Missing Millions · 2026 estimate

New York is missing 582,400 lung cancer screenings.

About 1 in 11 adults ages 50 to 80 in New York qualifies for lung cancer screening and hasn't been screened. Find your county below.

744,700adults qualify for screening under USPSTF 2021 criteria (estimate)
21.8%were screened, 11th of 51 (American Lung Association, 2025); 18.2% nationally
24,086low-dose CT screening scans billed to Medicare fee-for-service by New York 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.

Kings County

70,100

missing lung cancer screenings (estimate)

  • Qualify for screening89,700
  • Adults 50 to 80 missing screening1 in 11
  • Medicare low-dose CT scans, 2024689
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Every New York county, ranked

Ranked by estimated missing screenings. Select a column to sort.
1Kings County70,10089,7001 in 11689
2Queens County66,40084,9001 in 12441
3Bronx County42,90054,8001 in 10349
4Suffolk County41,00052,5001 in 131,658
5Nassau County32,60041,7001 in 151,644
6New York County31,70040,6001 in 164,603
7Erie County31,50040,3001 in 101,944
8Westchester County24,90031,8001 in 141,363
9Monroe County23,00029,4001 in 111,032
10Richmond County16,30020,9001 in 11597
11Onondaga County14,50018,5001 in 111,091
12Orange County12,00015,3001 in 11693
13Dutchess County9,30011,9001 in 12752
14Oneida County8,90011,3001 in 9510
15Albany County8,60011,0001 in 121,594
16Rockland County8,60010,9001 in 11318
17Niagara County8,50010,9001 in 9443
18Saratoga County7,6009,7001 in 12276
19Broome County6,7008,6001 in 10254
20Ulster County6,5008,3001 in 11119
21Chautauqua County5,4006,9001 in 9144
22Oswego County5,2006,7001 in 80
23Rensselaer County5,1006,6001 in 11295
24Schenectady County5,0006,4001 in 1164
25St. Lawrence County4,4005,6001 in 8621
26Ontario County3,9005,0001 in 11391
27Steuben County3,9005,0001 in 90
28Wayne County3,8004,9001 in 90
29Cattaraugus County3,6004,6001 in 873
30Jefferson County3,5004,5001 in 9125
31Cayuga County3,4004,3001 in 90
32Chemung County3,4004,3001 in 954
33Clinton County3,2004,1001 in 9639
34Sullivan County3,1004,0001 in 943
35Putnam County2,8003,6001 in 13114
36Washington County2,7003,4001 in 90
37Warren County2,6003,3001 in 11419
38Herkimer County2,6003,3001 in 90
39Columbia County2,5003,3001 in 100
40Fulton County2,5003,3001 in 80
41Madison County2,4003,1001 in 1037
42Genesee County2,3002,9001 in 100
43Livingston County2,2002,8001 in 1175
44Franklin County2,2002,8001 in 836
45Chenango County2,1002,7001 in 80
46Delaware County2,1002,7001 in 90
47Greene County2,0002,6001 in 100
48Montgomery County2,0002,6001 in 926
49Tompkins County2,0002,6001 in 1474
50Otsego County2,0002,5001 in 11344
51Tioga County2,0002,5001 in 90
52Orleans County1,9002,4001 in 80
53Wyoming County1,8002,3001 in 9142
54Allegany County1,7002,2001 in 90
55Essex County1,6002,1001 in 100
56Cortland County1,5001,9001 in 100
57Seneca County1,5001,9001 in 80
58Schoharie County1,3001,6001 in 100
59Lewis County1,2001,5001 in 90
60Yates County1,0001,3001 in 90
61Schuyler County8501,1001 in 90
62Hamilton County2803601 in 100

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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