Investigation and analysis of the status of cancer health popularization in China, 2023

Table 1 Characteristics of 1020 medical personnel

Variable	n	Percentage (%)
Gender
Male	664	65.1
Female	356	34.9
Age (year)
21-30	29	2.8
31-40	476	46.7
41-50	378	37.1
51-60	123	12.1
61-70	13	1.2
Over 70	1	0.1
Professional title
Directors	171	16.8
Vice directors	400	39.2
Attending	425	41.7
Residents	24	2.4
Hospital level
Third-level Grade-A	708	69.4
Third-level	181	17.7
Second-level	128	12.5
First-level	24	2.4
Regions
Northeast	70	6.9
North	201	19.7
East	417	40.9
South	68	6.7
Central	166	16.3
Northwest	54	5.3
Southwest	44	4.3
Cities
First-tier	131	12.8
Second-tier	288	28.2
Third-tier	388	38.0
Towns	213	20.4
Villages	5	0.5

Table 2 Main perspectives of cancer health popularization

Variable	n	Percentage (%)
Cancer prevention	817	85.9
Cancer screening	740	77.8
Cancer treatment and related adverse reactions	705	74.1
Cancer diagnosis	661	69.5
Cancer rehabilitation	630	66.2
Cancer patient lifestyle management	592	62.3
Psychological counseling: Depression, anxiety, etc.	379	39.9

Table 3 Main forms of cancer health popularization activities.

Variable	n	Percentage (%)
Text and image popularization	721	75.8
Comic popularization	401	42.2
Popular science lectures	726	76.3
Short video popularization	621	65.3
Live streaming popularization	315	33.1
Q&A style popularization	485	51.0
Writing popular science books/manuals	309	32.5

Table 4 Characteristics of 1691 patients, family members, and the general public

Variable	Sum		Patients		Family members		General public
	n	Percentage (%)	n	Percentage (%)	n	Percentage (%)	n	Percentage (%)
Gender
Male	943	55.8	76	42.7	246	55.3	621	58.1
Female	748	44.2	102	57.3	199	44.7	447	41.9
Age
Below 20	5	0.3	1	0.6	0	0.0	4	0.4
21-30	227	13.4	7	3.9	29	6.5	191	17.9
31-40	533	31.5	30	16.9	134	30.1	369	34.5
41-50	543	32.1	59	33.1	167	37.5	317	29.7
51-60	318	18.8	53	29.8	93	21.0	172	16.1
61-70	52	3.1	20	11.2	20	4.5	12	1.1
Over 70	13	0.8	8	4.5	2	0.4	3	0.3
Educational background
Doctor	133	7.8	4	2.2	34	7.6	95	8.9
Master	405	24.0	16	9.0	85	19.1	304	28.4
Bachelor	873	51.6	58	32.6	222	50.0	593	55.5
Associate	164	9.7	41	23.0	61	13.7	62	5.8
Vocational school	33	2.0	15	8.5	14	3.1	4	0.4
High school	49	2.9	26	14.6	18	4.0	5	0.5
Junior high school or below	34	2.0	18	10.1	11	2.5	5	0.5
Regions
East	514	30.4	62	34.8	129	29.0	323	30.3
North	506	29.9	34	19.1	135	30.3	337	31.6
Central	242	14.3	28	15.7	63	14.2	151	14.1
South	137	8.1	25	14.0	32	7.2	80	7.5
Southwest	107	6.3	11	6.2	24	5.4	72	6.7
Northeast	104	6.2	14	7.9	41	9.2	49	4.6
Northwest	81	4.8	4	2.3	21	4.7	56	5.2
Cities
First-tier	390	23.1	35	19.7	93	20.9	262	24.5
Second-tier	420	24.8	31	17.4	111	24.9	278	26.1
Third-tier	458	27.1	44	24.7	118	26.5	296	27.7
Towns	352	20.8	47	26.4	100	22.5	205	19.2
Villages	70	4.1	20	11.2	23	5.2	27	2.5

Table 5 Main demands for cancer health popularization content

Variable	n	Percentage (%)
Tumor screening	1326	80.2
Tumor prevention	1253	75.8
Tumor treatment methods	1086	65.7
Tumor diagnosis and examination methods	1030	62.3
Tumor symptoms	1022	61.8
Daily life precautions and misconceptions	968	58.5
Prevention of tumor recurrence	932	56.3
Management of adverse reactions	886	53.6
Psychological guidance: Depression, anxiety, etc.	780	47.2