Obstetrics and gynecology deals with disorders of a woman’s reproductive system. An obstetrician/gynecologist is sometimes a primary physician for women. The gynecologist treats women and their reproductive systems, but is also concerned with women’s menstrual problems, disorders of pelvic organs, infertility, or cancer of the reproductive organs. Some tests a gynecologist will order or administer are blood tests, a vaginal swab, or X-rays or ultrasound of the pelvic region. An obstetrician can be a gynecologist, and the two practices are closely related.

The obstetrician deals with problems of the woman and fetus during pregnancy and childbirth, and can act as a consultant to other physicians regarding the care of a patient. An obstetrician will see a pregnant woman regularly to check on her health and progress of her pregnancy. Risk factors in a pregnancy include the mother’s diabetes, a previous pregnancy complication, high blood pressure, or heart disease, and will require an obstetrician to check on a woman’s condition more often.

Doctor density varies by specialty and location. Connecticut has 750 practicing obstetricians & gynecologists. Broken out by city, obstetrics & gynecology doctor density in Ansonia is 3, in Avon is 42, in Bethany is 1, in Bloomfield is 14, in Branford is 19, in Bridgeport is 53, in Bristol is 16, in Brookfield is 6, in Canaan is 4, in Cheshire is 25, in Clinton is 10, in Colchester is 7, in Cromwell is 1, in Danbury is 32, in Darien is 16, in Dayville is 4, in Derby is 4, in East Granby is 9, in East Hampton is 1, in East Hartford is 9, in East Haven is 1, in East Lyme is 1, in East Windsor is 1, in Ellington is 3, in Enfield is 28, in Essex is 12, in Fairfield is 20, in Farmington is 31, in Glastonbury is 35, in Granby is 4, in Greenwich is 32, in Groton is 6, in Guilford is 15, in Hamden is 22, in Hartford is 114, in Huntington is 1, in Ledyard is 1, in Madison is 20, in Manchester is 21, in Mansfield Center is 5, in Marlborough is 7, in Meriden is 11, in Middletown is 19, in Milford is 11, in Mystic is 2, in Naugatuck is 3, in New Britain is 23, in New Canaan is 10, in New Haven is 115, in New London is 15, in New Milford is 13, in Newington is 5, in Newtown is 1, in North Haven is 1, in Norwalk is 37, in Norwich is 20, in Old Saybrook is 3, in Orange is 10, in Oxford is 4, in Plainville is 5, in Portland is 1, in Putnam is 9, in Ridgefield is 18, in Riverside is 2, in Rocky Hill is 20, in Sharon is 7, in Shelton is 17, in South Windsor is 19, in Southbury is 13, in Southington is 16, in Southport is 5, in Stafford Springs is 3, in Stamford is 46, in Stratford is 13, in Suffield is 1, in Tolland is 9, in Torrington is 8, in Trumbull is 20, in Vernon is 2, in Vernon Rockville is 4, in Wallingford is 26, in Waterbury is 32, in Waterford is 2, in Watertown is 1, in West Hartford is 25, in West Haven is 4, in West Simsbury is 1, in Westport is 11, in Wethersfield is 7, in Willimantic is 6, in Wilton is 9, in Winchester Center is 1, in Windsor is 4, in Windsor Locks is 5, in Winsted is 8, in Woodbridge is 1, and in Woodbury is 1.

This New England state is one of the original 13 states; Connecticut’s capital is Hartford and its population is 3,510,297. This state is steeped in history. Visit the past at the Nathan Hale Homestead near New London, or Yale University in New Haven. Tour the home of Mark Twain, the New England Air Museum, or the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk. Explore a historic tobacco farming area, do some hiking and biking, or visit the numerous antique shops or lighthouses in the eastern coastal area.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Connecticut has a population of 3,510,297. Of this population, 812,182 are under the age of 18 and 472,089 are at or above the age of 65.