Table 1.
2019 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Questions on Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screening
| Cancer screening/NHIS survey universe | Survey question |
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| Breast cancer | |
| Females aged ≥30 years | Have you ever had a mammogram? |
| If yes: About how long has it been since your most recent mammogram? | |
| Cervical cancer | |
| Females aged ≥18 years | Have you ever had a test to check for cervical cancer? |
| If yes: When did you have your most recent test to check for cervical cancer? | |
| At your most recent cervical cancer screening, did you have a Pap test? | |
| At your most recent cervical cancer screening, did you have an HPV test? | |
| Colorectal cancer | |
| Adults aged ≥40 years | Colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy are exams to check for colon cancer. Have you ever had either of these exams? |
| If yes: Have you had a colonoscopy, a sigmoidoscopy, or both? | |
| Adults aged ≥40 years who ever had sigmoidoscopy or both colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy | When was your most recent sigmoidoscopy? |
| Adults aged ≥40 years who ever had colonoscopy or both colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy | About how long has it been since your most recent colonoscopy? |
| Adults aged ≥40 years who ever had colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy but don’t know which type | When was your most recent colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy? |
| Adults aged ≥40 years | Have you ever had any other kind of test for colorectal cancer, such as virtual colonoscopy, CT colonography, blood stool test, FIT-DNA or Cologuard test? |
| Adults aged ≥40 years who had a test other than colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy | Have you ever had a CT colonography or virtual colonoscopy? |
| If yes: When was your most recent CT colonography or virtual colonoscopy? | |
| Have you ever had a blood stool or FIT test, using a home test kit? | |
| If yes: When was your most recent blood stool or FIT test, using home test kit? | |
| Adults aged ≥40 years who ever had a home blood stool or FIT test | Have you ever had a Cologuard test? |
| If yes: Was the blood stool or FIT test you reported earlier conducted as part of a Cologuard test? | |
| When did you have your most recent Cologuard test? (not released) | |
HPV, human papillomavirus; CT, computed tomography; FIT, fecal immunochemical test.