25 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 
Chatham County Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
 
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Gender 
 
% 
 
Male Female 
 
78.1 21.9 
 
Race 
White Black Asian Other 
 
% 74.4 13.9 
6.6 5.1 
 
Ethnicity 
 
% 
 
Hispanic Non-Hispanic 
 
3.2 96.8 
 
Physician Specialty 
 
Age 
< 35 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 
> 64 
 
Allergy & Immunology Anesthesiology Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular Surgery Colon and Rectal Surgery Dermatology Emergency Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Family Practice Gastroenterology Geriatrics Gynecology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Nephrology Neurological Surgery Neurology Nuclear Medicine OB/GYN Occupational Medicine Oncology Ophthalmology Orthopedic Surgery Otolaryngology Pain Medicine 
 
% 
7.1 12.5 15.4 15.6 14.9 11.6 
8.7 14.2 
 
Medicare 
Yes No 
 
% 81.7 18.3 
 
New 78.4 21.6 
 
Medicaid 
Yes No 
 
% 80.5 19.5 
 
New 71.1 28.9 
 
Managed Care 
Yes No 
 
% 68.6 31.4 
 
Count 
 
Percent 
 
Georgia 
 
6 
 
0.78% 
 
0.52% 
 
36 
 
4.65% 
 
4.48% 
 
31 
 
4.01% 
 
3.40% 
 
7 
 
0.90% 
 
0.51% 
 
4 
 
0.52% 
 
0.20% 
 
11 
 
1.42% 
 
1.47% 
 
44 
 
5.68% 
 
4.84% 
 
4 
 
0.52% 
 
0.65% 
 
87 
 
11.24% 
 
13.25% 
 
18 
 
2.33% 
 
1.84% 
 
2 
 
0.26% 
 
0.18% 
 
16 
 
2.07% 
 
1.47% 
 
6 
 
0.78% 
 
1.11% 
 
78 
 
10.08% 
 
13.13% 
 
8 
 
1.03% 
 
0.68% 
 
8 
 
1.03% 
 
1.32% 
 
9 
 
1.16% 
 
0.69% 
 
13 
 
1.68% 
 
1.71% 
 
1 
 
0.13% 
 
0.06% 
 
35 
 
4.52% 
 
5.47% 
 
2 
 
0.26% 
 
0.51% 
 
6 
 
0.78% 
 
1.29% 
 
24 
 
3.10% 
 
2.34% 
 
30 
 
3.88% 
 
3.61% 
 
12 
 
1.55% 
 
1.54% 
 
2 
 
0.26% 
 
0.66% 
 
 25 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 
 
Chatham County Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
Pathology Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Pediatric Neurology Pediatric Surgery Pediatrics Plastic Surgery Psychiatry Public Health Pulmonary Diseases Radiology Rheumatology Therapeutic Radiology General Surgery Thoracic Surgery Urology Other Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Specialty Not Specified 
Total Chatham County Physicians 
Report created by Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, State of Georgia 
 
11 5 2 2 57 19 36 2 16 52 1 5 37 4 14 6 4 1 
774 
 
1.42% 0.65% 0.26% 0.26% 7.36% 2.45% 4.65% 0.26% 2.07% 6.72% 0.13% 0.65% 4.78% 0.52% 1.81% 0.78% 0.52% 0.13% 
100.00% 
 
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1.90% 0.29% 0.13% 0.15% 8.31% 1.19% 5.54% 0.62% 1.43% 4.32% 0.44% 0.67% 3.83% 0.36% 1.53% 0.74% 0.66% 0.18%