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. 2024 Jul 22;7(7):e2423744. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.23744

Table 2. Trust in Government Agencies Providing Cancer Information.

Trust among 2020 respondents, weighted % (95% CI) Trust among 2022 respondents, weighted % (95% CI)
Overall trust 77.8 (75.4-80.0) 70.1 (68.1-72.0)
Age, y
18-34 82.7 (75.9-87.8) 69.6 (63.5-75.2)
35-49 76.7 (71.7-81.1) 70.0 (65.7-73.9)
≥50 75.7 (72.6-78.6) 70.6 (68.6-72.6)
Sex
Female 77.9 (75.0-80.6) 72.8 (70.0-75.4)
Male 77.7 (73.4-81.4) 67.6 (64.4-70.7)
Race and ethnicitya
Hispanic 82.2 (74.8-87.8) 71.5 (64.8-77.3)
Non-Hispanic Asian 88.8 (78.9-94.4) 82.2 (66.4-91.5)
Non-Hispanic Black 74.4 (66.6-80.9) 72.4 (64.7-79.0)
Non-Hispanic White 77.8 (74.7-80.6) 70.0 (67.7-72.2)
Non-Hispanic otherb 65.0 (48.2-78.8) 58.5 (41.3-73.9)
Residence
Rural 74.8 (67.8-80.7) 64.4 (59.7-68.8)
Urban 78.2 (75.6-80.6) 70.9 (68.8-72.9)
Income, $
0-9999 73.8 (64.5-81.4) 69.4 (59.8-77.5)
10 000-34 999 77.7 (73.2-81.6) 67.5 (62.6-72.1)
35 000-74 999 73.6 (66.9-79.3) 70.9 (66.9-74.5)
≥75 000 81.1 (77.3-84.3) 71.6 (68.5-74.6)
Education
<High school 73.4 (60.3-83.4) 64.6 (54.8-73.4)
High school graduate 66.6 (60.6-72.1) 61.3 (56.7-65.7)
Some college education 79.9 (75.2-83.9) 68.5 (64.6-72.2)
≥College graduate 83.6 (80.4-86.4) 79.8 (77.4-81.9)
a

Race and ethnicity data were collected for the US Health Information National Trends Survey to allow subgroup-specific analysis of the data by race and ethnicity.

b

Includes non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and non-Hispanic multiple races.