Missing Millions · 2026 estimate

Mississippi is missing 142,800 lung cancer screenings.

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

167,500adults qualify for screening under USPSTF 2021 criteria (estimate)
14.8%were screened, 40th of 51 (American Lung Association, 2025); 18.2% nationally
3,567low-dose CT screening scans billed to Medicare fee-for-service by Mississippi 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.

Harrison County

10,000

missing lung cancer screenings (estimate)

  • Qualify for screening11,700
  • Adults 50 to 80 missing screening1 in 7
  • Medicare low-dose CT scans, 2024370
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Every Mississippi county, ranked

Ranked by estimated missing screenings. Select a column to sort.
1Harrison County10,00011,7001 in 7370
2Hinds County9,50011,1001 in 7904
3DeSoto County7,2008,4001 in 9132
4Jackson County6,7007,8001 in 8211
5Rankin County5,8006,8001 in 919
6Madison County4,0004,7001 in 10135
7Lauderdale County3,7004,4001 in 685
8Lee County3,5004,2001 in 8665
9Jones County3,3003,9001 in 775
10Pearl River County3,2003,7001 in 70
11Forrest County2,8003,3001 in 8137
12Hancock County2,5003,0001 in 80
13Washington County2,5003,0001 in 60
14Lowndes County2,5003,0001 in 7110
15Lamar County2,5002,9001 in 8107
16Pike County2,3002,7001 in 60
17Marshall County2,2002,6001 in 60
18Warren County2,0002,4001 in 727
19Panola County2,0002,3001 in 60
20Alcorn County2,0002,3001 in 6255
21Monroe County1,9002,3001 in 638
22Lincoln County1,9002,2001 in 735
23Adams County1,8002,2001 in 60
24Lafayette County1,7002,0001 in 9130
25Neshoba County1,6001,9001 in 60
26Bolivar County1,6001,9001 in 618
27Pontotoc County1,5001,8001 in 70
28Scott County1,5001,8001 in 60
29Union County1,5001,8001 in 611
30Yazoo County1,5001,8001 in 50
31Copiah County1,5001,7001 in 70
32Marion County1,5001,7001 in 60
33Leflore County1,5001,7001 in 60
34Sunflower County1,4001,7001 in 60
35Simpson County1,4001,7001 in 70
36Tate County1,4001,6001 in 70
37George County1,3001,5001 in 726
38Oktibbeha County1,2001,4001 in 100
39Prentiss County1,2001,4001 in 70
40Grenada County1,2001,4001 in 60
41Wayne County1,2001,4001 in 60
42Itawamba County1,2001,4001 in 70
43Tishomingo County1,2001,4001 in 60
44Tippah County1,2001,4001 in 60
45Leake County1,1001,3001 in 60
46Coahoma County1,1001,3001 in 60
47Clay County1,1001,3001 in 60
48Newton County1,1001,3001 in 60
49Winston County1,1001,3001 in 60
50Holmes County1,0001,2001 in 50
51Chickasaw County9901,2001 in 60
52Stone County9901,2001 in 70
53Covington County9601,1001 in 70
54Jasper County9601,1001 in 60
55Amite County9301,1001 in 60
56Attala County9201,1001 in 70
57Clarke County9201,1001 in 60
58Smith County8701,0001 in 60
59Yalobusha County8601,0001 in 60
60Walthall County8601,0001 in 60
61Calhoun County8309801 in 677
62Lawrence County7909301 in 50
63Greene County7508801 in 60
64Jefferson Davis County7308601 in 60
65Perry County7108401 in 60
66Tallahatchie County6908101 in 60
67Carroll County6507601 in 60
68Noxubee County6207301 in 60
69Montgomery County5906901 in 60
70Tunica County5606601 in 50
71Webster County5005901 in 70
72Franklin County5005801 in 60
73Wilkinson County5005801 in 60
74Humphreys County4905701 in 50
75Benton County4805601 in 60
76Kemper County4605401 in 70
77Jefferson County4605401 in 60
78Choctaw County4405201 in 70
79Claiborne County4205001 in 60
80Quitman County4104801 in 50
81Sharkey County2402801 in 50
82Issaquena County70801 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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