Missing Millions · 2026 estimate

Florida is missing 865,900 lung cancer screenings.

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

1,056,000adults qualify for screening under USPSTF 2021 criteria (estimate)
18.0%were screened, 29th of 51 (American Lung Association, 2025); 18.2% nationally
20,319low-dose CT screening scans billed to Medicare fee-for-service by Florida 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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Miami-Dade County

87,300

missing lung cancer screenings (estimate)

  • Qualify for screening106,400
  • Adults 50 to 80 missing screening1 in 11
  • Medicare low-dose CT scans, 20241,434
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Every Florida county, ranked

Ranked by estimated missing screenings. Select a column to sort.
1Miami-Dade County87,300106,4001 in 111,434
2Broward County68,00082,9001 in 10830
3Palm Beach County53,50065,2001 in 11965
4Hillsborough County47,50057,9001 in 101,024
5Orange County42,60052,0001 in 101,512
6Pinellas County40,80049,7001 in 101,318
7Duval County37,70045,9001 in 91,673
8Lee County34,70042,3001 in 102,671
9Polk County33,50040,9001 in 9688
10Volusia County27,80033,9001 in 9866
11Brevard County27,60033,6001 in 10955
12Pasco County27,00033,0001 in 9242
13Marion County22,10027,0001 in 8392
14Manatee County20,00024,4001 in 10300
15Sarasota County19,80024,1001 in 12747
16Lake County18,40022,4001 in 10113
17St. Lucie County17,10020,8001 in 9132
18Collier County15,40018,8001 in 12139
19Seminole County14,00017,1001 in 1170
20Osceola County13,60016,6001 in 10158
21Escambia County12,90015,8001 in 9620
22Charlotte County11,90014,6001 in 1047
23St. Johns County10,60012,9001 in 12164
24Citrus County10,60012,9001 in 8139
25Hernando County10,50012,8001 in 9221
26Clay County8,90010,9001 in 922
27Bay County8,50010,4001 in 8171
28Santa Rosa County8,0009,8001 in 90
29Leon County7,7009,4001 in 11307
30Indian River County7,7009,4001 in 11267
31Sumter County7,6009,3001 in 120
32Okaloosa County7,3008,9001 in 1034
33Alachua County7,2008,8001 in 111,434
34Martin County6,8008,3001 in 1111
35Flagler County6,6008,1001 in 10128
36Highlands County5,7007,0001 in 935
37Putnam County5,4006,6001 in 60
38Nassau County4,6005,6001 in 100
39Columbia County4,1005,0001 in 70
40Walton County4,0004,9001 in 928
41Monroe County3,5004,3001 in 1071
42Levy County3,0003,6001 in 70
43Suwannee County2,7003,3001 in 70
44Jackson County2,7003,3001 in 60
45Gadsden County2,5003,1001 in 70
46Okeechobee County2,2002,7001 in 70
47DeSoto County2,1002,6001 in 6391
48Hendry County1,9002,3001 in 70
49Wakulla County1,8002,2001 in 80
50Washington County1,6001,9001 in 60
51Bradford County1,5001,9001 in 60
52Baker County1,3001,6001 in 70
53Taylor County1,3001,5001 in 60
54Dixie County1,2001,5001 in 60
55Holmes County1,2001,4001 in 60
56Hardee County1,1001,4001 in 70
57Madison County1,1001,4001 in 70
58Gilchrist County1,1001,3001 in 70
59Jefferson County9801,2001 in 70
60Union County9701,2001 in 60
61Gulf County9001,1001 in 80
62Hamilton County8901,1001 in 60
63Franklin County8401,0001 in 70
64Glades County8301,0001 in 60
65Calhoun County8109901 in 60
66Lafayette County5106301 in 60
67Liberty County4105001 in 60

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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