Missing Millions · 2026 estimate

Oregon is missing 153,200 lung cancer screenings.

About 1 in 9 adults ages 50 to 80 in Oregon qualifies for lung cancer screening and hasn't been screened. Find your county below.

173,900adults qualify for screening under USPSTF 2021 criteria (estimate)
11.9%were screened, 47th of 51 (American Lung Association, 2025); 18.2% nationally
3,964low-dose CT screening scans billed to Medicare fee-for-service by Oregon 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.

Multnomah County

25,100

missing lung cancer screenings (estimate)

  • Qualify for screening28,400
  • Adults 50 to 80 missing screening1 in 10
  • Medicare low-dose CT scans, 20241,119
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Every Oregon county, ranked

Ranked by estimated missing screenings. Select a column to sort.
1Multnomah County25,10028,4001 in 101,119
2Washington County15,60017,7001 in 12227
3Lane County14,20016,2001 in 9604
4Clackamas County13,90015,7001 in 1126
5Marion County11,80013,4001 in 9249
6Jackson County9,30010,5001 in 9697
7Deschutes County7,2008,2001 in 11667
8Douglas County5,8006,5001 in 8105
9Linn County5,6006,4001 in 80
10Josephine County4,9005,5001 in 721
11Yamhill County3,8004,3001 in 100
12Coos County3,7004,1001 in 80
13Klamath County3,4003,9001 in 80
14Umatilla County3,2003,6001 in 80
15Polk County3,0003,4001 in 100
16Lincoln County2,9003,3001 in 80
17Columbia County2,5002,9001 in 80
18Benton County2,5002,8001 in 1292
19Clatsop County1,9002,2001 in 90
20Tillamook County1,4001,6001 in 90
21Malheur County1,4001,6001 in 70
22Curry County1,4001,5001 in 90
23Crook County1,3001,4001 in 90
24Wasco County1,2001,4001 in 80
25Jefferson County1,2001,3001 in 80
26Union County1,1001,2001 in 851
27Hood River County8409501 in 10106
28Baker County8309501 in 80
29Morrow County5506301 in 70
30Lake County4605201 in 70
31Harney County4104601 in 70
32Grant County3904401 in 80
33Wallowa County3303801 in 100
34Sherman County1101201 in 70
35Gilliam County1001201 in 80
36Wheeler County901001 in 80

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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