Table 2.
Absolute and Relative Risk Perceptions of Developing Cancer By Cancer History Status
| Overall | Family History of Cancer | ||||||
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| None | Family | Difference between history groups | |||||
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| N | % | N | % | N | % | p value | |
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| How likely are you to get cancer in your lifetime | <.0001* | ||||||
| Very Unlikely | 254 | 9.31 | 129 | 18.16 | 125 | 5.70 | |
| Unlikely | 380 | 13.51 | 193 | 25.48 | 187 | 8.65 | |
| Neither | 1104 | 43.58 | 306 | 41.96 | 798 | 44.24 | |
| Likely | 693 | 28.35 | 95 | 11.91 | 598 | 35.04 | |
| Very Likely | 130 | 5.24 | 15 | 2.48 | 115 | 6.36 | |
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| Compared to other people your age, how likely are you to get cancer in your lifetime | |||||||
| Very Unlikely | 250 | 9.02 | 126 | 18.44 | 124 | 5.19 | <.0001* |
| Unlikely | 504 | 19.59 | 228 | 29.81 | 276 | 15.43 | |
| Neither | 1107 | 44.21 | 291 | 40.97 | 816 | 45.52 | |
| Likely | 589 | 22.11 | 79 | 8.72 | 510 | 27.56 | |
| Very Likely | 111 | 5.07 | 14 | 2.06 | 97 | 6.29 | |
Note:
*
=significant difference at p<0.05.