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. Tennessee has 2,245 practicing family doctors. Broken out by city, family practice doctor density in Alcoa is 34, in Athens is 20, in Bartlett is 30, in Brentwood is 40, in Bristol is 68, in Camden is 15, in Carthage is 15, in Centerville is 2, in Chattanooga is 126, in Clarksville is 40, in Cleveland is 42, in Clinton is 19, in Collierville is 34, in Cookeville is 31, in Covington is 28, in Crossville is 19, in Dayton is 24, in Dickson is 19, in Dyersburg is 16, in Elizabethton is 36, in Erwin is 25, in Etowah is 14, in Franklin is 44, in Gallatin is 19, in Gatlinburg is 2, in Gleason is 2, in Goodlettsville is 22, in Gordonsville is 5, in Greeneville is 43, in Harriman is 18, in Hendersonville is 22, in Hohenwald is 9, in Jackson is 85, in Jasper is 11, in Jefferson City is 22, in Jellico is 16, in Johnson City is 100, in Jonesborough is 13, in Kingsport is 118, in Kingston is 7, in Knoxville is 234, in La Follette is 17, in Lawrenceburg is 11, in Lebanon is 16, in Lenoir City is 18, in Lewisburg is 9, in Lexington is 10, in Linden is 3, in Loretto is 2, in Loudon is 6, in Louisville is 7, in Madisonville is 12, in Maryville is 29, in Maynardville is 3, in Mckenzie is 10, in Mcminnville is 11, in Memphis is 204, in Milan is 11, in Millington is 12, in Monteagle is 1, in Mount Juliet is 5, in Munford is 5, in Murfreesboro is 46, in New Tazewell is 4, in Newport is 21, in Nolensville is 2, in Oak Ridge is 31, in Oliver Springs is 7, in Oneida is 13, in Paris is 12, in Pigeon Forge is 6, in Pikeville is 9, in Portland is 15, in Pulaski is 6, in Ripley is 7, in Rockwood is 9, in Rogersville is 22, in Rutledge is 3, in Saltillo is 2, in Savannah is 9, in Selmer is 12, in Sevierville is 26, in Shelbyville is 14, in Signal Mountain is 3, in Smithville is 9, in Smyrna is 21, in Somerville is 9, in South Pittsburg is 5, in Spring Hill is 23, in Springfield is 16, in Sweetwater is 12, in Tazewell is 4, in Tellico Plains is 7, in Trezevant is 1, in Union City is 13, in Wartburg is 11, in Westmoreland is 3, in White Pine is 13, in Winchester is 16, and in Woodbury is 5.

Tennessee achieved statehood in 1796, and its capital city is Nashville. Popular sites to visit include Graceland, the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, or a trip on the Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, the steepest passenger train ride in the world. Nashville is home to the famous Grand Ole Opry – but it is only one of hundreds of Nashville entertainment opportunities. Famous Tennesseans: Singers Elvis Presley, Tina Turner and Dolly Parton, Actor Morgan Freeman, and frontiersman Davy Crockett.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Tennessee has a population of 5,962,959. Of this population, 1,364,924 are under the age of 18 and 745,789 are at or above the age of 65.