Here are 10 statistics about orthopedic surgeon compensation by region of the country, according to Medscape's Orthopedist Compensation Report 2012.

Sports medicine is the third most popular subspecialty area among orthopedic surgeons, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2010 Orthopaedic Surgeon Census. Approximately 38 percent of orthopedic surgeons reported focusing on sports medicine, with 39 percent reporting their focus as arthroscopy. Careermd.com supports the trend toward orthopedic surgeons identifying as sports medicine specialists, with 41 percent of their respondents indicating sports medicine as their subspecialty. The only higher mentions were arthroscopy and adult knee, with 47 and 49 percent of respondents, respectively.

Here are six points comparing spine surgeon compensation. The data is from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data and Physicians Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data, unless otherwise noted.

A recent report comparing the salary of orthopedic surgeons to other professionals, such as dentists and lawyers, researchers found orthopedic surgery is less lucrative than the common perception of the profession, according to a Medscape report.

Here are 14 statistics about general orthopedic, hand and joint, orthopedic sports medicine and spine surgeon compensation based on years in practice. The data presented is from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data.

Here are 15 statistics on orthopedic surgeon compensation based on the demographic classification of their community, according to the Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data.

Here are eight statistics on spine and neurosurgeon compensation based on total medical revenue, according to MGMA's Physicians Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data.

Here are five points on the highest and lowest compensating regions of the country for orthopedic surgeons in single-specialty groups, according to data from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data.

Here are eight statistics on spine surgeon compensation, according to MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data.

Pain management was the fourth most common specialty in ambulatory surgery centers with 17 percent of overall case volume, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011. Using compensation data from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data, see how pain management physicians compare with physicians from the other top five ASC specialties by case volume: GI/Endoscopy (29 percent), ophthalmology (17 percent), orthopedics (17 percent) and ENT (8 percent).