D.O. clusters??

[Kennysdn]

I know that osteopathic physicians are not in large numbers in some areas of the country. anyone know the distribution of the D.O. population? where are there many... where are they scarce?? I know there are quite a few in michigan. thanks in advance.

 

[Green912]

I don't know how to specifically answer your question, but here is a map provided by the AACOM showing the distribution of D.O. schools throughout the country. I'm taking a leap of faith that there will be a correlation.

http://www.aacom.org/data/cib/16-geographic.html

 

[group_theory]

Source of information: 2001 Annual Report on Osteopathic Medical Education, page 14 (of 64)

Total number of osteopathic physicians, AND total number of active osteopathic physicians - breakdown by states

http://www.aacom.org/data/annualreport/annualreport2001.pdf

WARNING: Total size is 4.9 MB

Data accurate as of June 1, 2001

Quick review of data
Pennsylvania - Total (5289), Active (4688)
New York - Total (2823), Active (2647)
Michigan - Total (5115), Active (4346)
Ohio - Total (3473), Active (3071)
Florida - Total (3336), Active (2689)
California - Total (2380), Active (2244)
Texas - Total (2958), Active (4688)

Those are the top states. If you want to check an individual state, it's in the annual report (quite interesting, also shows # of applicants for each school)