Alabama Physicians

The table below give the age distribution of all Alabama physicians, primary care physicians, specialists, rural physicians, and urban physicians.

Age	All	Primary Care	Specialists	Rural	Urban

Age	All	Primary Care	Specialists	Rural	Urban

25	1	1	0	0	1
26	8	5	3	0	8
27	29	10	19	1	28
28	120	46	74	3	117
29	197	55	142	7	190
30	246	66	180	7	239
31	292	85	207	19	273
32	288	63	225	14	274
33	353	82	271	28	325
34	338	62	276	23	315
35	341	59	282	22	319
36	376	66	310	19	357
37	319	46	273	21	298
38	329	51	278	28	301
39	364	75	289	39	325
40	278	45	233	31	247
41	287	54	233	32	255
42	233	36	197	20	213
43	274	62	212	36	238
44	258	48	210	18	240
45	274	56	218	38	236
46	255	46	209	32	223
47	229	42	187	20	209
48	249	59	190	39	210
49	257	63	194	39	218
50	233	49	184	29	204
51	252	52	200	29	223
52	271	60	211	38	233
53	267	84	183	42	225
54	246	49	197	25	221
55	263	73	190	47	216
56	250	69	181	49	201
57	267	68	199	42	225
58	259	56	203	41	218
59	272	63	209	49	223
60	280	60	220	51	229
61	286	70	216	40	246
62	282	73	209	28	254
63	280	73	207	43	237
64	269	61	208	38	231
65	294	67	227	49	245
66	289	53	236	46	243
67	266	56	210	39	227
68	265	58	207	55	210
69	225	52	173	38	187
70	219	50	169	31	188
71	186	53	133	35	151
72	173	37	136	35	138
73	165	40	125	35	130
74	126	22	104	30	96
75	117	25	92	24	93
76	122	18	104	16	106
77	77	15	62	14	63
78	84	16	68	10	74
79	75	14	61	17	58
80	55	8	47	10	45
81	57	5	52	13	44
82	39	5	34	4	35
83	30	4	26	4	26
84	31	5	26	6	25
85	20	2	18	3	17
86	21	4	17	3	18
87	13	1	12	5	8
88	13	0	13	1	12
89	7	1	6	1	6
90	5	2	3	1	4
91	3	2	1	2	1
92	6	1	5	1	5
93	4	0	4	1	3
94	1	0	1	0	1
95	3	1	2	2	1
96	1	0	1	0	1

Total	13,164	2,860	10,304	1,658	11,506

Total

13,164

2,860

10,304

1,658

11,506

Summary Statistics

Statistic	All	Primary Care	Specialists	Rural	Urban
Mean	51.60	51.50	51.60	56.50	50.90
Standard Deviation	14.50	14.30	14.60	13.60	14.50
Minimum	25.00	25.00	26.00	27.00	25.00
First Quartile	39.00	39.00	39.00	46.00	38.00
Median	51.00	52.00	51.00	57.00	50.00
Third Quartile	63.00	63.00	64.00	67.00	63.00
Maximum	96.00	95.00	96.00	95.00	96.00

All of the age distributions, except for rural physicians, are distinctly bimodal, with one mode in the mid 30s and another in the mid 60s. The pattern for rural physicians is less clear. However, rural physicians are clearly older on average than urban physicians, as measured by the mean or the median.

Grouped Age Distribution

The graph and table below give the age distribution by ten-year age groups. These elements also clearly show that the rural workforce is older.

Age	All	Primary Care	Specialists	Rural	Urban
20–29	355	117	238	11	344
30–39	3,246	655	2,591	220	3,026
40–49	2,594	511	2,083	305	2,289
50–59	2,580	623	1,957	391	2,189
60–69	2,736	623	2,113	427	2,309
70–79	1,344	290	1,054	247	1,097
80+	309	41	268	57	252
Total	13,164	2,860	10,304	1,658	11,506

Retirement Age Distribution

Physicians begin to retire, or significantly cut back on workload, at about age 65. The Alabama BME database gives very little information on the extent to which physicians that are licensed in Alabama are actually practicing medicine. Nonetheless, it is reasonable to assume that many physicians that are 65 or older are not practicing full time. The graph and table below give the distribution of physicians by retirement age. Again, the most important fact is higher percentage of rural physicians who are at retirement age.

Age	All	Primary Care	Specialists	Rural	Urban

25	1	1	0	0	1
26	8	5	3	0	8
27	29	10	19	1	28
28	120	46	74	3	117
29	197	55	142	7	190
30	246	66	180	7	239
31	292	85	207	19	273
32	288	63	225	14	274
33	353	82	271	28	325
34	338	62	276	23	315
35	341	59	282	22	319
36	376	66	310	19	357
37	319	46	273	21	298
38	329	51	278	28	301
39	364	75	289	39	325
40	278	45	233	31	247
41	287	54	233	32	255
42	233	36	197	20	213
43	274	62	212	36	238
44	258	48	210	18	240
45	274	56	218	38	236
46	255	46	209	32	223
47	229	42	187	20	209
48	249	59	190	39	210
49	257	63	194	39	218
50	233	49	184	29	204
51	252	52	200	29	223
52	271	60	211	38	233
53	267	84	183	42	225
54	246	49	197	25	221
55	263	73	190	47	216
56	250	69	181	49	201
57	267	68	199	42	225
58	259	56	203	41	218
59	272	63	209	49	223
60	280	60	220	51	229
61	286	70	216	40	246
62	282	73	209	28	254
63	280	73	207	43	237
64	269	61	208	38	231
65	294	67	227	49	245
66	289	53	236	46	243
67	266	56	210	39	227
68	265	58	207	55	210
69	225	52	173	38	187
70	219	50	169	31	188
71	186	53	133	35	151
72	173	37	136	35	138
73	165	40	125	35	130
74	126	22	104	30	96
75	117	25	92	24	93
76	122	18	104	16	106
77	77	15	62	14	63
78	84	16	68	10	74
79	75	14	61	17	58
80	55	8	47	10	45
81	57	5	52	13	44
82	39	5	34	4	35
83	30	4	26	4	26
84	31	5	26	6	25
85	20	2	18	3	17
86	21	4	17	3	18
87	13	1	12	5	8
88	13	0	13	1	12
89	7	1	6	1	6
90	5	2	3	1	4
91	3	2	1	2	1
92	6	1	5	1	5
93	4	0	4	1	3
94	1	0	1	0	1
95	3	1	2	2	1
96	1	0	1	0	1

Age	All	Primary Care	Specialists	Rural	Urban
20–64	10,172	2,243	7,929	1,127	9,045
65+	2,992	617	2,375	531	2,461
Total	13,164	2,860	10,304	1,658	11,506

Age	All	Primary Care	Specialists	Rural	Urban

25	1	1	0	0	1
26	8	5	3	0	8
27	29	10	19	1	28
28	120	46	74	3	117
29	197	55	142	7	190
30	246	66	180	7	239
31	292	85	207	19	273
32	288	63	225	14	274
33	353	82	271	28	325
34	338	62	276	23	315
35	341	59	282	22	319
36	376	66	310	19	357
37	319	46	273	21	298
38	329	51	278	28	301
39	364	75	289	39	325
40	278	45	233	31	247
41	287	54	233	32	255
42	233	36	197	20	213
43	274	62	212	36	238
44	258	48	210	18	240
45	274	56	218	38	236
46	255	46	209	32	223
47	229	42	187	20	209
48	249	59	190	39	210
49	257	63	194	39	218
50	233	49	184	29	204
51	252	52	200	29	223
52	271	60	211	38	233
53	267	84	183	42	225
54	246	49	197	25	221
55	263	73	190	47	216
56	250	69	181	49	201
57	267	68	199	42	225
58	259	56	203	41	218
59	272	63	209	49	223
60	280	60	220	51	229
61	286	70	216	40	246
62	282	73	209	28	254
63	280	73	207	43	237
64	269	61	208	38	231
65	294	67	227	49	245
66	289	53	236	46	243
67	266	56	210	39	227
68	265	58	207	55	210
69	225	52	173	38	187
70	219	50	169	31	188
71	186	53	133	35	151
72	173	37	136	35	138
73	165	40	125	35	130
74	126	22	104	30	96
75	117	25	92	24	93
76	122	18	104	16	106
77	77	15	62	14	63
78	84	16	68	10	74
79	75	14	61	17	58
80	55	8	47	10	45
81	57	5	52	13	44
82	39	5	34	4	35
83	30	4	26	4	26
84	31	5	26	6	25
85	20	2	18	3	17
86	21	4	17	3	18
87	13	1	12	5	8
88	13	0	13	1	12
89	7	1	6	1	6
90	5	2	3	1	4
91	3	2	1	2	1
92	6	1	5	1	5
93	4	0	4	1	3
94	1	0	1	0	1
95	3	1	2	2	1
96	1	0	1	0	1

Age	All	Primary Care	Specialists	Rural	Urban

25	1	1	0	0	1
26	8	5	3	0	8
27	29	10	19	1	28
28	120	46	74	3	117
29	197	55	142	7	190
30	246	66	180	7	239
31	292	85	207	19	273
32	288	63	225	14	274
33	353	82	271	28	325
34	338	62	276	23	315
35	341	59	282	22	319
36	376	66	310	19	357
37	319	46	273	21	298
38	329	51	278	28	301
39	364	75	289	39	325
40	278	45	233	31	247
41	287	54	233	32	255
42	233	36	197	20	213
43	274	62	212	36	238
44	258	48	210	18	240
45	274	56	218	38	236
46	255	46	209	32	223
47	229	42	187	20	209
48	249	59	190	39	210
49	257	63	194	39	218
50	233	49	184	29	204
51	252	52	200	29	223
52	271	60	211	38	233
53	267	84	183	42	225
54	246	49	197	25	221
55	263	73	190	47	216
56	250	69	181	49	201
57	267	68	199	42	225
58	259	56	203	41	218
59	272	63	209	49	223
60	280	60	220	51	229
61	286	70	216	40	246
62	282	73	209	28	254
63	280	73	207	43	237
64	269	61	208	38	231
65	294	67	227	49	245
66	289	53	236	46	243
67	266	56	210	39	227
68	265	58	207	55	210
69	225	52	173	38	187
70	219	50	169	31	188
71	186	53	133	35	151
72	173	37	136	35	138
73	165	40	125	35	130
74	126	22	104	30	96
75	117	25	92	24	93
76	122	18	104	16	106
77	77	15	62	14	63
78	84	16	68	10	74
79	75	14	61	17	58
80	55	8	47	10	45
81	57	5	52	13	44
82	39	5	34	4	35
83	30	4	26	4	26
84	31	5	26	6	25
85	20	2	18	3	17
86	21	4	17	3	18
87	13	1	12	5	8
88	13	0	13	1	12
89	7	1	6	1	6
90	5	2	3	1	4
91	3	2	1	2	1
92	6	1	5	1	5
93	4	0	4	1	3
94	1	0	1	0	1
95	3	1	2	2	1
96	1	0	1	0	1