| Parameter | Response | |
| Statement | Yes | No |
| Ever heard about cancer | 489 (97.8) | 11 (2.2) |
| Cancer is a major cause of adult death | 301 (60.2) | 199 (39.8) |
| Cancer is a major cause of young people’s death | 141 (28.2) | 359 (71.8) |
| Cancer is a curable disease | 229 (45.8) | 261 (52.2) |
| A man who has difficulty in urination may be having |
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| Prostate cancer | 257 (51.4) | 217 (43.4) |
| One with vaginal bleeding could be having cervical cancer | 219 (43.8) | 239 (47.8) |
| Someone with cancer can fail to have signs and symptoms | 301 (60.2) | 185 (37) |
| Knowledge of different types of cancer |
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| Type of cancer | don’t know about it Know about it | |
| Lung | 203 (40.6) | 294 (58) |
| Skin | 273 (54.7) | 226 (45.2) |
| Stomach | 410 (82) | 87 (17.4) |
| Bladder | 444 (88.8) | 54 (10.8) |
| Leukaemia | 290 (58) | 203 (40.6) |
| Colon | 437 (87.4) | 57 (11.6) |
| Breast | 164 (32.8) | 334 (66.8) |
| Uterine | 423 (84.6) | 71 (14.2) |
| Cervical | 284 (56.8) | 214 (42.8) |
| Ovarian | 452 (90.7) | 46 (9.2) |
| Testicular | 447 (89.4) | 45 (9) |
| Prostate | 389 (77.8) | 109 (21.8) |
| Pancreas | 442 (88.4) | 54 (10.4) |
| Oesophageal | 452 (90.4) | 42 (8.4) |