TRENDS IN ANESTHESIOLOGY PHYSICIANS 1996-2006 SPECIALTY FACT SHEET SERIES SPRING 2009 (No. 2 of 12) GEORGIA BOARD FOR PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANESTHESIOLOGY PHYSICIANS Anesthesiology Physician Distribution 2006 Secondary Care Service Areas* (SCSA) Dade Catoosa Fannin Towns Rabun Murray Union Whitfield White Walker Chattooga Gordon Region 1 6.5 Floyd Bartow Gilmer Habersham Pickens Lumpkin Region 2 Stephens 6.4 Dawson Banks Franklin Hart Cherokee Forsyth Hall Jackson Madison Elbert Below State Rate Above State Rate GA Rate = 9.1 US Rate = 13.8 Polk Region 3 Paulding Haralson Cobb Gwinnett Dekalb Barrow Clarke Oglethorpe Walton Oconee Wilkes Physicians per 100,000 population Lincoln 10.9 Reg4io.4n 5 Carroll Douglas Rockdale Fulton Clayton Newton Morgan Greene Taliaferro Columbia McDuffie Region 7 Coweta Heard Henry Fayette Butts Spalding Jasper Warren Putnam Hancock Glascock Richmond Reg7io.3n 4 Region 6 18.7 Troup Meriwether Pike Lamar Monroe Baldwin Jones Jefferson Washington Burke Harris Upson 7.6 Bibb Crawford Wilkinson Talbot Twiggs Johnson Emanuel Jenkins Screven Taylor Peach Muscogee Bulloch Region 8 Marion Houston Bleckley Laurens Treutlen Candler Region 9 Region 12 Chattahoochee Macon 7.3 Schley Pulaski Dodge Montgomery Evans 4.9 7.8 Stewart Webster Sumter Dooly Wilcox Wheeler Tatnall Toombs Effingham Bryan Chatham Crisp Telfair Liberty Quitman Terrell Lee Randolph Clay Calhoun Dougherty Region 10 Early Baker 8.1 Mitchell Miller Turner Ben Hill Jeff Davis Appling Long Worth Colquitt Irwin Coffee Bacon Wayne Tift Region 11 Pierce Berrien 6.3 Cook Atkinson Ware Brantley McIntosh Glynn Seminole Decatur Grady Thomas Brooks Lanier Lowndes Clinch Charlton Camden Echols There was an increase in physicians becoming board certified between 1996 and 2006. o 1996: 71.6% of anesthesiology physicians were board certified compared to 73.4% of total physicians. o 2006: 84.0% of anesthesiology physicians were board certified compared to 83.2% of total physicians. Ten of the twelve SCSAs are below the state rate for anesthesiology physicians. The rate for SCSA Region 7, which includes Augusta, is more than twice the state rate. The number of anesthesiology physicians has increased by 12.1% between 1996 and 2006. Of all the anesthesiology physicians: o 1996: 8.5% were residents o 2006: 2.7% were residents *State Service Delivery Regions; Effective July 1, 1998, the State Legislature voted to provide regional boundaries for the purpose of consistency in planning and service delivery from State Agencies. Of all the residents: o 1996: 8.3% were in anesthesiology o 2006: 5.9% were in anesthesiology MSA VERSUS NON-MSA DISTRIBUTION OF ANESTHESIOLOGY PHYSICIANS Anesthesiology physicians have always been concentrated in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). However, there has been a decline of anesthesiology physicians practicing in Non-Metropolitan Statistical Areas (NonMSA's). From 2004 to 2006, there was a 6.1% decrease in the percentage of anesthesiology physicians practicing in Non-MSA designated areas. ANESTHESIOLOGY PHYSICIANS BY YEAR: GEORGIA MSA/NON-MSA DESIGNATION MSA NON-MSA 2004 84.3% 15.7% 2006 90.4% 9.6% Georgia Board for Physician Workforce 1718 Peachtree St., N.W., Suite 683, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, (404) 206-5420 www.gbpw.georgia.gov Cherri Tucker, Executive Director. Colette Caldwell, Carla Graves, Kelly McNamara, and G.E. Alan Dever, M.D., Ph.D., contributors. DEMOGRAPHICS Anesthesiology Physicians By Gender 90 82.5% 78.3% 80 70 60 50 40 30 17.5% 21.7% 20 10 0 Male Female 1996 2006 Anesthesiology Physicians By Race 100 87.8% 74.5% 80 60 40 20 0 White 13.9% 4.3% 6.8% 7.5% 1.1% 4.1% Black Asian 1996 2006 Other Since 1996, there has been a 4.2% increase in the number of female anesthesiology physicians practicing in Georgia. Additionally, the percentage of black physicians has increased by 9.6%, while the percentage of white anesthesiology physicians has decreased by 13.3% since 1996. Percentage of Anesthesiology Physicians and Total Physicians Age 55 and Older 1996 and 2006 30 23.6% 26.3% 19.4% 20 15.1% The percentage of anesthesiology physicians age 55 and older increased by 4.3% between 1996 and 2006. 10 0 1996 2006 Anesthesiology Total Physicians Similarly, the percentage of total practicing physicians age 55 and older increased by 2.7% during the same time period. TRENDS IN THE NUMBER AND RATE OF ANESTHESIOLOGY PHYSICIANS Overall, the NUMBER of anesthesiology physicians practicing in Georgia has increased from 1996 to 2006. However, when the numbers are compared to changes in the population for the same period, Georgia has actually experienced an overall decline in the RATE of anesthesiology physicians. In 1996, Georgia had a rate of 10.2 anesthesiology physicians compared to 9.1 in 2006. Total Number 1000 800 737 752 783 827 765 826 600 400 200 Rate per 100,000 Population 12 10.2 10 9.8 9.6 8.9 9.5 9.1 8 6 4 2 0 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 0 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006