43 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2002 
Decatur County Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
 
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Gender 
 
% 
 
Age 
 
Male 80.2 
 
< 35 
 
Female 19.8 
 
35-39 
 
Race 
White Black Asian Other 
Ethnicity 
 
% 68.7 14.5 
8.4 8.4 
% 
 
40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 
> 64 
 
Hispanic Non-Hispanic 
 
3.4 96.6 
 
Physician Specialty 
Allergy & Immunology Anesthesiology Cardiovascular Diseases Dermatology Emergency Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Family Practice Forensic Pathology Gastroenterology Geriatrics Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Nuclear Radiology OB/GYN Oncology Orthopedic Surgery Otolaryngology Pathology Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Pediatrics Psychiatry Pulmonary Diseases Radiology Rheumatology Therapeutic Radiology 
 
% 6.7 19.1 24.7 19.1 11.2 7.9 2.2 7.9 
Count 
1 1 3 1 2 1 9 1 3 2 22 2 1 1 5 1 8 1 4 1 8 9 1 1 1 1 
 
Medicare 
Yes No 
 
% 84.0 16.0 
 
Medicaid 
Yes No 
 
% 84.0 16.0 
 
Managed 
 
Care 
 
% 
 
Yes 63.0 No 37.0 
 
Percent 
1.01% 
 
Georgia 
0.65% 
 
1.01% 
 
4.64% 
 
3.03% 
 
2.23% 
 
1.01% 
 
1.50% 
 
2.02% 
 
4.58% 
 
1.01% 
 
0.42% 
 
9.09% 
 
13.18% 
 
1.01% 
 
0.07% 
 
3.03% 
 
1.09% 
 
2.02% 
 
0.38% 
 
22.22% 
 
15.22% 
 
2.02% 
 
0.75% 
 
1.01% 
 
1.67% 
 
1.01% 
 
0.07% 
 
5.05% 
 
6.90% 
 
1.01% 
 
0.91% 
 
8.08% 
 
3.57% 
 
1.01% 
 
1.50% 
 
4.04% 
 
2.31% 
 
1.01% 
 
0.15% 
 
8.08% 
 
9.07% 
 
9.09% 
 
5.43% 
 
1.01% 
 
0.87% 
 
1.01% 
 
2.68% 
 
1.01% 
 
0.32% 
 
1.01% 
 
0.55% 
 
 43 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2002 
 
Decatur County Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
 
General Surgery Thoracic Surgery Urology Other 
 
3 
 
3.03% 
 
1 
 
1.01% 
 
1 
 
1.01% 
 
3 
 
3.03% 
 
Total Decatur County Physicians 
 
99 100.00% 
 
Report created by Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, State of Georgia 
 
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4.40% 0.56% 1.59% 1.21%