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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2009
 
C22Q04 What type of cancer was it? OR With your most recent diagnoses of cancer, what type of cancer was it? (CNCRTYPE)
Denominator is respondents who have had cancer.

Categories Breast cancer


Cervical cancer
(cancer of
the cervix)
Other type


Colon (intestine)
cancer
Prostate cancer

Melanoma


Other skin
cancer

Total
% % % % % % % N
Age Group: *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 3
      18-24
      25-34 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 20
      35-44 13.6 28.5 34.5 0.0 0.0 11.3 12.2 56
      45-54 13.4 9.5 37.1 6.0 2.1 6.4 25.5 162
      55-64 14.6 4.9 29.0 2.8 9.5 11.7 27.6 286
      65-74 22.2 5.3 16.8 6.6 11.9 11.6 25.7 317
      75 + 17.8 1.1 22.3 10.9 16.4 8.0 23.5 320
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 7
Sex: 0.7 0.0 27.6 8.3 24.7 13.1 25.7 381
      Male
      Female 24.7 17.5 25.5 4.1 0.0 7.2 20.9 790
Race/Ethnicity: 16.0 11.0 25.2 5.0 8.3 10.0 24.5 1,032
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 14.7 14.7 41.5 13.8 11.5 0.0 3.9 90
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic       *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 22
      Hispanic *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 19
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 8
Income Group: 16.5 30.0 28.2 5.6 2.1 8.5 9.0 133
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 17.1 18.9 26.8 8.7 4.6 7.5 16.5 222
      $25-$49,999 16.6 7.2 27.5 6.1 15.7 4.0 23.0 317
      $50-$74,999 9.1 8.1 26.1 4.1 10.8 10.7 31.2 143
      >=$75,000 18.2 6.9 17.9 5.1 7.8 16.7 27.4 167
      Unk/Ref 16.5 4.4 33.2 3.2 7.5 10.9 24.2 189
Education Level: 10.0 33.1 26.1 3.3 7.5 5.4 14.6 128
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 17.7 9.3 29.1 6.8 11.6 6.8 18.8 427
      Some college/Tech school 17.3 8.7 30.5 5.9 5.4 8.0 24.1 287
      College graduate 14.9 6.3 19.1 4.9 9.8 15.6 29.4 328
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 1
Marital Status: 14.0 8.5 26.3 6.1 11.2 9.8 24.1 579
      Married
      Unmarried 19.2 15.5 26.3 4.8 5.4 8.8 19.9 590
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 2
Employment Status: 13.9 13.1 27.1 4.1 6.3 12.9 22.7 369
      Employed
      Not employed *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 46
      Student/Homemaker 28.7 20.8 18.7 6.1 0.0 6.8 18.9 97
      Retired/Unable to work 16.6 4.8 26.5 6.7 13.0 8.2 24.3 655
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 4
Grand Totals 15.9 11.1 26.3 5.6 9.0 9.4 22.7 1,171

SOURCE: 2009 Indiana BRFSS Statewide Survey Data
 
NOTE:      Percents are based on weighted data; unless otherwise specified, totals are unweighted numbers.
                ***Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.
                Excluding the 'Unknown/Refused' responses

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