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. Indiana has 175 practicing geriatric medicine doctors. Broken out by city, geriatric medicine doctor density in Anderson is 2, in Angola is 2, in Auburn is 1, in Avon is 1, in Bargersville is 1, in Beech Grove is 4, in Bloomington is 1, in Bremen is 2, in Brookville is 2, in Butler is 1, in Camby is 1, in Carlisle is 1, in Carmel is 2, in Clarksville is 1, in Clinton is 1, in Columbus is 3, in Corydon is 1, in Crawfordsville is 1, in Crown Point is 2, in Culver is 1, in Demotte is 2, in Dugger is 1, in Dyer is 2, in Edinburgh is 1, in Elkhart is 1, in Evansville is 17, in Flora is 2, in Fort Wayne is 13, in Fowler is 1, in Franklin is 3, in Frankton is 1, in Gary is 2, in Gosport is 1, in Granger is 1, in Greenfield is 3, in Griffith is 1, in Hammond is 4, in Highland is 2, in Hobart is 2, in Howe is 2, in Huntington is 1, in Indianapolis is 49, in Jasonville is 2, in Jasper is 2, in Jeffersonville is 1, in Kendallville is 1, in Kokomo is 2, in La Porte is 2, in Lafayette is 5, in Lagrange is 2, in Lebanon is 2, in Linton is 1, in Logansport is 1, in Lowell is 1, in Lynn is 1, in Marion is 3, in Merrillville is 3, in Michigan City is 3, in Mishawaka is 2, in Monticello is 1, in Mooresville is 1, in Muncie is 1, in Munster is 2, in Nashville is 1, in New Albany is 1, in New Castle is 1, in Newburgh is 6, in Portage is 1, in Princeton is 5, in Rensselaer is 2, in Rockport is 2, in Rockville is 1, in Saint John is 2, in Schererville is 1, in Sellersburg is 1, in Seymour is 2, in Shelburn is 1, in Shelbyville is 1, in Shipshewana is 2, in South Bend is 11, in Spencer is 1, in Sullivan is 1, in Tell City is 1, in Terre Haute is 1, in Trafalgar is 1, in Valparaiso is 1, in Wabash is 1, in Warsaw is 1, in West College Corn is 1, in West College Corner is 1, in West Lafayette is 2, in Westville is 1, and in Zionsville is 2.

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.