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. Hawaii has 71 practicing geriatric medicine doctors. Broken out by city, geriatric medicine doctor density in Ewa Beach is 4, in Haleiwa is 1, in Honokaa is 1, in Honolulu is 50, in Kahului is 3, in Kailua is 1, in Kailua Kona is 3, in Kamuela is 1, in Kaneohe is 1, in Kapolei is 5, in Kaunakakai is 2, in Kealakekua is 1, in Laie is 2, in Lihue is 1, in Mililani is 1, in Tripler Amc is 2, in Waianae is 2, and in Waikoloa is 1.

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According to 2005 Census estimates, Hawaii has a population of 1,275,194. Of this population, 198,087 are under the age of 18 and 162,565 are at or above the age of 65.