Georgia Physician Workforce: AHEC Reports - 2004 
Blue Ridge Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
 
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Gender 
 
% 
 
Age 
 
Male 82.2 
 
< 35 
 
Female 17.8 
 
35-39 
 
Race 
White Black Asian Other 
Ethnicity 
 
% 80.8 
9.4 6.2 3.7 
% 
 
40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 
> 64 
 
Hispanic Non-Hispanic 
 
3.6 96.4 
 
Physician Specialty 
Addiction Psychiatry Aerospace Medicine Allergy & Immunology Anesthesiology Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular Surgery Clinical Pathology Colon & Rectal Surgery Dermatology Dermatopathology Diagnostic Radiology Emergency Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Family Practice Gastroenterology Geriatrics Gynecology Hand Surgery Hematology Immunology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Nephrology Neurological Surgery Neurology 
 
% 8.8 15.3 16.9 17.9 16.1 9.7 5.8 8.3 
Count 
10 1 21 109 50 12 2 3 34 1 45 115 7 417 26 9 19 1 5 2 13 354 4 18 13 23 
 
Medicare 
Yes No 
 
% 82.6 17.4 
 
Medicaid 
Yes No 
 
% 80.2 19.8 
 
Managed 
 
Care 
 
% 
 
Yes 79.4 No 20.6 
 
Percent 
0.41% 
 
Georgia 
0.33% 
 
0.04% 
 
0.07% 
 
0.87% 
 
0.65% 
 
4.49% 
 
4.72% 
 
2.06% 
 
2.36% 
 
0.49% 
 
0.36% 
 
0.08% 
 
0.08% 
 
0.12% 
 
0.28% 
 
1.40% 
 
1.57% 
 
0.04% 
 
0.05% 
 
1.85% 
 
1.92% 
 
4.74% 
 
4.77% 
 
0.29% 
 
0.45% 
 
17.18% 
 
13.09% 
 
1.07% 
 
1.18% 
 
0.37% 
 
0.42% 
 
0.78% 
 
0.63% 
 
0.04% 
 
0.02% 
 
0.21% 
 
0.06% 
 
0.08% 
 
0.03% 
 
0.54% 
 
0.85% 
 
14.59% 
 
15.14% 
 
0.16% 
 
0.43% 
 
0.74% 
 
0.85% 
 
0.54% 
 
0.74% 
 
0.95% 
 
1.74% 
 
 Georgia Physician Workforce: AHEC Reports - 2004 
 
Blue Ridge Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
OB/GYN Occupational Medicine Oncology Opthalmology Orthopedic Surgery Otolaryngology Pain Medicine Pathology Pediatric Neurology Pediatric Radiology Pediatrics Plastic Surgery Preventive Medicine Psychiatry Public Health Pulmonary Diseases Radiology Rheumatology Therapeutic Radiology General Surgery Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Thoracic Surgery Urology Other Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 
Total Blue Ridge Physicians 
Report created by Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, State of Georgia 
 
171 12 21 45 
100 43 14 37 3 1 
242 24 8 
110 3 30 60 6 8 
100 1 7 30 29 8 
2,427 
 
7.05% 0.49% 0.87% 1.85% 4.12% 1.77% 0.58% 1.52% 0.12% 0.04% 9.97% 0.99% 0.33% 4.53% 0.12% 1.24% 2.47% 0.25% 0.33% 4.12% 0.04% 0.29% 1.24% 1.19% 0.33% 
100.00% 
 
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6.69% 0.44% 1.03% 2.32% 3.49% 1.55% 0.39% 2.26% 0.15% 0.07% 9.07% 1.15% 0.40% 5.22% 0.43% 0.94% 2.32% 0.36% 0.54% 4.19% 0.04% 0.54% 1.47% 1.34% 0.14%