Table 7

Family physicians* who are participating physicians** under Medicare by census division and practice location, October 2006

		Total
Census Division		N	Percent	Estimated Percentage*** Who Are Participating Physicians	Estimated Percentage*** Who Are Not Participating Physicians	Not Reported
Total		1,422	100.0%	89.2%	8.7%	2.0%

	Urban	1,060	100.0%	87.4%	10.2%	2.4%
	Rural	352	100.0%	95.5%	3.5%	1.0%
New England		130	100.0%	91.5%	4.6%	3.8%
	Urban	92	100.0%	90.2%	6.5%	3.3%
	Rural	37	100.0%	94.6%	0.0%	5.4%
Middle Atlantic		166	100.0%	91.0%	6.6%	2.4%
	Urban	152	100.0%	90.8%	7.2%	2.0%
	Rural	13	100.0%	92.3%	0.0%	7.7%
East North Central		184	100.0%	90.8%	6.5%	2.7%
	Urban	136	100.0%	87.5%	8.8%	3.7%
	Rural	48	100.0%
West North Central		177	100.0%	95.5%	2.8%	1.7%
	Urban	104	100.0%	95.2%	1.9%	2.9%
	Rural	71	100.0%	95.8%	4.2%	0.0%
South Atlantic		141	100.0%	88.7%	10.6%	0.7%
	Urban	125	100.0%	87.2%	12.0%	0.8%
	Rural	15	100.0%
East South Central		155	100.0%	91.6%	7.7%	0.6%
	Urban	94	100.0%	92.6%	6.4%	1.1%
	Rural	59	100.0%	91.5%	8.5%	0.0%
West South Central		129	100.0%	82.2%	16.3%	1.6%
	Urban	97	100.0%	76.3%	21.6%	2.1%
	Rural	31	100.0%
Mountain		183	100.0%	89.1%	9.8%	1.1%
	Urban	126	100.0%	89.7%	10.3%	0.0%
	Rural	56	100.0%	87.5%	8.9%	3.6%
Pacific		157	100.0%	86.0%	10.2%	3.8%
	Urban	134	100.0%	85.1%	10.4%	4.5%
	Rural	22	100.0%	90.9%	9.1%	0.0%
Includes only active member respondents of the American Academy of Family Physicians. "Participating" means the physician takes assignment of all Medicare claims. **Estimates were adjusted by the sampling fraction and the response percentage for each census division.
Source: American Academy of Family Physicians, Practice Profile Survey I, October 2006 .