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 825 practicing obstetricians & gynecologists. Broken out by city, obstetrics & gynecology doctor density in Alexandria is 1, in Anderson is 16, in Angola is 1, in Auburn is 2, in Avon is 16, in Batesville is 2, in Bedford is 17, in Beech Grove is 3, in Bloomington is 24, in Bluffton is 5, in Boonville is 2, in Brazil is 1, in Bremen is 2, in Carmel is 47, in Chesterton is 2, in Cicero is 3, in Columbia City is 2, in Columbus is 16, in Connersville is 3, in Corydon is 3, in Crawfordsville is 4, in Crown Point is 21, in Danville is 6, in Dyer is 10, in East Chicago is 8, in Elkhart is 12, in Elwood is 2, in Evansville is 26, in Fishers is 23, in Fort Wayne is 51, in Frankfort is 4, in Franklin is 3, in Gary is 12, in Georgetown is 3, in Goshen is 9, in Greencastle is 3, in Greenfield is 6, in Greensburg is 2, in Greenwood is 9, in Hammond is 9, in Hartford City is 1, in Highland is 6, in Hobart is 8, in Huntingburg is 2, in Huntington is 5, in Jasper is 6, in Jeffersonville is 18, in Kendallville is 1, in Knox is 5, in Kokomo is 11, in La Porte is 13, in Lafayette is 19, in Lawrenceburg is 5, in Lebanon is 4, in Linton is 5, in Logansport is 5, in Lowell is 4, in Madison is 4, in Marion is 8, in Martinsville is 4, in Merrillville is 26, in Michigan City is 12, in Mishawaka is 2, in Monticello is 3, in Mooresville is 7, in Muncie is 10, in Munster is 38, in New Albany is 7, in New Castle is 5, in New Haven is 1, in New Palestine is 1, in Newburgh is 28, in Noblesville is 9, in North Vernon is 3, in Peru is 6, in Plainfield is 3, in Plymouth is 2, in Portage is 7, in Portland is 1, in Princeton is 5, in Richmond is 6, in Rushville is 3, in Salem is 3, in Schererville is 5, in Scottsburg is 3, in Seymour is 4, in Shelbyville is 4, in South Bend is 34, in Tell City is 2, in Terre Haute is 15, in Tipton is 3, in Valparaiso is 13, in Vincennes is 5, in Wabash is 2, in Warsaw is 4, in Washington is 4, in West Lafayette is 4, in Westfield is 3, in Winchester is 1, and in Zionsville is 5.

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.