The Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) specialty is generally very female-friendly with a large majority (64%) of providers reporting as female compared to only 35% reporting as male. People living in California, New York, North Carolina, Texas, and Ohio enjoy living in one of the 5 most popular states/territories where Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) providers practice. In all, there are 68,804 registered Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) providers in the United States with over 12,471 of those located in California alone while around 4,117 chose to practice in New York.
Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) providers have been assigned the 101YA0400X taxonomy code in the NPI registry, which is a Level III Area of Specialization. Click here for more information about medical specialty types.
Overall, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) specialists practice in 57 different states/territories.
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