Table 1.
Demographic and Health Characteristics by Cancer Type, Health Information National Trends Survey, 2005
| Demographic and Health Characteristics | Cancer Type,a No. (%) | Total, No. (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Colon | Lung | Skin | ||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 693 (48.0) | 625 (46.0) | 611 (50.4) | 1,929 (48.1) |
| Female | 1,285 (52.0) | 1,247 (54.0) | 1,125 (49.6) | 3,657 (51.9) |
| Mean age, y | 45.6 | 45.9 | 44.3 | 45.3 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic | 159 (13.1) | 151 (11.5) | 186 (14.4) | 496 (13.0) |
| Non-Hispanic white | 1,479 (70.9) | 1,389 (70.5) | 1,235 (68.0) | 4,103 (69.9) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 154 (9.5) | 146 (9.8) | 138 (10.7) | 438 (10.0) |
| Other | 97 (6.5) | 104 (8.2) | 98 (6.9) | 299 (7.1) |
| Education | ||||
| Less than high school | 250 (15.3) | 214 (12.7) | 223 (15.4) | 687 (14.5) |
| High school graduate | 519 (28.3) | 476 (30.0) | 452 (31.5) | 1,447 (29.9) |
| Some college | 405 (25.8) | 395 (25.6) | 382 (25.0) | 1,182 (25.5) |
| College degree or more | 728 (30.5) | 721 (31.7) | 610 (28.0) | 2,059 (30.1) |
| Cancer history | ||||
| No cancer history | 459 (26.0) | 446 (26.6) | 374 (24.1) | 1,279 (25.6) |
| Family history | 1,170 (62.0) | 1,116 (62.2) | 1,069 (64.8) | 3,355 (63.0) |
| Personal history | 74 (3.0) | 69 (3.0) | 67 (3.0) | 210 (3.0) |
| Family and personal history | 246 (9.0) | 212 (8.2) | 197 (8.0) | 655 (8.4) |
a
Respondents were randomly assigned to answer prevention representation questions about colon, lung, or skin cancer. If respondents had been diagnosed with the specific cancer they were assigned to, they were not asked any prevention representation questions.