Table 3.

FTE Physicians per 100,000 Population by Rural–Urban Continuum Code

Rural–Urban Continuum Code
Specialty	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Group 1
General and family practice	26.8	22.3	31.6	35.6	32.5	34.7	34.7	38.7	25.0	35.5
Group 2
Internal medicine	45.2	13.0	37.3	38.6	25.7	30.4	11.7	14.9	5.7	7.0
General surgery	8.2	4.0	8.6	9.1	7.5	10.4	5.8	7.6	1.9	3.5
Obstetrics–gynecology	14.8	5.3	12.6	11.5	9.8	12.9	4.5	5.8	0.8	1.2
Psychiatry	11.6	2.0	8.5	9.7	6.1	8.4	2.6	3.6	1.0	1.3
Pediatrics	22.4	6.9	17.5	14.8	10.5	12.1	4.4	5.5	1.3	2.0
Radiology	8.7	2.4	8.4	8.9	6.0	8.5	2.8	4.2	0.8	1.0
Group 3
Anesthesiology	12.9	3.2	11.8	11.6	6.4	9.5	2.1	2.9	1.2	0.7
Orthopedic surgery	7.2	2.2	7.0	7.7	5.6	8.6	2.2	4.1	0.5	0.5
Ophthalmology	6.6	1.3	5.9	6.4	5.0	7.2	1.7	2.6	0.1	0.3
Pathology	4.4	0.9	4.3	4.8	2.6	4.6	0.9	1.7	0.4	0.2
Urology	3.2	0.9	3.3	4.2	2.9	4.4	0.9	1.6	0.1	0.2
Otolaryngology	3.1	1.0	3.2	3.5	2.6	3.9	0.6	1.0	0.1	0.2
Dermatology	3.3	0.7	2.6	3.2	1.9	2.7	0.3	0.8	0.0	0.0
Group 4
Neurology	3.9	0.7	3.2	4.1	2.2	3.0	0.3	0.8	0.1	0.1
Neurosurgery	1.8	0.2	2.1	2.3	0.8	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
Plastic surgery	2.2	0.3	2.0	1.5	0.8	1.2	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
All physicians	212.9	75.1	188.3	185.9	142.7	173.4	83.6	107.8	44.1	60.8

Source: Authors' calculations using AMA Masterfile and U.S. Census data. See note to Table 2 for states included.

FTE, full-time equivalent; AMA, American Medical Association.