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. Indiana has 859 practicing obstetricians & gynecologists. Broken out by city, obstetrics & gynecology doctor density in Alexandria is 1, in Anderson is 16, in Angola is 2, in Auburn is 3, in Avon is 20, in Batesville is 3, in Bedford is 19, in Beech Grove is 3, in Bloomington is 25, in Bluffton is 7, in Boonville is 3, in Brazil is 1, in Carmel is 52, in Chesterton is 1, in Cicero is 3, in Columbia City is 5, in Columbus is 17, in Connersville is 3, in Corydon is 4, in Crawfordsville is 3, in Crown Point is 21, in Danville is 7, in Dyer is 10, in East Chicago is 11, in Elkhart is 14, in Elwood is 1, in Evansville is 27, in Fishers is 22, in Fort Wayne is 55, in Frankfort is 4, in Franklin is 4, in Gary is 14, in Georgetown is 3, in Goshen is 8, in Greencastle is 2, in Greenfield is 6, in Greensburg is 5, in Greenwood is 9, in Hammond is 10, in Hartford City is 1, in Highland is 6, in Hobart is 9, in Huntingburg is 2, in Huntington is 5, in Jasper is 7, in Jeffersonville is 18, in Kendallville is 4, in Knox is 4, in Kokomo is 10, in La Porte is 12, in Lafayette is 17, in Lawrenceburg is 5, in Lebanon is 4, in Linton is 5, in Logansport is 4, in Lowell is 4, in Madison is 6, in Marion is 7, in Martinsville is 3, in Merrillville is 28, in Michigan City is 13, in Mishawaka is 3, in Monticello is 3, in Mooresville is 8, in Muncie is 11, in Munster is 47, in New Albany is 7, in New Castle is 3, in New Palestine is 2, in Newburgh is 31, in Noblesville is 15, in North Vernon is 2, in Paoli is 1, in Peru is 6, in Plainfield is 4, in Plymouth is 3, in Portage is 8, in Portland is 1, in Princeton is 5, in Richmond is 6, in Rushville is 2, in Salem is 3, in Schererville is 4, in Scottsburg is 3, in Seymour is 3, in Shelbyville is 4, in South Bend is 38, in Tell City is 1, in Terre Haute is 19, in Tipton is 4, in Union City is 1, in Valparaiso is 15, in Vincennes is 6, in Wabash is 3, in Warsaw is 5, in Washington is 5, in West Lafayette is 4, in Westfield is 3, in Winchester is 1, and in Zionsville is 4.

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.