Family practice is the branch of medicine concerning the total health care of the person and the family. A family practice physician can have a varied and extensive medical background, including internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry, and geriatrics. A family physician has the skills and knowledge to provide care and health maintenance education for all ages. This physician is trained to diagnose and treat each member of the family, no matter what the problem.

Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are emphysema, broncho-esophagology, pneumonia, osteoarthritis , bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, asthma, pectus excavatum, osteoporosis, infection, diabetes, cancer, acne, alzheimer's disease, hypertension, autism, yeast infection, strep throat, anemia, and aneurysm.

Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including wart removal and mole removal.

To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including bone density test, faa-flight physicial, physicial / check up, physicial, biopsy, computed axial tomography (ct or cat scan), magnetic resonance imaging (mri), electrocardiogram (ecg or ekg), ultrasound, x-ray, blood test, upper gi (barium swallow), stool test, lower gi (barium enema), electrolyte test, microbiological culture, and ph probe test.

Doctor density varies by specialty and location. Indiana has 3,069 practicing family doctors. Broken out by city, family practice doctor density in Akron is 6, in Anderson is 94, in Angola is 17, in Auburn is 24, in Avon is 48, in Bedford is 18, in Bloomington is 61, in Bluffton is 24, in Bourbon is 1, in Brownsburg is 25, in Carmel is 104, in Chesterton is 16, in Columbia City is 21, in Columbus is 42, in Crown Point is 38, in Dyer is 30, in East Chicago is 23, in Elkhart is 43, in Evansville is 143, in Fishers is 54, in Fort Wayne is 179, in Franklin is 27, in French Lick is 4, in Gary is 48, in Goshen is 48, in Gosport is 2, in Greenfield is 40, in Greenwood is 87, in Hammond is 32, in Hebron is 2, in Highland is 14, in Hobart is 15, in Huntertown is 2, in Huntingburg is 12, in Huntington is 16, in Jasper is 11, in Jeffersonville is 30, in Kendallville is 17, in Knox is 7, in Kokomo is 56, in La Porte is 47, in Lafayette is 67, in Lagrange is 4, in Lakeville is 3, in Lanesville is 1, in Lapel is 2, in Lawrenceburg is 12, in Lebanon is 14, in Liberty is 2, in Ligonier is 6, in Linton is 9, in Logansport is 21, in Lynn is 5, in Madison is 22, in Marion is 29, in Markleville is 2, in Martinsville is 16, in Merrillville is 63, in Michigan City is 17, in Middletown is 5, in Mishawaka is 67, in Mitchell is 5, in Monticello is 20, in Mooresville is 14, in Morocco is 1, in Mount Vernon is 4, in Muncie is 75, in Munster is 49, in New Albany is 37, in New Carlisle is 3, in New Castle is 16, in New Haven is 10, in New Whiteland is 6, in Newburgh is 35, in Noblesville is 38, in Palmyra is 2, in Paoli is 13, in Pendleton is 11, in Peru is 14, in Plainfield is 22, in Portage is 27, in Portland is 26, in Princeton is 19, in Rensselaer is 13, in Richmond is 18, in Roachdale is 1, in Rochester is 9, in Rushville is 12, in Schererville is 11, in Sellersburg is 10, in Shelbyville is 14, in Sheridan is 12, in South Bend is 155, in Terre Haute is 85, in Valparaiso is 37, in Vincennes is 20, in Wabash is 9, in Westfield is 16, in Winchester is 14, and in Zionsville is 33.

Indiana’s population is 6,271,973, and most of the state’s population is located in the north, near the Lake Michigan shoreline, and is part of the greater metro Chicago area. Indiana became a state in 1816, and boasts many historical sites and covered bridges, numerous state parks and forests, hunting and fishing, and a variety of golf courses. Centrally located Indianapolis is home to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, hosting the world-famous 500-mile auto race every year. This capital and largest city of Indiana also hosts a Civil War museum, a planetarium, and the Indiana Historical Society, among many other attractions.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Indiana has a population of 6,271,973. Of this population, 1,566,280 are under the age of 18 and 774,303 are at or above the age of 65.