Georgia Physician Workforce: MSA Reports - 2002 
 
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Atlanta Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
 
Gender 
 
% 
 
Age 
 
Male 76.4 
 
< 35 
 
Female 23.6 
 
35-39 
 
Race 
White Black Asian Other 
Ethnicity 
 
% 76.0 14.2 
6.5 3.3 
% 
 
40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 
> 64 
 
Hispanic Non-Hispanic 
 
3.8 96.2 
 
Physician Specialty 
Addiction Psychiatry Aerospace Medicine Allergy & Immunology Anesthesiology Bloodbanking Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular Surgery Clinical Pathology Colon & Rectal Surgery Dermatology Dermatopathology Diagnostic Radiology Emergency Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Family Practice Forensic Pathology Gastroenterology Geriatrics Gynecology Hand Surgery Hematology Immunology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Nephrology 
 
% 5.4 14.0 17.5 18.6 16.0 10.1 5.9 10.2 
Count 
37 12 54 428 5 223 39 7 30 159 6 121 393 50 879 9 106 32 75 3 5 3 117 1,403 36 66 
 
Medicare 
Yes No 
 
% 77.1 22.9 
 
Medicaid 
Yes No 
 
% 72.6 27.4 
 
Managed 
 
Care 
 
% 
 
Yes 75.1 No 24.9 
 
Percent 
0.41% 
 
Georgia 
0.40% 
 
0.13% 
 
0.09% 
 
0.60% 
 
0.65% 
 
4.74% 
 
4.64% 
 
0.06% 
 
0.03% 
 
2.47% 
 
2.23% 
 
0.43% 
 
0.35% 
 
0.08% 
 
0.06% 
 
0.33% 
 
0.31% 
 
1.76% 
 
1.50% 
 
0.07% 
 
0.05% 
 
1.34% 
 
1.65% 
 
4.35% 
 
4.58% 
 
0.55% 
 
0.42% 
 
9.73% 
 
13.18% 
 
0.10% 
 
0.07% 
 
1.17% 
 
1.09% 
 
0.35% 
 
0.38% 
 
0.83% 
 
0.72% 
 
0.03% 
 
0.02% 
 
0.06% 
 
0.06% 
 
0.03% 
 
0.02% 
 
1.29% 
 
0.81% 
 
15.53% 
 
15.22% 
 
0.40% 
 
0.37% 
 
0.73% 
 
0.75% 
 
 Georgia Physician Workforce: MSA Reports - 2002 
 
Atlanta Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
Neurological Surgery Neurology Neuropathology Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Radiology OB/GYN Occupational Medicine Oncology Opthalmology Orthopedic Surgery Otolaryngology Pain Medicine Pathology Pediatric Endocrinology Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Pediatric Nephrology Pediatric Neurology Pediatric Radiology Pediatric Surgery Pediatrics Plastic Surgery Preventive Medicine Psychiatry Public Health Pulmonary Diseases Radiology Rheumatology Therapeutic Radiology General Surgery Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Thoracic Surgery Traumatic Surgery Urology Other 
Total Atlanta Physicians 
Report created by Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, State of Georgia 
 
58 163 
5 9 5 617 53 94 222 298 134 48 202 7 18 3 15 15 14 940 105 61 522 62 82 247 34 51 348 2 56 3 136 109 
9,036 
 
0.64% 1.80% 0.06% 0.10% 0.06% 6.83% 0.59% 1.04% 2.46% 3.30% 1.48% 0.53% 2.24% 0.08% 0.20% 0.03% 0.17% 0.17% 0.15% 10.40% 1.16% 0.68% 5.78% 0.69% 0.91% 2.73% 0.38% 0.56% 3.85% 0.02% 0.62% 0.03% 1.51% 1.21% 
100.00% 
 
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0.72% 1.67% 0.05% 0.08% 0.07% 6.90% 0.42% 0.91% 2.41% 3.57% 1.50% 0.41% 2.31% 0.04% 0.15% 0.02% 0.16% 0.10% 0.10% 9.07% 1.11% 0.49% 5.43% 0.42% 0.87% 2.68% 0.32% 0.55% 4.40% 0.04% 0.56% 0.02% 1.59% 1.21%