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 649 practicing obstetricians & gynecologists. Broken out by city, obstetrics & gynecology doctor density in Ansonia is 3, in Avon is 51, in Bloomfield is 13, in Branford is 21, in Bridgeport is 44, in Bristol is 15, in Brookfield is 5, in Canaan is 4, in Cheshire is 25, in Clinton is 10, in Colchester is 5, in Danbury is 36, in Darien is 14, in Dayville is 3, in Derby is 3, in East Granby is 9, in East Hampton is 1, in East Hartford is 10, in East Lyme is 1, in East Windsor is 1, in Ellington is 2, in Enfield is 25, in Essex is 11, in Fairfield is 19, in Farmington is 34, in Glastonbury is 46, in Granby is 4, in Greenwich is 25, in Groton is 6, in Guilford is 14, in Hamden is 19, in Hartford is 109, in Huntington is 1, in Ledyard is 1, in Madison is 19, in Manchester is 18, in Mansfield Center is 5, in Marlborough is 6, in Meriden is 10, in Middletown is 17, in Milford is 14, in Mystic is 1, in Naugatuck is 4, in New Britain is 21, in New Canaan is 10, in New Haven is 108, in New London is 14, in New Milford is 10, in Newington is 4, in Newtown is 1, in Norwalk is 25, in Norwich is 13, in Nowalk is 1, in Old Saybrook is 3, in Orange is 8, in Oxford is 4, in Plainville is 4, in Portland is 1, in Putnam is 6, in Ridgefield is 16, in Riverside is 2, in Rocky Hill is 19, in Sharon is 6, in Shelton is 13, in South Windsor is 18, in Southbury is 12, in Southington is 18, in Southport is 4, in Stafford Springs is 1, in Stamford is 36, in Stratford is 12, in Suffield is 1, in Tolland is 8, in Torrington is 7, in Trumbull is 18, in Vernon is 1, in Vernon Rockville is 2, in Wallingford is 24, in Waterbury is 32, in Waterford is 2, in Watertown is 1, in West Hartfod is 1, in West Hartford is 29, in West Haven is 3, in Westport is 10, in Wethersfield is 9, in Willimantic is 5, in Wilton is 5, in Winchester Center is 1, in Windsor is 3, in Windsor Locks is 5, in Winsted is 7, 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.