44 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 
Dekalb County Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
 
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Gender 
 
% 
 
Male Female 
 
65.3 34.7 
 
Race 
White Black Asian Other 
 
% 73.6 13.6 
7.3 5.6 
 
Ethnicity 
 
% 
 
Hispanic Non-Hispanic 
 
4.7 95.3 
 
Physician Specialty 
 
Age 
< 35 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 
> 64 
 
Addiction Psychiatry Aerospace Medicine Allergy & Immunology Anesthesiology Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular Surgery Colon and Rectal Surgery Dermatology Emergency Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Family Practice Gastroenterology Geriatrics Gynecology Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Nephrology Neurological Surgery Neurology Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Radiology OB/GYN Occupational Medicine Oncology 
 
% 
11.5 15.4 14.7 16.2 14.2 11.3 
6.7 9.9 
 
Medicare 
Yes No 
 
% 69.2 30.8 
 
New 64.7 35.3 
 
Medicaid 
Yes No 
 
% 69.0 31.0 
 
New 63.2 36.8 
 
Managed Care 
Yes No 
 
% 60.6 39.4 
 
Count 
 
Percent 
 
Georgia 
 
9 
 
0.39% 
 
0.14% 
 
2 
 
0.09% 
 
0.07% 
 
9 
 
0.39% 
 
0.52% 
 
91 
 
3.90% 
 
4.48% 
 
78 
 
3.34% 
 
3.40% 
 
17 
 
0.73% 
 
0.51% 
 
1 
 
0.04% 
 
0.20% 
 
30 
 
1.29% 
 
1.47% 
 
71 
 
3.04% 
 
4.84% 
 
28 
 
1.20% 
 
0.65% 
 
190 
 
8.14% 
 
13.25% 
 
35 
 
1.50% 
 
1.84% 
 
10 
 
0.43% 
 
0.18% 
 
28 
 
1.20% 
 
1.47% 
 
9 
 
0.39% 
 
0.19% 
 
74 
 
3.17% 
 
1.11% 
 
277 
 
11.87% 
 
13.13% 
 
22 
 
0.94% 
 
0.68% 
 
35 
 
1.50% 
 
1.32% 
 
17 
 
0.73% 
 
0.69% 
 
56 
 
2.40% 
 
1.71% 
 
5 
 
0.21% 
 
0.06% 
 
3 
 
0.13% 
 
0.06% 
 
78 
 
3.34% 
 
5.47% 
 
14 
 
0.60% 
 
0.51% 
 
35 
 
1.50% 
 
1.29% 
 
 44 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 
 
Dekalb County Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
Ophthalmology Orthopedic Surgery Otolaryngology Pain Medicine Pathology Pediatric Endocrinology Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Pediatric Nephrology Pediatric Neurology Pediatric Radiology Pediatric Surgery Pediatrics Plastic Surgery Preventative Medicine Psychiatry Public Health Pulmonary Diseases Radiology Rheumatology Therapeutic Radiology General Surgery Thoracic Surgery Urology Other Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Specialty Not Specified 
Total Dekalb County Physicians 
Report created by Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, State of Georgia 
 
68 44 23 3 85 3 26 6 5 10 9 235 16 9 180 65 42 96 15 24 59 10 25 25 20 7 
2,334 
 
2.91% 1.89% 0.99% 0.13% 3.64% 0.13% 1.11% 0.26% 0.21% 0.43% 0.39% 10.07% 0.69% 0.39% 7.71% 2.78% 1.80% 4.11% 0.64% 1.03% 2.53% 0.43% 1.07% 1.07% 0.86% 0.30% 
100.00% 
 
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2.34% 3.61% 1.54% 0.66% 1.90% 0.02% 0.29% 0.05% 0.13% 0.13% 0.15% 8.31% 1.19% 0.07% 5.54% 0.62% 1.43% 4.32% 0.44% 0.67% 3.83% 0.36% 1.53% 0.74% 0.66% 0.18%