TRENDS IN DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY & RADIOLOGY PHYSICIANS 1996-2006 SPECIALTY FACT SHEET SERIES SUMMER 2009 (No. 4 of 12) GEORGIA BOARD FOR PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF RADIOLOGY PHYSICIANS Radiology Physician Distribution 2006 Secondary Care Service Areas* (SCSA) Dade Catoosa Murray Fannin Towns Rabun Union Whitfield Walker Gilmer White Habersham Chattooga Gordon Region 1 Lumpkin Region 2 Stephens Pickens Dawson 5.0 Banks Franklin Hart 5.7 Cherokee Forsyth Hall Floyd Bartow Jackson Madison Elbert Below State Rate Above State Rate GA Rate = 8.6 US Rate = 11.2 Polk Paulding Haralson CRobeb gionG3winnett Dekalb 9.6 Barrow Clarke Oglethorpe Walton Oconee Region 5 Wilkes Lincoln *Physicians per 100,000 population Carroll Douglas Rockdale Fulton Clayton Newton Morgan 5.6 Greene Taliaferro Columbia McDuffie Henry Fayette Coweta Heard Region 4 Spalding Troup Meriwether 8.3 Pike Lamar Butts Jasper Putnam RWeagrrieon n 7 Hancock G1las5co.0ck Baldwin Monroe Jones Region 6 Jefferson Washington Richmond Burke Harris Upson Talbot Crawford Bibb 9.9 Wilkinson Twiggs Johnson Emanuel Jenkins Screven Taylor Peach Muscogee Region 8 Marion Chattahoochee 9.6 Macon Schley Stewart Webster Sumter Houston Bleckley Laurens Treutlen Region 9 Bulloch Candler Effingham Region 12 Pulaski Dooly Dodge 6.9WheMeloenrtgomToeormy bsTatnalEl vans 8.4 Bryan Chatham Wilcox Crisp Telfair Liberty Quitman Terrell Lee Turner Ben Hill Jeff Davis Appling Long Randolph Irwin Coffee Bacon Wayne McIntosh Clay Calhoun Dougherty Worth Tift Region 11 Region 10 Early Baker 8.9 Mitchell Miller Colquitt Berrien Cook 5.5 Atkinson Pierce Ware Brantley Glynn Seminole Decatur Grady Thomas Brooks Lanier Clinch Lowndes Charlton Camden Echols There was an increase in physicians becoming board certified between 1996 and 2006. 1996: 84.9% of radiology physicians were board certified compared to 73.4% of total physicians. 2006: 88.9% of radiology physicians were board certified compared to 83.2% of total physicians. Seven of the twelve SCSAs are below the state rate and eleven are below the U.S. rate for radiology physicians. The rate for Region 2, which includes northeast Georgia, is the lowest at 5.0. Radiology physicians have increased by 17.0% between 1996 and 2006. Of all the radiology physicians: 1996: 6.9% were residents 2006: 6.1% 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: 1996: 6.0% were in radiology 2006: 12.7% were in radiology MSA VERSUS NON-MSA DISTRIBUTION OF RADIOLOGY PHYSICIANS Radiology physicians have always been concentrated in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). However, there has been a decline of radiologists practicing in Non-Metropolitan Statistical Areas (Non-MSAs). From 2004 to 2006, there was a 6.6% decrease in the percentage of radiologists practicing in Non-MSA designated areas. RADIOLOGY PHYSICIANS BY YEAR: GEORGIA MSA/NON-MSA DESIGNATION MSA NON-MSA 2004 82.0% 18.0% 2006 88.6% 11.4% 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 Radiology Physicians By Gender 100 84.4% 80 81.8% 60 40 15.6% 20 18.2% 0 1996 2006 Male Female Radiology Physicians By Race 100 93.0% 77.9% 80 60 40 20 0 White 11.1% 1.9% 4.9% 6.3% 0.2% 4.7% Black Asian 1996 2006 Other Since 1996, there has been an increase in the number of female radiology physicians practicing in Georgia. Overall, the percentage of minority physicians has increased (2.6%). Black physicians increased by 9.2%, while the percentage of white radiology physicians decreased by 15.1% between 1996 and 2006. Percentage of Radiology Physicians and Total Physicians Age 55 and Older 1996 and 2006 30 24.9% 23.5% 28.0% 26.3% 20 10 0 1996 2006 Radiology Total Physicians The percentage of radiologists age 55 and older increased by 3.1% between 1996 and 2006. Similarly, the percentage of total practicing physicians age 55 and older increased by 2.8% during the same time period. TRENDS IN THE NUMBER AND RATE OF RADIOLOGY PHYSICIANS Over the last ten years, the NUMBER of radiology physicians practicing in Georgia has fluctuated from year-toyear, but increased overall. The RATE for radiology physicians has decreased, with fluctuations from year-toyear. Total Number 1000 800 670 685 745 713 739 784 600 Rate per 100,000 Population 10 9.2 8.9 9.1 8.3 8.5 8.6 8 6 400 4 200 2 0 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 0 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006