Georgia Physician Workforce: AHEC Reports - 2006 
Blue Ridge Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
 
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Gender 
 
% 
 
Age 
 
Male 75.5 
 
< 35 
 
Female 24.5 
 
35-39 
 
Race 
White Black Asian Other 
Ethnicity 
 
% 73.5 13.7 
8.6 4.2 
% 
 
40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 
> 64 
 
Hispanic Non-Hispanic 
 
4.7 95.3 
 
Physician Specialty 
Addiction Psychiatry Aerospace Medicine Allergy & Immunology Anesthesiology Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular Surgery Colon & Rectal Surgery Dermatology Emergency Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Family Practice Gastroenterology Geriatrics Gynecology Hand Surgery Immunology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Nephrology Neurological Surgery Neurology OB/GYN Occupational Medicine Oncology Opthalmology 
 
% 7.3 16.7 16.8 16.8 15.9 11.0 5.4 8.2 
Count 
3 3 11 113 77 7 5 41 123 12 484 48 5 41 5 1 17 357 7 32 12 30 156 15 33 56 
 
Medicare 
Yes No 
 
% 82.7 17.3 
 
Medicaid 
Yes No 
 
% 79.3 20.7 
 
Managed 
 
Care 
 
% 
 
Yes 79.4 No 20.6 
 
Percent 
0.11% 
 
Georgia 
0.33% 
 
0.11% 
 
0.07% 
 
0.41% 
 
0.65% 
 
4.23% 
 
4.72% 
 
2.88% 
 
2.36% 
 
0.26% 
 
0.36% 
 
0.19% 
 
0.28% 
 
1.53% 
 
1.57% 
 
4.60% 
 
4.77% 
 
0.45% 
 
0.45% 
 
18.10% 
 
13.09% 
 
1.80% 
 
1.18% 
 
0.19% 
 
0.42% 
 
1.53% 
 
0.63% 
 
0.19% 
 
0.02% 
 
0.04% 
 
0.03% 
 
0.64% 
 
0.85% 
 
13.35% 
 
15.14% 
 
0.26% 
 
0.43% 
 
1.20% 
 
0.85% 
 
0.45% 
 
0.74% 
 
1.12% 
 
1.74% 
 
5.83% 
 
6.69% 
 
0.56% 
 
0.44% 
 
1.23% 
 
1.03% 
 
2.09% 
 
2.32% 
 
 Georgia Physician Workforce: AHEC Reports - 2006 
 
Blue Ridge Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
Orthopedic Surgery Otolaryngology Pain Medicine Pathology Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Pediatric Neurology Pediatrics Plastic Surgery Preventive Medicine Psychiatry Public Health Pulmonary Diseases Radiology Rheumatology Therapeutic Radiology General Surgery Thoracic Surgery Urology Other Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Pulmonary Diseases 
Total Blue Ridge Physicians 
Report created by Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, State of Georgia 
 
108 45 26 28 1 2 
253 30 3 
127 5 36 95 10 16 98 8 39 26 22 2 
2,674 
 
4.04% 1.68% 0.97% 1.05% 0.04% 0.07% 9.46% 1.12% 0.11% 4.75% 0.19% 1.35% 3.55% 0.37% 0.60% 3.66% 0.30% 1.46% 0.97% 0.82% 0.07% 
100.00% 
 
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3.49% 1.55% 0.39% 2.26% 0.16% 0.15% 9.07% 1.15% 0.40% 5.22% 0.43% 0.94% 2.32% 0.36% 0.54% 4.19% 0.54% 1.47% 1.34% 0.14%