Response Rates to MHOS Follow-up Survey

Percentage of MHOS Follow-up Survey Included, by Cohort and Linkage to SEER Status: 2000-2019
Cohort Number Cohort Year *Linked to SEER Data Not Linked to SEER Data
Number of Surveys Distributed** Number of Surveys Completed Response Rate (%) Number of Surveys Distributed** Number of Surveys Completed Response Rate (%)
1 2000 10,347 9,011 87.09 25,698 22,060 85.84
2 2001 10,380 8,739 84.19 25,620 21,245 82.92
3 2002 9,513 7,516 79.01 25,045 19,511 77.90
4 2003 7,311 6,012 82.23 20,091 16,389 81.57
5 2004 7,608 6,265 82.35 20,629 16,868 81.77
6 2005 8,260 6,585 82.04 21,668 17,712 81.74
7 2006 7,149 5,788 80.96 20,588 16,545 80.36
8 2007 7,083 5,569 78.62 20,362 15,923 78.20
9 2008 8,265 6,342 76.73 24,641 19,037 77.26
10 2009 11,845 9,502 80.22 38,104 30,158 79.15
11 2010 11,839 9,717 82.08 41,486 33,803 81.48
12 2011 14,241 10,370 72.82 53,289 38,307 71.89
13 2012 15,902 11,306 71.10 66,847 46,550 69.64
14 2013 14,235 10,161 71.38 62,636 44,706 71.37
15 2014 12,854 8,773 68.25 60,979 41,504 68.06
16 2015 10,438 7,208 69.06 55,506 37,322 67.24
17 2016 9,556 6,568 68.73 57,170 38,622 67.56
18 2017 8,997 6,082 67.60 57,452 38,408 66.85
19 2018 9,081 5,935 65.36 144,816 94,227 65.07
20 2019 8,021 5,135 64.02 140,683 88,449 62.87
Total 202,692 152,584 75.28 983,310 697,346 70.92

*Individuals with a history of cancer diagnosis in a SEER registry.
**Only surveys of beneficiaries geographically located within a SEER region are included in this linkage. Surveys not linked to SEER, but self-report a prior cancer diagnosis are excluded.
Patients in more than one cohort are counted more than once in the table.

Last Updated: 26 Apr, 2023