Missing Millions · 2026 estimate

Kentucky is missing 223,700 lung cancer screenings.

About 1 in 7 adults ages 50 to 80 in Kentucky qualifies for lung cancer screening and hasn't been screened. Find your county below.

284,700adults qualify for screening under USPSTF 2021 criteria (estimate)
21.4%were screened, 12th of 51 (American Lung Association, 2025); 18.2% nationally
7,848low-dose CT screening scans billed to Medicare fee-for-service by Kentucky 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

Shade shows how many adults ages 50 to 80 are missing screening. Select a county.

Jefferson County

32,700

missing lung cancer screenings (estimate)

  • Qualify for screening41,600
  • Adults 50 to 80 missing screening1 in 8
  • Medicare low-dose CT scans, 20241,854
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Every Kentucky county, ranked

Ranked by estimated missing screenings. Select a column to sort.
1Jefferson County32,70041,6001 in 81,854
2Fayette County11,30014,4001 in 81,771
3Kenton County6,7008,5001 in 8829
4Boone County6,0007,6001 in 80
5Daviess County5,0006,3001 in 7581
6Hardin County4,9006,2001 in 7133
7Warren County4,7005,9001 in 9105
8Bullitt County4,6005,9001 in 7180
9Pulaski County4,3005,5001 in 60
10Pike County3,9005,0001 in 5150
11Madison County3,8004,9001 in 813
12Campbell County3,8004,8001 in 80
13Laurel County3,7004,7001 in 60
14McCracken County3,7004,7001 in 7366
15Hopkins County2,8003,5001 in 666
16Christian County2,6003,4001 in 7174
17Boyd County2,6003,3001 in 7340
18Scott County2,3002,9001 in 80
19Barren County2,3002,9001 in 7208
20Franklin County2,3002,9001 in 8108
21Oldham County2,2002,9001 in 110
22Floyd County2,2002,8001 in 6118
23Nelson County2,2002,8001 in 80
24Shelby County2,1002,7001 in 80
25Jessamine County2,1002,6001 in 90
26Henderson County2,0002,5001 in 828
27Clark County2,0002,5001 in 70
28Greenup County2,0002,5001 in 70
29Graves County2,0002,5001 in 70
30Harlan County1,9002,5001 in 50
31Whitley County1,9002,5001 in 6152
32Knox County1,9002,4001 in 60
33Muhlenberg County1,8002,3001 in 6131
34Marshall County1,8002,2001 in 70
35Breckinridge County1,6002,1001 in 50
36Johnson County1,6002,1001 in 50
37Perry County1,6002,1001 in 60
38Montgomery County1,6002,1001 in 60
39Grayson County1,6002,1001 in 60
40Carter County1,6002,0001 in 60
41Bell County1,6002,0001 in 50
42Meade County1,5002,0001 in 70
43Wayne County1,5001,9001 in 50
44Lincoln County1,5001,8001 in 60
45Anderson County1,4001,8001 in 60
46Calloway County1,4001,8001 in 8157
47Russell County1,4001,8001 in 50
48Ohio County1,4001,8001 in 60
49Boyle County1,4001,8001 in 881
50Grant County1,4001,8001 in 60
51Clay County1,4001,8001 in 50
52Logan County1,4001,7001 in 70
53Hart County1,3001,7001 in 50
54Taylor County1,3001,7001 in 70
55Allen County1,3001,7001 in 60
56Rockcastle County1,2001,5001 in 50
57Mercer County1,2001,5001 in 70
58Letcher County1,2001,5001 in 60
59Casey County1,2001,5001 in 50
60Marion County1,2001,5001 in 60
61McCreary County1,2001,5001 in 50
62Spencer County1,1001,5001 in 70
63Bourbon County1,1001,4001 in 70
64Garrard County1,1001,4001 in 60
65Harrison County1,1001,4001 in 70
66Estill County1,1001,4001 in 50
67Jackson County1,1001,4001 in 50
68Adair County1,0001,3001 in 70
69Rowan County1,0001,3001 in 7152
70Simpson County1,0001,3001 in 735
71Mason County1,0001,3001 in 640
72Fleming County1,0001,3001 in 60
73Lawrence County1,0001,3001 in 618
74Larue County1,0001,3001 in 50
75Woodford County1,0001,3001 in 100
76Knott County1,0001,3001 in 50
77Henry County9801,2001 in 60
78Lewis County9601,2001 in 546
79Morgan County9301,2001 in 50
80Magoffin County9301,2001 in 50
81Pendleton County9301,2001 in 60
82Trigg County9101,2001 in 60
83Breathitt County9001,1001 in 50
84Green County8801,1001 in 512
85Edmonson County8501,1001 in 60
86Union County8501,1001 in 60
87Martin County8201,0001 in 40
88Webster County7709801 in 60
89Butler County7609701 in 60
90Caldwell County7309301 in 70
91Todd County7209201 in 60
92Powell County7109101 in 60
93Metcalfe County7109001 in 60
94Owen County6808701 in 60
95Leslie County6808701 in 50
96Bath County6708501 in 70
97Monroe County6408101 in 60
98Carroll County6308001 in 60
99Lee County6208001 in 40
100Washington County6207801 in 70
101Clinton County5907501 in 60
102Lyon County5707301 in 70
103Livingston County5306701 in 70
104Wolfe County5206601 in 40
105Crittenden County5106501 in 70
106Trimble County5106501 in 70
107McLean County5006401 in 70
108Ballard County4806101 in 60
109Gallatin County4806101 in 60
110Elliott County4806101 in 60
111Bracken County4806001 in 70
112Menifee County4706001 in 50
113Hancock County4706001 in 70
114Nicholas County4605901 in 60
115Fulton County4605801 in 50
116Cumberland County4305501 in 60
117Carlisle County2803601 in 60
118Owsley County2803601 in 50
119Hickman County2403101 in 70
120Robertson County1602101 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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