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 677 practicing obstetricians & gynecologists. Broken out by city, obstetrics & gynecology doctor density in Ansonia is 3, in Avon is 39, in Bloomfield is 14, in Branford is 20, in Bridgeport is 50, in Bristol is 15, in Brookfield is 5, in Canaan is 4, in Cheshire is 21, in Clinton is 9, in Colchester is 7, in Danbury is 39, in Darien is 14, in Dayville is 3, in Derby is 3, in East Granby is 4, in East Hartford is 11, in East Lyme is 1, in East Windsor is 1, in Ellington is 2, in Enfield is 23, in Essex is 10, in Fairfield is 20, in Farmington is 38, in Glastonbury is 42, in Granby is 3, in Greenwich is 28, in Groton is 6, in Guilford is 14, in Hamden is 18, in Hartford is 113, in Huntington is 1, in Ledyard is 1, in Madison is 15, in Manchester is 19, in Mansfield Center is 5, in Marlborough is 4, in Meriden is 13, in Middletown is 17, in Milford is 14, in Mystic is 1, in Naugatuck is 5, in New Britain is 21, in New Canaan is 9, in New Haven is 116, in New London is 14, in New Milford is 10, in Newington is 4, in Newtown is 1, in Norwalk is 29, in Norwich is 16, in Old Saybrook is 5, in Orange is 7, in Oxford is 4, in Plainville is 4, in Portland is 1, in Putnam is 6, in Ridgefield is 13, in Riverside is 2, in Rocky Hill is 12, in Sharon is 6, in Shelton is 13, in South Windsor is 13, in Southbury is 12, in Southington is 19, in Southport is 4, in Stafford Springs is 1, in Stamford is 37, in Stratford is 12, in Suffield is 1, in Tolland is 7, in Torrington is 6, in Trumbull is 19, in Vernon is 2, in Vernon Rockville is 3, in Wallingford is 24, in Waterbury is 32, in Waterford is 2, in Watertown is 1, in West Hartford is 30, in West Haven is 4, in Westport is 10, in Wethersfield is 6, in Willimantic is 5, in Wilton is 9, in Winchester Center is 1, in Windsor is 2, in Windsor Locks is 4, in Winsted is 6, 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.