TRENDS IN UROLOGY PHYSICIANS 1996-2006 SPECIALTY FACT SHEET SERIES FALL 2009 (No. 9 of 12) GEORGIA BOARD FOR PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF UROLOGY PHYSICIANS Urology Physician Distribution 2006 Secondary Care Service Areas* (SCSA) Dade Catoosa Fannin Towns Rabun Murray Union Whitfield White Walker Chattooga Gordon Region 1 Floyd 2.0 Bartow Gilmer Habersham Pickens Lumpkin Region 2 Stephens 2.8 Dawson Banks Franklin Hart Cherokee Forsyth Hall Jackson Madison Elbert Below State Rate Above State Rate GA Rate = 3.0 US Rate = 3.5 Polk Cobb Region 3 Paulding Haralson Gwinnett Barrow Clarke Oglethorpe Dekalb Walton Oconee Wilkes *Physicians per 100,000 population Lincoln 3.4 Reg2io.5n 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 4.2 Meriwether Pike Lamar Monroe 2.5 Region 6 Troup Baldwin Jones Jefferson Washington Burke Harris Upson Talbot 2.4 Bibb Crawford Wilkinson Twiggs Johnson Emanuel Jenkins Screven Taylor Peach Muscogee Region 8 Marion Houston Bleckley Laurens Treutlen Bulloch Candler Effingham Region 9 Region 12 Chattahoochee Macon 2.8 Schley 2.0 3.5 Stewart Webster Sumter Pulaski Dodge Dooly Wilcox Montgomery Evans Wheeler Tatnall Toombs Bryan Chatham Crisp Telfair Liberty Quitman Terrell Lee Randolph Clay Calhoun Dougherty Region 10 Early Baker 3.3 Mitchell Miller Turner Ben Hill Jeff Davis Appling Long Worth Colquitt Irwin Coffee Bacon Wayne Tift Region 11 Pierce Berrien 2.9 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: 83.7% of urologists physicians were board certified compared to 73.4% of total physicians. 2006: 86.5% of urology physicians were board certified compared to 83.2% of total physicians. Urologists have grown by 11.7% between 1996 & 2006. Of all the urology physicians: 1996: 4.4% were residents 2006: 1.1% were residents Of all the residents: 1996: 1.4% were in urology 2006: 0.9% were in urology *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 UROLOGY PHYSICIANS Urology physicians have always been concentrated in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Likewise, there has been a decline in urologists practicing in Non-Metropolitan Statistical Areas (Non-MSAs). From 2004 to 2006, there was a 9.5% decrease in the percentage of urologists practicing in Non-MSA designated areas. UROLOGY PHYSICIANS BY YEAR: GEORGIA MSA/NON-MSA DESIGNATION MSA NON-MSA 2004 77.9% 22.1% 2006 87.4% 12.6% 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 Urology Physicians By Gender 97.6% 100 95.3% 80 60 40 20 2.4% 4.7% 0 1996 2006 Male Female Urology Physicians By Race 100 89.8%80.9% 80 60 40 20 0 White 5.1% 10.7% 4.1% 5.6% 1.0% 2.8% Black Asian 1996 2006 Other Since 1996, there has been an increase in the number of female urology physicians practicing in Georgia. Additionally, the percentage of black physicians has increased by 5.6%, while the percentage of white urology physicians has decreased by 8.9% between 1996 and 2006. Percentage of Urology Physicians and Total Physicians Age 55 and Older 1996 and 2006 40 29.9% 30 23.5% 36.7% 26.3% 20 10 0 1996 2006 Urology Total Physicians The percentage of urologists age 55 and older increased 6.8% 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 UROLOGY PHYSICIANS Over the last ten years, the NUMBER of urology physicians practicing in Georgia has fluctuated from year-toyear, but increased overall. The RATE for urology physicians has decreased from 3.4 in 1996 to 3.0 in 2006. Total Number 400 300 248 261 249 262 258 277 Rate per 100,000 Population 4 3.4 3.4 3 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.0 200 2 100 1 0 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 0 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006