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.