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Lifestyle habits of U.S. cancer patients 2017, by age

Percentage of U.S. adults who had been diagnosed with cancer that had select lifestyle habits as of 2017, by age

The data shows the percentage of the United States adult population that had been diagnosed with cancer and participated in select lifestyle habits in 2017, by age. According to the data, 33% of those aged 18 to 34 years who had been diagnosed with cancer smoked.

Exercise 57 82 72 61 56 51
Smoke 16 33 32 20 17 9
Drink alcohol 64 79 74 66 65 59
Obese (BMI over 29) 33 24 34 38 37 32