The Pediatrics specialty is generally very female-friendly with a large majority (63%) of providers reporting as female compared to only 36% reporting as male. People living in California, Texas, New York, Pennsylvania, and Florida enjoy living in one of the 5 most popular states/territories where Pediatrics providers practice. In all, there are 94,548 registered Pediatrics providers in the United States with over 8,870 of those located in California alone while around 7,074 chose to practice in Texas.
Pediatrics providers have been assigned the 208000000X taxonomy code in the NPI registry, which is a Level II Classification. Click here for more information about medical specialty types.
Overall, Pediatrics specialists practice in 56 different states/territories and can be categorized into 23 different Pediatrics sub-specialties: Adolescent Medicine (Pediatric), Child Abuse Pediatrics, Clinical & Laboratory Immunology (Pediatric), Developmental – Behavioral Pediatrics, Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Peditric), Medical Toxicology (Pediatric), Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (Pediatric), Obesity Medicine, Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, and Pediatric Cardiology, among others.
A pediatrician is concerned with the physical, emotional and social health of children from birth to young adulthood. Care encompasses a broad spectrum of health services ranging from preventive healthcare to the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic diseases. A pediatrician deals with biological, social and environmental influences on the developing child, and with the impact of disease and dysfunction on development.