,777
|
1.0%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Test isnt accurate
|
50,249
|
2.1%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
The test results are not relia
|
13,606
|
0.5%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
There is no history of breast c
|
19,473
|
0.8%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Think mammograms cause cancer
|
26,188
|
1.1%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Think that they cause cancer
|
15,004
|
0.6%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Thinks x-ray and clamping
|
11,094
|
0.4%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Tired of this test
|
13,631
|
0.5%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Too much travel involved none
|
28,676
|
1.2%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Transportation
|
25,159
|
1.0%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Unreliable interpretations
|
10,248
|
0.4%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Unreliable results
|
14,971
|
0.6%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Was nursing up to now
|
46,465
|
1.9%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Was undergoing chemotherapy
|
22,681
|
0.9%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
When get the nerve to go
|
39,375
|
1.6%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
When she finds someone to take her
|
11,865
|
0.5%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
|
|
Total
|
-
|
100%
|
88
|
100%
|
|
Survey Notes:
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HINTS 2003 Survey Instrument (English): PDF
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Who was asked:
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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
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Data collection method:
|
Phone
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Question source:
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revised from: NHIS 2000, Cancer Module, Question NAF.360
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Dataset:
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2003
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