Demographic Information
Total respondents:     56
Sex:                             32 (57% male), 24 female
Ethnicity:                     all non-Hispanic
Race:                          55 white, 1 Native American/Alaska Native
Age at Diagnosis:

Range:     2-86
Median:    45
Children:  12 persons were under 18
Adults:      44 persons were 18 or over


Relatives with cancer

Nine persons (16%) reported a family member, including distant relatives, with brain cancer.

Twenty-seven persons (48%) reported a first-degree relative with some type of cancer other than brain or skin cancer. A first-degree relative was defined as a brother, half-brother, sister, half-sister, mother, father, or child. A total of 44 relatives were reported with other types of cancer. The reported cancers in relatives were:

Cancer Type Number of Relatives listed
Bladder 1
Bone 2
Breast 9
Carcinoma, unspecified 1
Colon 2
Kidney 2
Liver 3
Lung 3
Lymphoma/leukemia 4
Ovary 1
Pancreas 1
Prostate 5
Skin (melanoma) 1
Stomach 2
Throat 1
Thyroid 1
Tumor in back/shoulder blade 2
Uterus 3
Total 44