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TABLE 224. ESTIMATED ACTIVE FEMALE PHYSICIANS (MDs) AND PHYSICIAN-TO-POPULATION RATIOS BY SPECIALTY GROUP AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA, DECEMBER 31, 2000 1/
GEOGRAPHIC AREA
TOTAL
ACTIVE
PHYSICIANS
TOTAL
PER 100K
POPULATION
PRIMARY
CARE
PHYSICIANS
PRIMARY
CARE PER
100K POP
NON-PRIMARY
CARE
PHYSICIANS
NON-PRIMARY
CARE PER
100K POP
UNITED STATES 183,068 64.9 83,136 29.5 99,932 35.4
NORTHEAST 52,223 97.3 22,521 42.0 29,701 55.4
NEW ENGLAND 14,489 103.9 6,342 45.5 8,147 58.4
Connecticut 3,180 93.3 1,351 39.6 1,829 53.6
Maine 774 60.6 384 30.1 390 30.5
Massachusetts 8,249 129.8 3,496 55.0 4,753 74.8
New Hampshire 693 55.9 335 27.0 358 28.9
Rhode Island 1,010 96.2 485 46.2 525 50.0
Vermont 583 95.6 291 47.7 292 47.9
MIDDLE ATLANTIC 37,734 95.0 16,179 40.8 21,554 54.3
New Jersey 7,212 85.6 3,248 38.5 3,964 47.0
New York 21,266 112.0 8,999 47.4 12,267 64.6
Pennsylvania 9,256 75.4 3,932 32.0 5,324 43.3
SOUTH 54,200 53.9 24,361 24.2 29,839 29.7
SOUTH ATLANTIC 31,686 61.0 14,394 27.7 17,292 33.3
Delaware 488 62.1 220 28.0 268 34.1
District of Columbia 1,337 234.2 473 82.8 863 151.1
Florida 7,504 46.7 3,527 22.0 3,977 24.8
Georgia 4,074 49.5 1,860 22.6 2,214 26.9
Maryland 6,308 118.8 2,632 49.6 3,675 69.2
North Carolina 4,518 55.9 2,109 26.1 2,409 29.8
South Carolina 1,813 45.1 855 21.3 958 23.8
Virginia 4,780 67.3 2,278 32.1 2,502 35.2
West Virginia 864 47.8 439 24.3 425 23.5
EAST SOUTH CENTRAL 7,508 44.0 3,455 20.3 4,053 23.8
Alabama 1,750 39.3 854 19.2 897 20.2
Kentucky 1,895 46.8 836 20.7 1,059 26.2
Mississippi 910 31.9 420 14.7 490 17.2
Tennessee 2,953 51.8 1,345 23.6 1,608 28.2
WEST SOUTH CENTRAL 15,006 47.6 6,512 20.6 8,494 26.9
Arkansas 993 37.1 456 17.0 537 20.1
Louisiana 2,595 58.1 1,070 23.9 1,525 34.1
Oklahoma 1,204 34.9 563 16.3 641 18.6
Texas 10,214 48.8 4,424 21.1 5,790 27.6
NORTH CENTRAL 38,916 60.4 18,352 28.5 20,565 31.9
EAST NORTH CENTRAL 28,600 63.3 13,363 29.6 15,237 33.7
Illinois 9,617 77.3 4,481 36.0 5,136 41.3
Indiana 2,696 44.3 1,244 20.4 1,452 23.8
Michigan 6,168 62.0 2,829 28.4 3,339 33.6
Ohio 7,068 62.2 3,295 29.0 3,773 33.2
Wisconsin 3,051 56.8 1,515 28.2 1,536 28.6
WEST NORTH CENTRAL 10,316 53.5 4,989 25.9 5,327 27.7
Iowa 1,112 38.0 567 19.4 545 18.6
Kansas 1,350 50.1 661 24.6 689 25.6
Minnesota 3,335 67.6 1,679 34.0 1,656 33.6
Missouri 3,155 56.3 1,375 24.5 1,780 31.8
Nebraska 819 47.8 395 23.1 424 24.8
North Dakota 267 41.7 159 24.8 108 16.8
South Dakota 278 36.8 152 20.1 126 16.7
WEST 37,729 59.5 17,902 28.2 19,827 31.3
MOUNTAIN 8,728 47.8 4,150 22.7 4,578 25.1
Arizona 2,467 47.8 1,156 22.4 1,311 25.4
Colorado 2,722 63.0 1,259 29.1 1,463 33.8
Idaho 334 25.7 178 13.7 156 12.0
Montana 336 37.2 173 19.2 163 18.1
Nevada 707 35.0 361 17.9 346 17.1
New Mexico 1,192 65.5 560 30.8 632 34.7
Utah 821 36.6 372 16.6 449 20.0
Wyoming 149 30.2 91 18.4 58 11.7
PACIFIC 29,001 64.2 13,752 30.4 15,250 33.8
Alaska 347 55.3 208 33.1 139 22.1
California 22,021 64.8 10,256 30.2 11,765 34.6
Hawaii 826 68.2 393 32.4 433 35.7
Oregon 2,041 59.5 994 29.0 1,047 30.5
Washington 3,766 63.7 1,900 32.2 1,866 31.6

Note - Sums may not add to totals due to rounding.
1/ Includes physicians whose activity status is unclassified according to the American Medical Association.

SOURCE: American Medical Association. Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the U.S.,2002-2003 edition. Chicago, 2002.