Missing Millions · 2026 estimate

Idaho is missing 63,600 lung cancer screenings.

About 1 in 10 adults ages 50 to 80 in Idaho qualifies for lung cancer screening and hasn't been screened. Find your county below.

76,000adults qualify for screening under USPSTF 2021 criteria (estimate)
16.3%were screened, 34th of 51 (American Lung Association, 2025); 18.2% nationally
1,678low-dose CT screening scans billed to Medicare fee-for-service by Idaho 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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Ada County

14,800

missing lung cancer screenings (estimate)

  • Qualify for screening17,700
  • Adults 50 to 80 missing screening1 in 12
  • Medicare low-dose CT scans, 2024797
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Every Idaho county, ranked

Ranked by estimated missing screenings. Select a column to sort.
1Ada County14,80017,7001 in 12797
2Canyon County8,0009,5001 in 1034
3Kootenai County6,8008,2001 in 10387
4Bonneville County3,4004,0001 in 11209
5Twin Falls County3,2003,8001 in 911
6Bannock County2,8003,3001 in 978
7Bonner County2,5003,0001 in 90
8Bingham County1,7002,1001 in 90
9Nez Perce County1,7002,0001 in 935
10Payette County1,1001,3001 in 80
11Elmore County9701,2001 in 90
12Jefferson County9401,1001 in 100
13Jerome County9301,1001 in 80
14Latah County9201,1001 in 1292
15Gem County9201,1001 in 90
16Idaho County8601,0001 in 90
17Blaine County8209801 in 130
18Minidoka County7609101 in 90
19Cassia County7509001 in 90
20Shoshone County7408901 in 80
21Boundary County6708001 in 80
22Valley County6407601 in 935
23Gooding County6407601 in 80
24Benewah County6007201 in 70
25Owyhee County5907001 in 70
26Washington County5807001 in 80
27Fremont County5005901 in 90
28Madison County4805801 in 120
29Clearwater County4805701 in 90
30Franklin County4705701 in 90
31Lemhi County4205101 in 90
32Boise County4205001 in 100
33Teton County3904601 in 110
34Adams County2803401 in 80
35Power County2803401 in 90
36Bear Lake County2703201 in 90
37Caribou County2503001 in 90
38Custer County2302701 in 100
39Lewis County2002401 in 80
40Lincoln County2002401 in 90
41Oneida County1702101 in 100
42Butte County1601901 in 70
43Camas County60701 in 100
44Clark Countyfewer than 50fewer than 501 in 90

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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