33 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 
Cobb County Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
 
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Gender 
 
% 
 
Male Female 
 
71.9 28.1 
 
Race 
White Black Asian Other 
 
% 72.4 12.7 
9.0 5.9 
 
Ethnicity 
 
% 
 
Hispanic Non-Hispanic 
 
5.0 95.0 
 
Physician Specialty 
 
Age 
< 35 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 
> 64 
 
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 Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Nephrology Neurological Surgery Neurology Nuclear Radiology OB/GYN Occupational Medicine Oncology Ophthalmology 
 
% 
5.9 16.2 14.7 16.7 17.4 11.6 
7.3 10.3 
 
Medicare 
Yes No 
 
% 78.5 21.5 
 
New 72.6 27.4 
 
Medicaid 
Yes No 
 
% 67.9 32.1 
 
New 55.0 45.0 
 
Managed Care 
Yes No 
 
% 81.0 19.0 
 
Count 
 
Percent 
 
Georgia 
 
3 
 
0.24% 
 
0.14% 
 
1 
 
0.08% 
 
0.07% 
 
8 
 
0.65% 
 
0.52% 
 
59 
 
4.82% 
 
4.48% 
 
1 
 
0.08% 
 
0.01% 
 
47 
 
3.84% 
 
3.40% 
 
1 
 
0.08% 
 
0.51% 
 
4 
 
0.33% 
 
0.20% 
 
25 
 
2.04% 
 
1.47% 
 
58 
 
4.73% 
 
4.84% 
 
8 
 
0.65% 
 
0.65% 
 
134 
 
10.94% 
 
13.25% 
 
23 
 
1.88% 
 
1.84% 
 
1 
 
0.08% 
 
0.18% 
 
19 
 
1.55% 
 
1.47% 
 
12 
 
0.98% 
 
1.11% 
 
157 
 
12.82% 
 
13.13% 
 
5 
 
0.41% 
 
0.68% 
 
16 
 
1.31% 
 
1.32% 
 
6 
 
0.49% 
 
0.69% 
 
18 
 
1.47% 
 
1.71% 
 
2 
 
0.16% 
 
0.06% 
 
77 
 
6.29% 
 
5.47% 
 
10 
 
0.82% 
 
0.51% 
 
22 
 
1.80% 
 
1.29% 
 
25 
 
2.04% 
 
2.34% 
 
 33 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 
 
Cobb County Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
Orthopedic Surgery Otolaryngology Pain Medicine Pathology Pediatric Neurology Pediatric Radiology 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 Cobb County Physicians 
Report created by Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, State of Georgia 
 
50 20 19 23 1 1 118 16 63 2 25 43 4 8 37 5 17 14 14 3 
1,225 
 
4.08% 1.63% 1.55% 1.88% 0.08% 0.08% 9.63% 1.31% 5.14% 0.16% 2.04% 3.51% 0.33% 0.65% 3.02% 0.41% 1.39% 1.14% 1.14% 0.24% 
100.00% 
 
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3.61% 1.54% 0.66% 1.90% 0.13% 0.13% 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%