Physician Statistics for Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA

Total Active Physicians

Total Physicians Physicians per Capita National Total Physicians National Physicians per Capita
3,467 60.86 1,622,958 52.57

Total Physicians by Gender

Total Female Total Male National Total Female National Total Male
1,191 2,276 601,297 1,030,471
34.35% 65.65% 36.85% 63.15%

Primary Care Physicians

Taxonomy Total Taxonomy Taxonomy per Capita National Total Taxonomy National Taxonomy per Capita
Family Medicine 699 12.27 181,281 5.87
General Practice 21 0.37 19,099 0.62
Internal Medicine 462 8.11 219,445 7.11
Obstetrics & Gynecology 77 1.35 54,739 1.77
Pediatrics 253 4.44 100,684 3.26

Physicians by Specialty

Specialty Total Specialty Specialty per Capita National Total Specialty National Specialty per Capita
Addiction Medicine (207QA0401X) 3 0.05 1,372 0.04
Adolescent Medicine (2080A0000X) 4 0.07 3,499 0.11
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery (207XS0114X) 5 0.09 2,224 0.07
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology (207RA0001X) 6 0.11 1,251 0.04
Allergy (207KA0200X) 3 0.05 1,414 0.05
Anatomic Pathology (207ZP0101X) 3 0.05 3,815 0.12
Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology (207ZP0102X) 42 0.74 20,178 0.65
Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine (207ZB0001X) 3 0.05 892 0.03
Body Imaging (2085B0100X) 18 0.32 2,771 0.09
Cardiovascular Disease (207RC0000X) 65 1.14 37,479 1.21
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2084P0804X) 23 0.40 11,230 0.36
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (207RC0001X) 10 0.18 4,259 0.14
Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine (207ZP0105X) 3 0.05 2,034 0.07
Critical Care Medicine (207RC0200X) 36 0.63 14,080 0.46
Cytopathology (207ZC0500X) 3 0.05 1,943 0.06
Dermatopathology (207ZD0900X) 3 0.05 1,109 0.04
Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics (2080P0006X) 4 0.07 1,490 0.05
Diagnostic Radiology (2085R0202X) 86 1.51 57,862 1.87
Emergency Medical Services (207PE0004X) 4 0.07 4,745 0.15
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism (207RE0101X) 18 0.32 11,155 0.36
Foot and Ankle Surgery (207XX0004X) 3 0.05 1,361 0.04
Forensic Pathology (207ZF0201X) 4 0.07 749 0.02
Gastroenterology (207RG0100X) 47 0.83 22,697 0.74
Geriatric Medicine (207RG0300X) 6 0.11 6,732 0.22
Geriatric Medicine (207QG0300X) 9 0.16 2,916 0.09
Gynecologic Oncology (207VX0201X) 3 0.05 2,249 0.07
Gynecology (207VG0400X) 3 0.05 5,187 0.17
Hand Surgery (207XS0106X) 8 0.14 3,690 0.12
Hematology & Oncology (207RH0003X) 24 0.42 16,795 0.54
Hospice and Palliative Medicine (207RH0002X) 3 0.05 3,280 0.11
Infectious Disease (207RI0200X) 20 0.35 12,367 0.40
Interventional Cardiology (207RI0011X) 16 0.28 9,237 0.30
Interventional Pain Medicine (208VP0014X) 6 0.11 3,952 0.13
Maternal & Fetal Medicine (207VM0101X) 13 0.23 3,962 0.13
Medical Oncology (207RX0202X) 4 0.07 6,839 0.22
MOHS-Micrographic Surgery (207ND0101X) 4 0.07 2,404 0.08
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (2080N0001X) 19 0.33 8,714 0.28
Nephrology (207RN0300X) 22 0.39 15,324 0.50
Neurology (2084N0400X) 40 0.70 28,385 0.92
Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology (2084N0402X) 7 0.12 3,133 0.10
Neuroradiology (2085N0700X) 4 0.07 3,829 0.12
Nuclear Cardiology (207UN0901X) 3 0.05 1,330 0.04
Nuclear Imaging & Therapy (207UN0902X) 3 0.05 421 0.01
Obstetrics (207VX0000X) 4 0.07 2,308 0.07
Occupational Medicine (2083X0100X) 4 0.07 3,495 0.11
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine (207XS0117X) 7 0.12 3,091 0.10
Orthopaedic Trauma (207XX0801X) 3 0.05 1,631 0.05
Pain Medicine (207LP2900X) 21 0.37 8,410 0.27
Pain Medicine (208VP0000X) 5 0.09 2,487 0.08
Pediatric Anesthesiology (207LP3000X) 4 0.07 2,922 0.09
Pediatric Cardiology (2080P0202X) 5 0.09 4,535 0.15
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (2080P0203X) 12 0.21 4,400 0.14
Pediatric Emergency Medicine (2080P0204X) 15 0.26 3,736 0.12
Pediatric Endocrinology (2080P0205X) 5 0.09 2,362 0.08
Pediatric Gastroenterology (2080P0206X) 7 0.12 2,698 0.09
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology (2080P0207X) 11 0.19 4,202 0.14
Pediatric Infectious Diseases (2080P0208X) 3 0.05 1,800 0.06
Pediatric Pulmonology (2080P0214X) 3 0.05 1,784 0.06
Pediatric Surgery (2086S0120X) 9 0.16 2,077 0.07
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (2086S0122X) 5 0.09 3,641 0.12
Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck (2082S0099X) 5 0.09 461 0.01
Preventive Medicine/Occupational Environmental Medicine (2083P0500X) 6 0.11 1,487 0.05
Procedural Dermatology (207NS0135X) 3 0.05 1,878 0.06
Psychiatry (2084P0800X) 96 1.69 67,014 2.17
Public Health & General Preventive Medicine (2083P0901X) 4 0.07 2,634 0.09
Pulmonary Disease (207RP1001X) 56 0.98 20,304 0.66
Radiation Oncology (2085R0001X) 18 0.32 8,498 0.28
Reproductive Endocrinology (207VE0102X) 3 0.05 2,062 0.07
Retina Specialist (207WX0107X) 10 0.18 2,241 0.07
Rheumatology (207RR0500X) 17 0.30 8,710 0.28
Sleep Medicine (207RS0012X) 12 0.21 3,101 0.10
Sports Medicine (207QS0010X) 4 0.07 3,722 0.12
Sports Medicine (207PS0010X) 3 0.05 461 0.01
Sports Medicine (207XX0005X) 6 0.11 4,923 0.16
Surgery of the Hand (2082S0105X) 3 0.05 818 0.03
Surgical Critical Care (2086S0102X) 14 0.25 3,568 0.12
Surgical Oncology (2086X0206X) 8 0.14 2,607 0.08
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (2083P0011X) 3 0.05 578 0.02
Vascular & Interventional Radiology (2085R0204X) 10 0.18 7,228 0.23
Vascular Surgery (2086S0129X) 23 0.40 7,065 0.23