Table 3.
Cancer survivors’ status on Utah State Cancer Plan health indicators and trends over time 2018–2021
| Total |
By Year |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health indicator |
%a |
95% CI | 2018a | 2019a | 2020a | 2021a | p-trendb |
|
| |||||||
| Current cigarette smoker | 5.0 | 3.8–6.1 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 0.30 |
| No regular physical activity | 20.6 | 18.5–22.7 | 21.8 | 23.7 | 17.5 | 19.4 | 0.45 |
| Pain under control | 93.5 | 92.2–94.7 | 92.4 | 92.9 | 93.7 | 94.8 | 0.16 |
| Good, very good, or excellent health | 85.7 | 83.8–87.5 | 86.7 | 83.9 | 85.6 | 86.4 | 0.71 |
| Dissatisfied with life | 7.1 | 5.7–8.5 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 5.9 | 7.5 | 0.86 |
| Experience limitations due to physical, mental, or emotional problems | 46.5 | 43.8–49.1 | 48.4 | 46.6 | 46.0 | 44.8 | 0.46 |
| Cancer treatment was covered in part or full by health insurance | 97.7 | 96.9–98.6 | 97.3 | 98.7 | 96.9 | 98.0 | 0.44 |
| Participated in a clinical trial as part of cancer treatment | 10.4 | 8.6–12.1 | 8.6 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 0.34 |
| Received written survivorship care plan (including summary of both cancer treatment and follow-up care) | 40.4 | 37.0–43.9 | 34.6 | 39.1 | 43.5 | 43.0 | 0.025 |
| Survivorship care plan: cancer treatment only | 51.2 | 47.6–54.8 | 42.4 | 46.2 | 56.0 | 57.8 | <0.001 |
| Survivorship care plan: follow-up instructions only | 68.2 | 65.0–71.3 | 65.5 | 73.3 | 64.7 | 69.7 | 0.88 |
Percentages are weighted to account for survey sample design and nonresponse and are age-adjusted to the Utah cancer survivor population.
P-values for trend were computed using logistic regression.