TRENDS IN DERMATOLOGY PHYSICIANS 1996-2006 SPECIALTY FACT SHEET SERIES WINTER 2010 (No. 10 of 12) GEORGIA BOARD FOR PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF DERMATOLOGY PHYSICIANS Dermatology Physician Distribution 2006 Secondary Care Service Areas* (SCSA) Dade Catoosa Murray Fannin Towns Rabun Union Whitfield Walker Gilmer White Habersham Chattooga Gordon Region 1 1.1 Floyd Bartow Lumpkin Region 2 Stephens Pickens Dawson 2.2 Banks Franklin Hart Cherokee Forsyth Hall Jackson Madison Elbert Below State Rate Above State Rate GA Rate = 3.0 US Rate = 3.6 Polk Paulding Haralson Cobb Gwinnett Region 3 Dekalb 4.1 Barrow Clarke Oglethorpe Walton Oconee Region 5 Wilkes * Physicians per 100,000 population Lincoln Carroll Douglas Rockdale Fulton Clayton Newton 2.5 Morgan Greene Taliaferro Columbia McDuffie Region 7 Coweta Heard Henry Fayette Butts Spalding Jasper Warren Putnam Hancock Glascock Richmond Reg1io.5n 4 Region 6 5.6 Troup Meriwether Pike Lamar Monroe Baldwin Jones Jefferson Washington Burke Harris Upson Talbot 2.4 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 2.8 Schley Pulaski Dodge Montgomery Evans 0.7 3.0 Stewart Webster Sumter Dooly Wilcox Wheeler Tatnall Toombs Effingham Bryan Chatham 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 Berrien 0.8 Pierce Glynn 0.8 Miller Mitchell Colquitt Cook Atkinson Ware Brantley Seminole Decatur Grady Thomas Brooks Lanier Lowndes Clinch Charlton Camden Echols There was an increase in dermatology physicians becoming board certified between 1996 and 2006. o 1996: 85.0% of dermatology physicians were board certified compared to 73.4% of total physicians. o 2006: 91.8% of dermatology physicians were board certified compared to 83.2% of total physicians. Nine of the twelve SCSAs are below the state rate for dermatology physicians. Ten are below the U.S. rate. Region 9 has the lowest rate of dermatologists in the state. The number of dermatology physicians has increased by 27.9% between 1996 and 2006. Of all the dermatology physicians: o 1996: 9.3% were residents o 2006: 2.4% 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: 2.6% were in dermatology o 2006: 1.7% were in dermatology MSA VERSUS NON-MSA DISTRIBUTION OF DERMATOLOGY PHYSICIANS Dermatology physicians have always been concentrated in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). However, there has been a decline of dermatology physicians practicing in Non-Metropolitan Statistical Areas (Non-MSA's). From 2004 to 2006, there was an 8% decrease in the percentage of dermatology physicians practicing in Non-MSA designated areas. DERMATOLOGY PHYSICIANS BY YEAR: GEORGIA MSA/NON-MSA DESIGNATION MSA NON-MSA 2004 86.5% 13.5% 2006 94.5% 5.5% 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 Dermatology Physicians By Gender 100 75.1% 80 65.8% 60 34.2% 40 24.9% 20 0 Male Female 1996 2006 Dermatology Physicians By Race 100 94.1% 74.9% 80 60 40 20 0 White 16.0% 4.3% 1.6% 6.1% 0% 3.0% Black Asian 1996 2006 Other Since 1996, there has been a 9.3% increase in the number of female dermatology physicians practicing in Georgia. Additionally, the percentage of black physicians has increased by 11.7%, while the percentage of white dermatology physicians has decreased by 19.2% since 1996. Percentage of Dermatology Physicians and Total Physicians Age 55 and Older 1996 and 2006 40 30 25.2% 23.5% 32.2% 26.3% The percentage of dermatology physicians age 55 and older increased by 7% between 1996 and 2006. 20 10 0 1996 2006 Dermatology Total Physicians Similarly, the percentage of total practicing physicians age 55 and older increased by 2.8% during the same time. TRENDS IN THE NUMBER AND RATE OF DERMATOLOGY PHYSICIANS Overall, the NUMBER of dermatology 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 remained somewhat constant in the RATE of dermatology physicians. In 1996, Georgia had a rate of 2.9 dermatology physicians compared to 3.0 in 2006. Total Number 300 275 275 250 215 225 244 247 200 Rate per 100,000 Population 4 2.9 3 2.9 2.9 2.8 3.1 3.0 150 2 100 1 50 0 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 0 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006