CANCERNO is a 2-digit-numeric variable.
04: 4+ cancers (2019-forward)
06: 6+ cancers (1992 only)
07: NIU
97: Unknown-refused
98: Unknown-not ascertained
99: Unknown-don't know
Description
For sample adults, CANCERNO reports a count of the total number of different kinds of cancer they report ever having been told they had by a doctor or other health professional. Prior to 2019, CANCERNO was only asked of sample adults who were ever diagnosed with cancer. Beginning in 2019, this variable is topcoded at 4+ cancers, whereas it was topcoded at 6+ cancers in 1992.
Comparability
Changes in the universe, topcodes, and the 2019 questionnaire redesign affect comparability of CANCERNO. The NHIS questionnaire was substantially redesigned in 2019 to introduce a different data collection structure and new content. For more information on changes in terminology, universes, and data collection methods beginning in 2019, please see the user note.
Universe
- 1992: Sample persons age 18+ in quarters 1 and 2, and in 2 weeks of quarter 3 who were ever diagnosed with cancer.
- 2019-2023: Sample adults age 18+.
Availability
- 1992, 2019-2023
Survey Text
2023 |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
1992 |
Variable: CANAGE1_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question text:
* Enter 1 if reported age is 1 or younger.
Instruction:
If CANKIND1_A = RF,DK fill "this cancer"; else fill "bladder cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 1;
else fill "blood cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 2;
else fill "bone cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 3;
else fill "brain cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 4;
else fill "breast cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 5;
else fill "cervical cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 6;
else fill "colon cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 7;
else fill "esophageal cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 8;
else fill "gallbladder cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 9;
else fill "kidney cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 10;
else fill "larynx-trachea cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 11;
else fill "leukemia" if CANKIND1_A = 12;
else fill "liver cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 13;
else fill "lung cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 14;
else fill "lymphoma" if CANKIND1_A = 15;
else fill "melanoma" if CANKIND1_A = 16;
else fill "mouth/tongue/lip cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 17;
else fill "ovarian cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 18;
else fill "pancreatic cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 19;
else fill "prostate cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 20;
else fill "rectal cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 21;
else fill "skin (melanoma) cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 22;
else fill "skin (non-melanoma) cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 23;
else fill "skin (don't know kind) cancer" if CANKIND1_A =
24;
else fill "stomach cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 25;
else fill "testicular cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 26;
else fill "throat/pharynx cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 27;
else fill "thyroid cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 28;
else fill "uterine cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 29;
else fill "other cancer" if CANKIND1_A = 30
997 - Refused
999 - Don't Know
RF if CANKIND1_A=RF [goto next section] else [goto CANKIND2_A]
If number in CANAGE1_A gt GEN.AGE_FINAL[PX_A] [goto ERR_CANAGE1_A]
Check Description: CANAGE1_A years with cancer greater than age hard edit
Check Text: {check ERR_CANAGE1_A}
^CANAGE1_A years old is older than age ^SA_AGE. Please correct.
Variable: CANEV_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question text:
...Cancer or a malignancy of any kind?
2 - No
7 - Refused
9 - Don't Know
2,RF,DK [goto next section]
Variable: CANEV_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question text:
...Cancer or a malignancy of any kind?
2 - No
7 - Refused
9 - Don't Know
2,RF,DK [goto next section]
Variable: CANKIND1_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question text:
Enter code for the first kind of cancer.
02 - Blood
03 - Bone
04 - Brain
05 - Breast
06 - Cervix/Cervical
07 - Colon
08 - Esophagus/Esophageal
09 - Gallbladder
10 - Kidney
11 - Larynx-trachea
12 - Leukemia
13 - Liver
14 - Lung
15 - Lymphoma
16 - Melanoma
17 - Mouth/tongue/lip
18 - Ovary/Ovarian
19 - Pancreas/Pancreatic
20 - Prostate
21 - Rectum/Rectal
22 - Skin (melanoma)
23 - Skin (non-melanoma)
24 - Skin (don't know kind)
25 - Stomach
26 - Testis/Testicular
27 - Throat - pharynx
28 - Thyroid
29 - Uterus/Uterine
30 - Other
97 - Refused
99 - Don't Know
elseif GEN.SEX_FINAL[PX_A]=2 and CANKIND1_A IN (20,26) [goto ERR2_CANKIND_A]
1-30,RF,DK [goto CANAGE1_A]
Check Description: CANKIND_A male soft edit
Check Text: {signal ERR1_CANKIND_A} Verify. Code 6 or 18 or 29 is unavailable for males.
Check Text: ERR2_CANKIND_A
Check Description: CANKIND_A female soft edit
Check Text: {signal ERR2_CANKIND_A} Verify. Code 20 or 26 is unavailable for females.
Variable: CANKIND2_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question text:
If yes, ask respondent for second kind of cancer, enter code.
If no, enter '96' for no more.
02 - Blood
03 - Bone
04 - Brain
05 - Breast
06 - Cervix/Cervical
07 - Colon
08 - Esophagus/Esophageal
09 - Gallbladder
10 - Kidney
11 - Larynx-trachea
12 - Leukemia
13 - Liver
14 - Lung
15 - Lymphoma
16 - Melanoma
17 - Mouth/tongue/lip
18 - Ovary/Ovarian
19 - Pancreas/Pancreatic
20 - Prostate
21 - Rectum/Rectal
22 - Skin (melanoma)
23 - Skin (non-melanoma)
24 - Skin (don't know kind)
25 - Stomach
26 - Testis/Testicular
27 - Throat - pharynx
28 - Thyroid
29 - Uterus/Uterine
30 - Other
96 - No more
97 - Refused
99 - Don't Know
-
elseif GEN.SEX_FINAL[PX_A]=2 and CANKIND2_A IN (20,26) [goto ERR2_CANKIND_A]
1-30,RF,DK [goto CANAGE2_A]
96 [goto next section]
Variable: CANKIND3_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question text:
If yes, ask respondent for third kind of cancer, enter code.
If no, enter '96' for no more.
02 - Blood
03 - Bone
04 - Brain
05 - Breast
06 - Cervix/Cervical
07 - Colon
08 - Esophagus/Esophageal
09 - Gallbladder
10 - Kidney
11 - Larynx-trachea
12 - Leukemia
13 - Liver
14 - Lung
15 - Lymphoma
16 - Melanoma
17 - Mouth/tongue/lip
18 - Ovary/Ovarian
19 - Pancreas/Pancreatic
20 - Prostate
21 - Rectum/Rectal
22 - Skin (melanoma)
23 - Skin (non-melanoma)
24 - Skin (don't know kind)
25 - Stomach
26 - Testis/Testicular
27 - Throat - pharynx
28 - Thyroid
29 - Uterus/Uterine
30 - Other
96 - No more
97 - Refused
99 - Don't Know
-
elseif GEN.SEX_FINAL=2 and CANKIND3_A IN (20,26) [goto ERR2_CANKIND_A]
1-30,RF,DK[goto CANAGE3_A]
96 [goto next section]
Variable: CANEV_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question text:
...Cancer or a malignancy of any kind?
2 - No
7 - Refused
9 - Don't Know
2,RF,DK [goto next section]
Variable: CANKIND1_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question text:
* Enter code for the first kind of cancer.
02 - Blood
03 - Bone
04 - Brain
05 - Breast
06 - Cervix/Cervical
07 - Colon
08 - Esophagus/Esophageal
09 - Gallbladder
10 - Kidney
11 - Larynx-trachea
12 - Leukemia
13 - Liver
14 - Lung
15 - Lymphoma
16 - Melanoma
17 - Mouth/tongue/lip
18 - Ovary/Ovarian
19 - Pancreas/Pancreatic
20 - Prostate
21 - Rectum/Rectal
22 - Skin (melanoma)
23 - Skin (non-melanoma)
24 - Skin (don't know kind)
25 - Stomach
26 - Testis/Testicular
27 - Throat - pharynx
28 - Thyroid
29 - Uterus/Uterine
30 - Other
97 - Refused
99 - Don't Know
elseif GEN.SEX_FINAL[PX_A]=2 and CANKIND1_A IN (20,26) [goto ERR2_CANKIND_A]
1-30,RF,DK [goto CANAGE1_A]
Check Description: CANKIND_A female soft edit
Check Text: {signal ERR2_CANKIND_A} Verify. Code 20 or 26 is unavailable for females.
Check Text: ERR1_CANKIND_A
Check Description: CANKIND_A male soft edit
Check Text: {signal ERR1_CANKIND_A} Verify. Code 6 or 18 or 29 is unavailable for males.
Variable: CANKIND2_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question text:
* If yes, ask respondent for second kind of cancer, enter code.
* If no, enter '96' for no more.
02 - Blood
03 - Bone
04 - Brain
05 - Breast
06 - Cervix/Cervical
07 - Colon
08 - Esophagus/Esophageal
09 - Gallbladder
10 - Kidney
11 - Larynx-trachea
12 - Leukemia
13 - Liver
14 - Lung
15 - Lymphoma
16 - Melanoma
17 - Mouth/tongue/lip
18 - Ovary/Ovarian
19 - Pancreas/Pancreatic
20 - Prostate
21 - Rectum/Rectal
22 - Skin (melanoma)
23 - Skin (non-melanoma)
24 - Skin (don't know kind)
25 - Stomach
26 - Testis/Testicular
27 - Throat - pharynx
28 - Thyroid
29 - Uterus/Uterine
30 - Other
96 - No more
97 - Refused
99 - Don't Know
-
elseif GEN.SEX_FINAL[PX_A]=2 and CANKIND2_A IN (20,26) [goto ERR2_CANKIND_A]
1-30,RF,DK [goto CANAGE2_A]
96 [goto next section]
Variable: CANKIND3_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question text:
* If yes, ask respondent for third kind of cancer, enter code.
* If no, enter '96' for no more.
02 - Blood
03 - Bone
04 - Brain
05 - Breast
06 - Cervix/Cervical
07 - Colon
08 - Esophagus/Esophageal
09 - Gallbladder
10 - Kidney
11 - Larynx-trachea
12 - Leukemia
13 - Liver
14 - Lung
15 - Lymphoma
16 - Melanoma
17 - Mouth/tongue/lip
18 - Ovary/Ovarian
19 - Pancreas/Pancreatic
20 - Prostate
21 - Rectum/Rectal
22 - Skin (melanoma)
23 - Skin (non-melanoma)
24 - Skin (don't know kind)
25 - Stomach
26 - Testis/Testicular
27 - Throat - pharynx
28 - Thyroid
29 - Uterus/Uterine
30 - Other
96 - No more
97 - Refused
99 - Don't Know
-
elseif GEN.SEX_FINAL=2 and CANKIND3_A IN (20,26) [goto ERR2_CANKIND_A]
1-30,RF,DK[goto CANAGE3_A]
96 [goto next section]
Variable: CANKIND1_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question Text:
Enter code for the first kind of cancer.
02 - Blood
03 - Bone
04 - Brain
05 - Breast
06 - Cervix/Cervical
07 - Colon
08 - Esophagus/Esophageal
09 - Gallbladder
10 - Kidney
11 - Larynx-trachea
12 - Leukemia
13 - Liver
14 - Lung
15 - Lymphoma
16 - Melanoma
17 - Mouth/tongue/lip
18 - ovary/ovarian
19 - Pancreas/pancreatic
20 - prostate
21 - Rectum/rectal
22 - skin(melanoma)
23 - skin(non-melanoma)
24 - skin(do not know kind)
25 - stomach
26 - Testis/Testicular
27 - Throat - Pharynx
28 - Thyroid
29 - Uterus/Uterine
30 - Other
97 - Refused
99 - Do not know
1-30,RF,DK = [goto CANAGE1_A]
Check Text: {signal ERR1_CANKIND_A}
Verify. Code 6 or 18 or 29 is unavailable for males.
Check Text: {signal ERR2_CANKIND_A}
Verify. Code 20 or 26 is unavailable for females.
Variable: CANKIND2_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question Text:
If yes, ask respondent for second kind of cancer, enter code.
If no, enter '96' for no more.
02 - Blood
03 - Bone
04 - Brain
05 - Breast
06 - Cervix/Cervical
07 - Colon
08 - Esophagus/Esophageal
09 - Gallbladder
10 - Kidney
11 - Larynx-trachea
12 - Leukemia
13 - Liver
14 - Lung
15 - Lymphoma
16 - Melanoma
17 - Mouth/tongue/lip
18 - ovary/ovarian
19 - Pancreas/pancreatic
20 - prostate
21 - Rectum/rectal
22 - skin(melanoma)
23 - skin(non-melanoma)
24 - skin(do not know kind)
25 - stomach
26 - Testis/Testicular
27 - Throat - Pharynx
28 - Thyroid
29 - Uterus/Uterine
30 - Other
97 - Refused
99 - Do not know
1-30,DK,RF [goto CANAGE2_A]
96 [goto next section]
Variable: CANKIND3_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question Text:
If yes, ask respondent for third kind of cancer, enter code.
If no, enter '96' for no more.
02 - Blood
03 - Bone
04 - Brain
05 - Breast
06 - Cervix/Cervical
07 - Colon
08 - Esophagus/Esophageal
09 - Gallbladder
10 - Kidney
11 - Larynx-trachea
12 - Leukemia
13 - Liver
14 - Lung
15 - Lymphoma
16 - Melanoma
17 - Mouth/tongue/lip
18 - ovary/ovarian
19 - Pancreas/pancreatic
20 - prostate
21 - Rectum/rectal
22 - skin(melanoma)
23 - skin(non-melanoma)
24 - skin(do not know kind)
25 - stomach
26 - Testis/Testicular
27 - Throat - Pharynx
28 - Thyroid
29 - Uterus/Uterine
30 - Other
97 - Refused
99 - Do not know
1-30,RF,DK = [goto CANAGE3_A]
96 = [goto next section]
Variable: CANMORE_A
Interview Module: Adult
Content Type: Annual Core
Question Text:
2 - No
7 - Refused
9 - Do not know
9[] DK (If 1 cancer (3), If 2 or more cancers (4))
9[] DK (If 1 cancer (3), If 2 or more cancers (4))
Weights
- 1992, 2019-2023 : SAMPWEIGHT