Geriatric medicine deals with aging problems and illnesses in older people. A geriatrician or geriatric physician has specific knowledge of the aging process and expert skills in the diagnosis, therapy, and prevention of diseases in the elderly. This specialist can treat geriatric patients in the patient’s home, an office, nursing home, or a hospital setting.

Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are Osteoarthritis and osteoporosis.

To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including Bone density test.

Doctor density varies by specialty and location. Arizona has 164 practicing geriatric medicine doctors. Broken out by city, geriatric medicine doctor density in Apache Junction is 2, in Arivaca is 1, in Catalina is 1, in Chandler is 3, in Claypool is 2, in Coolidge is 1, in Cottonwood is 2, in Douglas is 1, in Flagstaff is 1, in Florence is 1, in Fort Defiance is 1, in Fountain Hills is 1, in Ganado is 1, in Gilbert is 1, in Glendale is 6, in Globe is 2, in Gold Canyon is 2, in Goodyear is 1, in Green Valley is 4, in Guadalupe is 1, in Hereford is 1, in Kingman is 1, in Lakeside is 2, in Marana is 2, in Mesa is 16, in Oro Valley is 3, in Paradise Valley is 1, in Peoria is 12, in Phoenix is 58, in Poston is 1, in Prescott is 2, in Prescott Valley is 2, in Safford is 1, in Sahuarita is 1, in Scottsdale is 19, in Show Low is 1, in Sierra Vista is 1, in Sun City is 12, in Sun City West is 8, in Surprise is 3, in Tempe is 1, in Tolleson is 4, in Tuba City is 1, in Tucson is 38, in Whiteriver is 1, in Wickenburg is 1, and in Yuma is 3.

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According to 2005 Census estimates, Arizona has a population of 5,939,292. Of this population, 1,535,805 are under the age of 18 and 754,345 are at or above the age of 65.