Adolescent medicine is the branch of medicine that specializes in treating adolescents and youths. An adolescent medicine physician focuses on the problems of patients who have reached puberty and are in adolescence. This physician specializes in the care of adolescents, including illness, substance abuse prevention and counseling, psychosocial disorders (depression and self-esteem problems, eating disorders), reproductive health, and sexuality issues.
Doctor density varies by specialty and location. The United States has 1,346 practicing adolescent medicine doctors. Broken out by state, adolescent medicine doctor density in Alabama is 14, in Alaska is 2, in Arizona is 22, in Arkansas is 12, in California is 146, in Colorado is 18, in Connecticut is 26, in Delaware is 7, in District of Columbia is 22, in Florida is 73, in Georgia is 40, in Hawaii is 10, in Idaho is 3, in Illinois is 52, in Indiana is 23, in Iowa is 9, in Kansas is 5, in Kentucky is 24, in Louisiana is 24, in Maine is 7, in Maryland is 61, in Massachusetts is 77, in Michigan is 48, in Minnesota is 17, in Mississippi is 4, in Missouri is 20, in Montana is 2, in Nebraska is 5, in Nevada is 7, in New Hampshire is 9, in New Jersey is 87, in New Mexico is 8, in New York is 169, in North Carolina is 38, in Ohio is 56, in Oklahoma is 15, in Oregon is 7, in Pennsylvania is 67, in Rhode Island is 14, in South Carolina is 15, in South Dakota is 2, in Tennessee is 25, in Texas is 107, in Utah is 10, in Vermont is 3, in Virginia is 26, in Washington is 28, in West Virginia is 4, in Wisconsin is 17, and in Wyoming is 2.
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