Missing Millions · 2026 estimate

Utah is missing 60,600 lung cancer screenings.

About 1 in 14 adults ages 50 to 80 in Utah qualifies for lung cancer screening and hasn't been screened. Find your county below.

69,700adults qualify for screening under USPSTF 2021 criteria (estimate)
13.1%were screened, 45th of 51 (American Lung Association, 2025); 18.2% nationally
404low-dose CT screening scans billed to Medicare fee-for-service by Utah 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.

Salt Lake County

22,000

missing lung cancer screenings (estimate)

  • Qualify for screening25,300
  • Adults 50 to 80 missing screening1 in 14
  • Medicare low-dose CT scans, 2024138
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Every Utah county, ranked

Ranked by estimated missing screenings. Select a column to sort.
1Salt Lake County22,00025,3001 in 14138
2Utah County7,6008,7001 in 1871
3Davis County5,8006,7001 in 1655
4Weber County5,7006,6001 in 1369
5Washington County4,6005,3001 in 1530
6Cache County2,1002,4001 in 140
7Tooele County1,6001,9001 in 120
8Iron County1,5001,7001 in 120
9Box Elder County1,4001,6001 in 120
10Uintah County1,0001,2001 in 90
11Summit County9001,0001 in 180
12Sanpete County8209501 in 100
13Wasatch County7508601 in 160
14Carbon County6807801 in 100
15Sevier County6107001 in 110
16San Juan County6006901 in 70
17Duchesne County5806601 in 1041
18Millard County3804401 in 110
19Emery County3103501 in 110
20Grand County2903301 in 110
21Juab County2803301 in 110
22Kane County2703101 in 130
23Morgan County2402701 in 150
24Beaver County1701901 in 130
25Garfield County1601801 in 130
26Wayne County901101 in 110
27Rich County80901 in 120
28Piute County70801 in 90
29Daggett Countyfewer than 50fewer than 501 in 110

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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