Occupational medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the health of workers. An occupational medicine physician treats work-related injuries that include lung disease, breathing disorders, allergic reactions to chemicals, or chemical burns. This specialist also works with business owners and workplace safety organizations to protect the health of workers and to prevent work-related injuries, accidents and diseases.
Doctor density varies by specialty and location. The United States has 3,302 practicing occupational medicine doctors. Broken out by state, occupational medicine doctor density in Alabama is 50, in Alaska is 7, in Arizona is 79, in Arkansas is 15, in California is 484, in Colorado is 112, in Connecticut is 56, in Delaware is 8, in District of Columbia is 32, in Florida is 144, in Georgia is 115, in Hawaii is 31, in Idaho is 11, in Illinois is 138, in Indiana is 91, in Iowa is 42, in Kansas is 25, in Kentucky is 38, in Louisiana is 29, in Maine is 30, in Maryland is 107, in Massachusetts is 89, in Michigan is 171, in Minnesota is 95, in Mississippi is 8, in Missouri is 97, in Montana is 7, in Nebraska is 13, in Nevada is 25, in New Hampshire is 18, in New Jersey is 97, in New Mexico is 34, in New York is 106, in North Carolina is 50, in North Dakota is 6, in Ohio is 166, in Oklahoma is 45, in Oregon is 49, in Pennsylvania is 149, in Rhode Island is 10, in South Carolina is 32, in South Dakota is 4, in Tennessee is 58, in Texas is 242, in Utah is 39, in Vermont is 5, in Virginia is 86, in Washington is 97, in West Virginia is 22, in Wisconsin is 74, and in Wyoming is 2.
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