- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Trends psychiatry physicians Georgia
- Creator:
- Georgia. Board for Physician Workforce
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Board for Physician Workforce
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Department of Transportation. Office of Utilities
- Date of Original:
- 2017-10
- Subject:
- Psychiatrists--Supply and demand--Georgia
Psychiatrists--Georgia--Statistics - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- publications (documents)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- External Identifiers:
- OCLC 1230498438
NZ MMS ID 9922277654302931
Call Number C910 .M1 2017 P7 - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bc910-b-pm1-b2017-bp7-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bc910-b-pm1-b2017-bp7-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
TRENDS PSYCHIATRY PHYSICIANS
GEORGIA
SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF PSYCHIATRISTS
Board Certified Psychiatrists
Rate of Psychiatrists per 100,000 Population
Georgia Rate decreased 4.5%
National Rate increased 13.0%
There was an increase in physicians becoming board certified from 1996 to 2015.
1996: 61.1% of psychiatrists were board certified compared to 73.4% of total physicians.
2006: 71.0% of psychiatrists were board certified compared to 83.2% of total physicians.
2015: 80.3% of psychiatrists were board certified compared to 87.4% of total
In 2015 there was 1,097 psychiatrists practicing in Georgia.
Georgia's psychiatrist rate per 100,000 was 11.2 in 2006 and 10.7 in 2015, a decrease of 4.5%.
The national rate for psychiatrists was 13.8 in 2006 and 15.6 in 2015, an increase of 13.0%.
DISTRIBUTION OF PSYCHIATRY PHYSICIANS MSA V/S NON - MSA
There are more psychiatrists practicing in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), this has
been the trend since 2004. In 2015 psychiatrists practicing in MSAs represented 91% of the
psychiatry physician workforce. The number of psychiatrists in Non-Metropolitan Statistical
Areas decreased by 51.9% from 2004-2015.
PERCENT OF PSYCHIATRIC PHYSICIANS BY YEAR GEORGIA MSA/NON-MSA
The number of psychiatrists practicing in Non-MSAs decreased by 51.9% from 2004 to 2015.
DESIGNATION
2004
2006
2015
MSA
81.3%
88.0%
91.0%
NON-MSA
18.7%
12.0%
9.0%
Source Data: 2015 Licensure Renewals
DEMOGRAPHICS
Distribution of Psychiatric Physicians by Gender
Distribution of Psychiatric Physicians by Race
Since 1996, there has been a 43.9% increase in the number of female psychiatric physicians practicing in Georgia. Additionally, the percentage of black psychiatrists has increased by 86.4% and Asian by 83.3%. The number of white psychiatrists has decreased by 24.4% since 1996.
Percentage of Psychiatry Physicians and Total Physicians age 55 and Older 1996 - 2015
The percentage of psychiatry physicians age 55 and older increased by 65.2% from 1996 to 2015.
Total physicians age 55 and older increased by 69.5% from 1996 to 2015.
NUMBER AND RATE PSYCHIATRY PHYSICIANS
Georgia has experienced a 33.3% increase in the actual number of psychiatrists from 1996 to
2015. Due to population increases the *rate per 100,000 population for psychiatry physicians
has declined in Georgia by 6.1%.
Rate per 100,000
Population
Source Data: 2015 Licensure Renewals
*Rate is based on 100,000 population
GEORGIA COUNTIES WITH NO PSYCHIATRISTS
There are 82 counties in Georgia with no psychiatry physicians. Counties with no psychiatry physicians = blue Counties with psychiatry physicians = white Source Data: 2015 Licensure Renewals
For Questions or Information Contact: Georgia Board for Physician Workforce
2 Peachtree St., NW, 36th Floor Atlanta, Georgia 30303 www.gbpw.Georgia.gov
Email: GBPW@dch.ga.gov Twitter: @GaPhysicianWork
Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, 2 Peachtree Street, NW, 36th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, www.gbpw.georgia.ga.gov LaSharn Hughes, MBA, Executive Director. Andrea Pass, MBA and G.E. Alan Dever, M.D., Ph.D., contributors.