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. Indiana has 111 practicing occupational medicine doctors. Broken out by city, occupational medicine doctor density in Anderson is 1, in Batesville is 1, in Bloomington is 2, in Bluffton is 2, in Boonville is 1, in Carmel is 2, in Chesterton is 1, in Clarksville is 3, in Columbus is 3, in Crane is 2, in Crothersville is 1, in Decatur is 1, in East Chicago is 2, in Edinburgh is 1, in Elkhart is 4, in Evansville is 6, in Floyds Knobs is 1, in Fort Wayne is 5, in Gary is 2, in Goshen is 2, in Granger is 1, in Greenwood is 1, in Griffith is 1, in Hammond is 1, in Hobart is 2, in Huntingburg is 1, in Indianapolis is 38, in Jeffersonville is 1, in Kokomo is 3, in La Porte is 1, in Lafayette is 3, in Lebanon is 1, in Lyons is 2, in Madison is 1, in Marion is 1, in Michigan City is 1, in Mishawaka is 2, in Monticello is 1, in Muncie is 1, in Munster is 2, in New Albany is 2, in Newburgh is 1, in Peru is 1, in Portage is 2, in Portland is 1, in Princeton is 5, in Scottsburg is 2, in Seymour is 1, in Shelbyville is 1, in South Bend is 6, in Terre Haute is 2, in Valparaiso is 3, in Vevay is 1, in Warsaw is 1, and in Whiting is 1.

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.