Missing Millions · 2026 estimate

West Virginia is missing 107,700 lung cancer screenings.

About 1 in 6 adults ages 50 to 80 in West Virginia qualifies for lung cancer screening and hasn't been screened. Find your county below.

127,300adults qualify for screening under USPSTF 2021 criteria (estimate)
15.4%were screened, 38th of 51 (American Lung Association, 2025); 18.2% nationally
2,976low-dose CT screening scans billed to Medicare fee-for-service by West Virginia 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.

Kanawha County

10,400

missing lung cancer screenings (estimate)

  • Qualify for screening12,300
  • Adults 50 to 80 missing screening1 in 6
  • Medicare low-dose CT scans, 2024514
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Every West Virginia county, ranked

Ranked by estimated missing screenings. Select a column to sort.
1Kanawha County10,40012,3001 in 6514
2Berkeley County6,6007,8001 in 7331
3Wood County5,0005,9001 in 6368
4Raleigh County4,6005,4001 in 668
5Cabell County4,5005,3001 in 7629
6Mercer County3,8004,5001 in 653
7Harrison County3,8004,4001 in 60
8Monongalia County3,3003,9001 in 9518
9Marion County2,9003,5001 in 716
10Putnam County2,9003,4001 in 70
11Jefferson County2,9003,4001 in 80
12Fayette County2,7003,2001 in 60
13Wayne County2,6003,1001 in 60
14Logan County2,4002,8001 in 50
15Greenbrier County2,3002,7001 in 621
16Preston County2,2002,6001 in 60
17Ohio County2,1002,5001 in 7458
18Marshall County2,1002,4001 in 60
19Mingo County2,0002,3001 in 40
20Hancock County1,8002,1001 in 60
21Hampshire County1,8002,1001 in 60
22Mason County1,7002,1001 in 50
23Randolph County1,7002,1001 in 60
24Nicholas County1,7002,0001 in 60
25Jackson County1,7002,0001 in 60
26Wyoming County1,7002,0001 in 50
27McDowell County1,6001,9001 in 40
28Lincoln County1,5001,8001 in 50
29Upshur County1,5001,8001 in 60
30Mineral County1,5001,8001 in 70
31Boone County1,5001,8001 in 50
32Morgan County1,3001,5001 in 60
33Brooke County1,3001,5001 in 70
34Roane County1,1001,3001 in 50
35Lewis County1,1001,3001 in 60
36Taylor County1,1001,3001 in 60
37Hardy County1,1001,3001 in 60
38Barbour County1,1001,2001 in 60
39Braxton County1,0001,2001 in 50
40Summers County9401,1001 in 50
41Wetzel County9301,1001 in 60
42Monroe County8701,0001 in 60
43Grant County7308601 in 60
44Webster County7008301 in 50
45Ritchie County6607801 in 50
46Clay County6207301 in 50
47Pocahontas County6207301 in 50
48Calhoun County5706701 in 50
49Tyler County5706701 in 60
50Doddridge County5005901 in 60
51Pleasants County4805601 in 60
52Tucker County4505301 in 60
53Gilmer County4204901 in 60
54Pendleton County4204901 in 60
55Wirt County3804401 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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