TRENDS IN GYNECOLOGY PHYSICIANS 1996-2006 SPECIALTY FACT SHEET SERIES WINTER 2010 (No. 12 of 12)
GEORGIA BOARD FOR PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE
SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF GYNECOLOGY PHYSICIANS
Gynecology
There was an increase in gynecology physicians
Physician Distribution 2006 Secondary Care Service Areas* (SCSA)
Dade Catoosa
Murray
Fannin
Towns Rabun
Union
Whitfield Walker
Gilmer
White Habersham
Chattooga Gordon
Region 1
1.3
Floyd
Bartow
Pickens
Lumpkin
Region
2
Stephens
2.0 Dawson
Banks Franklin
Hart
Cherokee Forsyth Hall
Jackson Madison Elbert
Below State Rate Above State Rate
GA Rate = 2.9 US Rate = 0.8
Polk Paulding
Haralson
CRobbegionGw3innett
Dekalb
4.1
Barrow Clarke Oglethorpe
Walton Oconee
Region 5
Wilkes
* Physicians per 100,000 population
Lincoln
Carroll
Douglas
Rockdale
Fulton Clayton
Newton
2.3 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 1.3 Region 6 Troup
Baldwin Jones
Jefferson Washington
Burke
Harris
Upson
Talbot
3.0 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
2.3 Schley
0.3 2.9 Stewart Webster
Sumter
Pulaski Dodge Dooly
Wilcox
Montgomery
Evans
Wheeler
Tatnall Toombs
Effingham Bryan Chatham
Crisp
Telfair
Liberty
Quitman
Terrell Lee
Randolph
Clay Calhoun Dougherty
Region 10
Early
Baker
1.4 Mitchell
Miller
Turner
Ben Hill
Jeff Davis Appling
Long
Worth Colquitt
Irwin
Coffee Bacon
Wayne
Tift Region 11
Pierce
Berrien 0.3
Cook
Atkinson
Ware
Brantley
McIntosh Glynn
Seminole Decatur
Grady Thomas Brooks
Lanier Lowndes
Clinch
Charlton
Camden
becoming board certified between 1996 and 2006. o 1996: 85.3% of gynecology physicians were
board certified compared to 73.4% of total physicians. o 2006: 88.7% of gynecology physicians were board certified compared to 83.2% of total physicians.
The number of gynecology physicians has increased by 45.9% between 1996 and 2006.
Eight of the twelve SCSAs are below the state rate of 2.9 for gynecology physicians.
Ten of Georgia's SCSAs are above the national rate of 0.8 gynecology physicians.
The rate for Regions 9 and 11 are the lowest in the state at 0.3 per 100,000 population.
Of all the gynecology physicians*: o 1996: 6.1% were residents o 2006: 1.2% were residents
Echols
Of all the residents*:
o 1996: 7.0% were in gynecology
*State Service Delivery Regions; Effective July 1, 1998, the State
o 2006: 3.4% were in gynecology
Legislature voted to provide regional boundaries for the purpose of
consistency in planning and service delivery from State Agencies.
*Note: Refers to OB/GYN residents.
MSA VERSUS NON-MSA DISTRIBUTION OF GYNECOLOGY PHYSICIANS
Gynecology physicians have always been concentrated in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). However, there has been a decline of gynecology physicians practicing in Non-Metropolitan Statistical Areas (Non-MSA's). From 2004 to 2006, there was an 11.3% decrease in the percentage of gynecology physicians practicing in Non-MSA designated areas.
GYNECOLOGY PHYSICIANS BY YEAR: GEORGIA MSA/NON-MSA
DESIGNATION MSA
NON-MSA
2004 84.5% 15.5%
2006 95.8% 4.2%
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
Gynecology Physicians By Gender
100 80.6%
80
66.8%
Gynecology Physicians By Race
100 91.8%
77.4% 80
60
33.2% 40
19.4%
20
0 Male
Female
1996 2006
60
40
20
0 White
12.1%
1.4%
4.8% 6.5% 2.0% 4.0%
Black
Asian
1996 2006
Other
Since 1996, there has been a 13.8% increase in the number of female gynecology physicians practicing in Georgia. Additionally, the percentage of black gynecology physicians has increased by 10.7%, while the percentage of white gynecology physicians has decreased by 14.4% since 1996.
Percentage of Gynecology Physicians and Total Physicians Age 55 and Older
1996 and 2006
57.8% 60
54.1%
40
23.5%
20
26.3%
0 1996
2006
Gynecology Physicians Total Physicians
The percentage of gynecology physicians
age 55 and older decreased by 3.7% 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 GYNECOLOGY PHYSICIANS
Overall, the NUMBER of gynecology physicians practicing in Georgia has increased from 1996 to 2006. The total number increased by 154 between 2004 and 2006. At the same time, the total number of OB/GYN physicians decreased. This pattern may reflect physicians phasing out obstetrics services,
particularly as they get closer to retirement or in response to the high cost of medical liability insurance.
The overall RATE for gynecology physicians has also increased from 1996 to 2006. The rate decreased
each cycle from 1998 to 2004 before increasing by 1.6 in 2006.
Total Number
300
264
250
200 181 192 184
150
119 110
100
50
Rate per 100,000 Population 4
3 2.5 2.6
2.8
2.2
2 1.4 1.2
1
0 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006
0 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006