Georgia Physician Workforce: MSA Reports - 2008 
Atlanta Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
 
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Gender 
 
% 
 
Age 
 
Male 68.7 
 
< 35 
 
Female 31.3 
 
35-39 
 
Race 
White Black Asian Other 
Ethnicity 
 
% 73.1 14.1 
7.2 5.6 
% 
 
40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 
> 64 
 
Hispanic Non-Hispanic 
 
4.3 95.7 
 
Physician Specialty 
Addiction Psychiatry 
 
Aerospace Medicine 
 
Allergy & Immunology 
 
Anesthesiology 
 
Bloodbanking 
 
Cardiovascular Diseases 
 
Cardiovascular Surgery 
 
Colon and Rectal Surgery 
 
Dermatology 
 
Emergency Medicine 
 
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 
 
Family Practice 
 
Gastroenterology 
 
Geriatrics 
 
Gynecology 
 
Hand Surgery 
 
Hematology 
 
Immunology 
 
Infectious Disease 
 
Internal Medicine 
 
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 
 
Nephrology 
 
Neurological Surgery 
 
Neurology 
 
Nuclear Medicine 
 
Nuclear Radiology 
 
% 
8.1 15.5 15.3 16.7 16.1 11.3 
7.2 9.8 
 
Medicare 
Yes No 
 
% 74.6 25.4 
 
New 69.7 30.3 
 
Medicaid 
Yes No 
 
% 68.0 32.0 
 
New 60.2 39.8 
 
Managed 
 
Care 
 
% 
 
Yes 72.0 No 28.0 
 
Count 
17 
 
Percent 
0.16% 
 
Georgia 
0.14% 
 
7 
 
0.07% 
 
0.07% 
 
47 
 
0.45% 
 
0.52% 
 
472 
 
4.47% 
 
4.48% 
 
2 
 
0.02% 
 
0.01% 
 
365 
 
3.46% 
 
3.40% 
 
44 
 
0.42% 
 
0.51% 
 
25 
 
0.24% 
 
0.20% 
 
175 
 
1.66% 
 
1.47% 
 
471 
 
4.46% 
 
4.84% 
 
85 
 
0.81% 
 
0.65% 
 
1,083 
 
10.26% 
 
13.25% 
 
211 
 
2.00% 
 
1.84% 
 
15 
 
0.14% 
 
0.18% 
 
180 
 
1.70% 
 
1.47% 
 
2 
 
0.02% 
 
0.01% 
 
26 
 
0.25% 
 
0.19% 
 
1 
 
0.01% 
 
0.01% 
 
167 
 
1.58% 
 
1.11% 
 
1,458 
 
13.81% 
 
13.13% 
 
77 
 
0.73% 
 
0.68% 
 
128 
 
1.21% 
 
1.32% 
 
60 
 
0.57% 
 
0.69% 
 
187 
 
1.77% 
 
1.71% 
 
6 
 
0.06% 
 
0.06% 
 
10 
 
0.09% 
 
0.06% 
 
 Georgia Physician Workforce: MSA Reports - 2008 
 
Atlanta Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
OB/GYN Occupational Medicine Oncology Ophthalmology Orthopedic Surgery Otolaryngology Pain Medicine Pathology Pediatric Endocrinology Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Pediatric Nephrology Pediatric Neurology Pediatric Radiology Pediatric Surgery Pediatrics Plastic Surgery Preventative Medicine Psychiatry Public Health Pulmonary Diseases Radiology Rheumatology Therapeutic Radiology General Surgery Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Thoracic Surgery Urology Other Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Specialty Not Specified 
Total Atlanta Physicians 
Report created by Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, State of Georgia 
 
579 73 
138 249 352 161 
79 197 
3 40 6 15 20 21 1,007 132 12 609 103 162 426 50 71 351 1 43 143 86 87 21 
10,558 
 
5.48% 0.69% 1.31% 2.36% 3.33% 1.52% 0.75% 1.87% 0.03% 0.38% 0.06% 0.14% 0.19% 0.20% 9.54% 1.25% 0.11% 5.77% 0.98% 1.53% 4.03% 0.47% 0.67% 3.32% 0.01% 0.41% 1.35% 0.81% 0.82% 0.20% 
100.00% 
 
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5.47% 0.51% 1.29% 2.34% 3.61% 1.54% 0.66% 1.90% 0.02% 0.29% 0.05% 0.13% 0.13% 0.15% 8.31% 1.19% 0.07% 5.54% 0.62% 1.43% 4.32% 0.44% 0.67% 3.83% 0.01% 0.36% 1.53% 0.74% 0.66% 0.18%