Missing Millions · 2026 estimate

Georgia is missing 407,600 lung cancer screenings.

About 1 in 9 adults ages 50 to 80 in Georgia qualifies for lung cancer screening and hasn't been screened. Find your county below.

486,400adults qualify for screening under USPSTF 2021 criteria (estimate)
16.2%were screened, 35th of 51 (American Lung Association, 2025); 18.2% nationally
10,243low-dose CT screening scans billed to Medicare fee-for-service by Georgia providers in 2024

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates 2025; CDC PLACES 2025; USPSTF 2021; American Lung Association, State of Lung Cancer 2025; CMS Medicare Physician and Other Practitioners 2024 (CPT 71271). Modeled estimates; see methodology below.

The gap, county by county

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Gwinnett County

29,000

missing lung cancer screenings (estimate)

  • Qualify for screening34,600
  • Adults 50 to 80 missing screening1 in 10
  • Medicare low-dose CT scans, 2024421
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Every Georgia county, ranked

Ranked by estimated missing screenings. Select a column to sort.
1Gwinnett County29,00034,6001 in 10421
2Fulton County25,80030,8001 in 121,448
3DeKalb County21,70025,9001 in 11814
4Cobb County20,90025,0001 in 12989
5Clayton County11,60013,9001 in 864
6Chatham County10,80012,9001 in 9589
7Cherokee County9,90011,8001 in 1019
8Henry County8,90010,6001 in 934
9Richmond County8,40010,1001 in 7315
10Hall County8,40010,0001 in 91,030
11Muscogee County7,7009,2001 in 8248
12Bibb County7,1008,4001 in 7166
13Forsyth County6,5007,8001 in 130
14Paulding County6,1007,3001 in 100
15Houston County5,8006,9001 in 9223
16Coweta County5,6006,6001 in 10109
17Douglas County5,4006,5001 in 90
18Carroll County5,3006,3001 in 883
19Columbia County5,0006,0001 in 10151
20Bartow County5,0005,9001 in 8462
21Newton County4,9005,9001 in 824
22Walton County4,7005,6001 in 80
23Floyd County4,4005,3001 in 81,350
24Lowndes County4,2005,0001 in 861
25Whitfield County4,1004,9001 in 883
26Rockdale County4,0004,8001 in 90
27Glynn County4,0004,7001 in 857
28Dougherty County3,9004,7001 in 782
29Fayette County3,8004,5001 in 1320
30Jackson County3,7004,4001 in 8207
31Barrow County3,6004,4001 in 80
32Spalding County3,5004,2001 in 729
33Walker County3,5004,1001 in 70
34Troup County3,3003,9001 in 711
35Clarke County3,1003,7001 in 10236
36Catoosa County3,1003,6001 in 80
37Gordon County3,0003,5001 in 70
38Laurens County2,6003,1001 in 726
39Effingham County2,6003,1001 in 90
40Bulloch County2,6003,1001 in 996
41Colquitt County2,4002,8001 in 6164
42Coffee County2,3002,8001 in 60
43Camden County2,3002,7001 in 843
44Polk County2,2002,6001 in 70
45Thomas County2,1002,6001 in 861
46Habersham County2,1002,5001 in 80
47Pickens County2,0002,4001 in 80
48Murray County2,0002,4001 in 70
49Ware County1,9002,3001 in 652
50Gilmer County1,9002,3001 in 80
51Tift County1,9002,3001 in 762
52Baldwin County1,9002,2001 in 878
53Liberty County1,8002,2001 in 863
54Wayne County1,8002,1001 in 60
55Madison County1,7002,0001 in 70
56Fannin County1,7002,0001 in 80
57Union County1,7002,0001 in 972
58Upson County1,6001,9001 in 60
59Decatur County1,6001,9001 in 60
60Haralson County1,6001,9001 in 70
61Chattooga County1,6001,9001 in 60
62Stephens County1,5001,8001 in 711
63Hart County1,5001,8001 in 80
64Harris County1,5001,8001 in 100
65White County1,5001,8001 in 80
66Burke County1,5001,7001 in 60
67Bryan County1,5001,7001 in 100
68Grady County1,4001,7001 in 70
69Monroe County1,4001,7001 in 90
70Jones County1,4001,6001 in 856
71Lumpkin County1,4001,6001 in 90
72Sumter County1,4001,6001 in 70
73Meriwether County1,3001,6001 in 60
74Putnam County1,3001,6001 in 80
75Butts County1,3001,6001 in 70
76Franklin County1,3001,6001 in 70
77Dawson County1,3001,6001 in 100
78Toombs County1,3001,5001 in 70
79Emanuel County1,3001,5001 in 60
80Tattnall County1,3001,5001 in 60
81Mitchell County1,2001,4001 in 60
82Lee County1,2001,4001 in 90
83Worth County1,2001,4001 in 60
84Peach County1,2001,4001 in 80
85McDuffie County1,2001,4001 in 70
86Crisp County1,2001,4001 in 60
87Washington County1,1001,4001 in 60
88Oconee County1,1001,4001 in 130
89Dodge County1,1001,4001 in 60
90Elbert County1,1001,3001 in 70
91Appling County1,1001,3001 in 631
92Berrien County1,1001,3001 in 60
93Ben Hill County1,1001,3001 in 60
94Brantley County1,1001,3001 in 60
95Pierce County1,1001,3001 in 70
96Brooks County1,0001,2001 in 60
97Greene County1,0001,2001 in 100
98Banks County1,0001,2001 in 70
99Rabun County9701,2001 in 80
100Cook County9601,1001 in 60
101Jefferson County9601,1001 in 60
102Lamar County9301,1001 in 80
103Jasper County9001,1001 in 70
104Pike County9001,1001 in 80
105Morgan County9001,1001 in 90
106McIntosh County8701,0001 in 60
107Screven County8109701 in 70
108Macon County8109701 in 50
109Jeff Davis County8109601 in 60
110Oglethorpe County7609101 in 80
111Dade County7609101 in 80
112Charlton County7408801 in 60
113Towns County7308701 in 90
114Crawford County7108501 in 70
115Telfair County7108401 in 50
116Hancock County6908201 in 60
117Heard County6708001 in 70
118Long County6607801 in 70
119Dooly County6307501 in 70
120Johnson County6207401 in 60
121Early County6007201 in 60
122Candler County6007201 in 60
123Terrell County6007201 in 60
124Bleckley County6007101 in 70
125Wilkes County6007101 in 70
126Evans County5806901 in 60
127Jenkins County5806901 in 60
128Pulaski County5806901 in 60
129Bacon County5606701 in 60
130Taylor County5606701 in 60
131Lincoln County5306401 in 70
132Seminole County5306401 in 70
133Wilcox County5306301 in 60
134Twiggs County5306301 in 70
135Turner County5206201 in 60
136Wilkinson County5106001 in 70
137Lanier County5006001 in 60
138Irwin County4905901 in 70
139Atkinson County4805801 in 50
140Marion County4505401 in 70
141Clinch County4205001 in 60
142Wheeler County4104901 in 60
143Treutlen County4104901 in 50
144Talbot County4104901 in 60
145Montgomery County4104901 in 70
146Randolph County4004801 in 60
147Miller County3404001 in 70
148Calhoun County3303901 in 60
149Warren County3203801 in 60
150Stewart County2803301 in 60
151Schley County2002401 in 80
152Baker County1902301 in 60
153Quitman County1802101 in 60
154Glascock County1702001 in 70
155Clay County1702001 in 70
156Echols County1702001 in 70
157Webster County1601901 in 70
158Taliaferro County1101301 in 70
159Chattahoochee County1001201 in 9103

Methodology

How we estimate the gap

A modeled estimate from public data only. It is not a count of patients and contains no patient information.

missing = adults 50 to 80 × county smoking rate × national eligibility factor × (1 − state screening rate)

  • Adults 50 to 80: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates, Vintage 2025
  • Smoking: CDC PLACES 2025 release (Kentucky and Pennsylvania: 2024 release)
  • Eligibility: USPSTF 2021 criteria, scaled to about 14.5 million eligible adults nationally
  • Screening rates: American Lung Association, State of Lung Cancer 2025
  • Who is missing: Census population estimates (age) and American Community Survey 2020 to 2024 (language)
  • Screening activity: CMS Medicare fee-for-service claims for low-dose CT (CPT 71271), 2024, by provider location

Estimates under 50 are shown as "fewer than 50"; others are rounded. Full methodology

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