Table 2.

Weighted, unadjusted estimates for HPV knowledge, and awareness stratified by gender and race*gender, HINTS 4, Cycle 3 and 4, 2013–2014, (N = 6,862).

	Gender (w%)		Race/Ethnicity *Gender (w%)
	Male	Female	White Female	Black Female	Hispanic Female	White Male	Black Male	Hispanic Male
Heard of HPV
Yes	57.1	74.5	80.8	68.8	72.6	63.8	52.6	54.5
No	42.9	25.5	19.2	31.2	27.4	36.2	47.4	45.5
Heard of HPV vaccine
Yes	55.2	76.4	82.8	68.0	66.8	62.8	49.8	43.9
No	44.8	23.6	17.2	32.0	33.2	37.2	50.2	56.1
HPV is an STD
Yes	64.0	61.8	63.5	47.2	68.7	65.1	46.6	66.3
No	14.1	18.0	17.5	31.5	13.7	14.8	20.3	10.0
Not Sure	21.9	20.2	19.0	21.3	17.6	20.2	33.0	23.7
HPV causes cervical cancer
Yes	66.7	72.4	73.9	66.8	72.5	69.2	52.9	62.9
No	2.1	2.6	2.2	3.2	4.1	1.5	2.7	2.1
Not Sure	31.3	25.0	23.9	30.0	23.4	29.3	44.4	35.0
HPV goes away without treatment
Yes	45.8	46.4	45.9	46.3	51.7	45.4	51.6	44.8
No	34.6	40.5	41.7	43.1	32.3	36.3	20.3	34.2
Not Sure	19.7	13.1	12.4	10.6	16.0	18.3	28.1	21.0

w% – weighted percentages; HINTS = Health Information National Trends Survey; HPV = Human papillomavirus