TRENDS IN GASTROENTEROLOGY PHYSICIANS 1996-2006 SPECIALTY FACT SHEET SERIES FALL 2009 (No. 7 of 12) GEORGIA BOARD FOR PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF GASTROENTEROLOGY PHYSICIANS Gastroenterology Physician Distribution 2006 Secondary Care Service Areas* (SCSA) Dade Catoosa Murray Fannin Towns Rabun Union Whitfield Walker Gilmer White Habersham Chattooga Gordon Region 1 Floyd2.4 Bartow Pickens Lumpkin Region 2 Stephens 1.5 Dawson Banks Franklin Hart Cherokee Forsyth Hall Jackson Madison Elbert Below State Rate Above State Rate GA Rate = 3.6 US Rate = 4.1 Polk Region 3 Paulding Haralson Cobb Gwinnett Barrow Clarke Oglethorpe *Physicians per 100,000 population Dekalb Walton Oconee Wilkes Lincoln 4.6 Reg1io.2n 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 Region 4 6.3 Meriwether Pike Lamar Monroe 2.5 Region 6 Troup Baldwin Jones Jefferson Washington Burke Harris Upson Talbot 2.8 Bibb Crawford Wilkinson Twiggs Johnson Emanuel Jenkins Screven Taylor Peach Muscogee Bulloch Region 8 Marion Bleckley Laurens Houston Treutlen Candler Region 9 Region 12 Chattahoochee Macon 2.5 Schley Pulaski Dodge Montgomery Evans 0.7 3.8 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 3.9 Mitchell Miller Turner Ben Hill Jeff Davis Appling Long Worth Colquitt Irwin Coffee Bacon Wayne Tift Region 11 Pierce Berrien 3.4 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. 1996: 91.2% of gastroenterologists were board certified compared to 73.4% of total physicians. 2006: 87.8% of gastroenterologists were board certified compared to 83.2% of total physicians. Gastroenterologists have grown by 66.5% between 1996 and 2006. Of all the gastroenterologists: 1996: 1.5% were residents 2006: 0.9% were residents Of all the residents: 1996: 0.4% were in gastroenterology 2006: 0.8% were in gastroenterology *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. MSA VERSUS NON-MSA DISTRIBUTION OF GASTROENTEROLOGY PHYSICIANS Gastroenterology physicians have always been concentrated in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Likewise, there has been a decline of gastroenterologists practicing in Non-Metropolitan Statistical Areas (Non-MSAs). From 2004 to 2006, there was a 5.4% decrease in the percentage of gastroenterologists practicing in Non-MSA designated areas. GASTROENTEROLOGY PHYSICIANS BY YEAR: GEORGIA MSA/NON-MSA DESIGNATION MSA NON-MSA 2004 85.5% 14.5% 2006 90.9% 9.1% 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 Gastroenterology Physicians By Gender 100 92.3% 88.6% 80 60 40 20 7.7% 11.4% 0 1996 2006 Male Female Gastroenterology Physicians By Race 100 82.7% 75.0 80 60 40 20 0 White 7.1% 13.0% 9.6% 7.5% 0.6% 4.5% Black Asian 1996 2006 Other Since 1996, there has been a 3.7% increase in the number of female gastroenterologists practicing in Georgia. Additionally, the percentage of black gastroenterologists has increased by 5.9%. The percentage of white gastroenterology physicians has decreased by 7.7%, while the percentage of Asian gastroenterologists has decreased by 2.1% Percentage of Gastroenterology Physicians and Total Physicians Age 55 and Older 1996 and 2006 40 26.5% 26.3% 30 23.5% 20 13.0% 10 0 1996 2006 Gastroenterology Total Physicians The percentage of gastroenterologists age 55 and older increased 13.5% between 1996 and 2006. 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 GASTROENTEROLOGY PHYSICIANS Over the last ten years, the NUMBER of gastroenterology physicians practicing in Georgia has fluctuated from year-to-year, but increased overall. The RATE for gastroenterology physicians has declined from 1996 to 2004; however, there was a 1.3 rate increase in 2006. Total Number 400 328 300 197 195 217 200 207 180 Rate per 100,000 Population 4 3.6 3 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.1 2.3 2 100 1 0 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 0 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006