PHYSICIANS BY SPECIALTY BY COUNTY, GEORGIA, 2002 Number, Rate and Rank
NUMBER OF PHYSICIANS BY SPECIALTY 1
County
Population
PRIMARY CARE (Generalists)
OB/GYN
TOTAL General Surgery ALL
SPEC.
Family Practice Internal Medicine Pediatrics
Appling
2002
# Rate2 Rank3 # Rate Rank # Rate Rank
17,650
4 22.7 80 4 22.7 43 2 11.3 42
Atkinson
7,712
1 13.0 113 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82
Bacon
10,055
2 19.9 91 1 9.9 87 1 9.9 50
Baker
4,025
0 0.0 128 2 49.7 7 0 0.0 82
Baldwin
44,787 22 49.1 16 18 40.2 14 10 22.3 10
Banks
15,123
1 6.6 124 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82
Barrow
51,016 14 27.4 63 6 11.8 78 6 11.8 38
Bartow
82,607 22 26.6 66 8 9.7 88 5 6.1 64
Ben Hill
17,450
9 51.6 13 2 11.5 80 2 11.5 41
Berrien
16,285
6 36.8 36 2 12.3 75 0 0.0 82
Bibb
154,824 74 47.8 18 78 50.4 5 46 29.7 4
Bleckley
11,855
6 50.6 14 3 25.3 34 1 8.4 57
Brantley
15,060
1 6.6 124 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82
Brooks
16,428
3 18.3 95 1 6.1 103 1 6.1 64
Bryan
25,256
6 23.8 76 4 15.8 64 2 7.9 58
Bulloch
57,307 16 10.2 117 5 8.7 94 7 12.2 36
Burke
22,794
6 26.3 68 2 8.8 93 1 4.4 75
Butts
21,346
2 9.4 120 7 32.8 22 1 4.7 72
Calhoun
6,395
5 78.2 1 2 31.3 24 0 0.0 82
Camden
44,702
5 11.2 116 5 11.2 82 5 11.2 43
Candler
9,764
6 61.5 5 2 20.5 48 0 0.0 82
Carroll
94,907 23 24.2 74 18 19.0 51 12 12.6 35
Catoosa
56,341
8 14.2 108 13 23.1 42 6 10.6 45
Charlton
10,533
3 28.5 61 2 19.0 51 1 9.5 52
Chatham
233,702 85 36.4 38 108 46.2 8 58 24.8 9
Chattahoochee
15,440
6 38.9 27 1 6.5 101 0 0.0 82
Chattooga
26,161
8 30.6 55 1 3.8 110 0 0.0 82
Cherokee
159,295 29 18.2 96 15 9.4 89 16 10.0 49
Clarke
103,881 37 35.6 39 35 33.7 20 20 19.3 15
Clay
3,392
1 29.5 58 1 29.5 27 0 0.0 82
Clayton
252,733 39 15.4 103 44 17.4 58 38 15.0 29
Clinch
6,904
2 29.0 60 1 14.5 70 0 0.0 82
Cobb
651,485 107 16.4 101 161 24.7 37 123 18.9 16
Coffee
38,298 10 26.1 69 8 20.9 47 4 10.4 46
Colquitt
42,802 15 35.0 40 9 21.0 46 5 11.7 39
Columbia
94,958 24 25.3 72 4 4.2 108 5 5.3 68
1 Source: State Board of Medical Examiners, Georgia Physician Survey, 2002
2 Rate per 100,000 population
3 Ranked by Rate
# Rate Rank 4 22.7 7 0 0.0 72 1 9.9 44 0 0.0 72 9 20.1 11 0 0.0 72 3 5.9 56 5 6.1 55 1 5.7 57 0 0.0 72
49 31.6 3 1 8.4 51 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 5 19.8 13 8 14.0 31 1 4.4 63 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 4 8.9 48 0 0.0 72
11 11.6 40 8 14.2 30 0 0.0 72
48 20.5 10 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72
15 9.4 47 30 28.9 5
0 0.0 72 22 8.7 49
0 0.0 72 78 12.0 38
6 15.7 24 3 7.0 52 1 1.1 71
# Rate Rank 1 5.7 49 0 0.0 71 1 9.9 24 0 0.0 71 7 15.6 9 0 0.0 71 1 2.0 68 4 4.8 55 0 0.0 71 1 6.1 46
33 21.3 3 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 3 5.2 51 1 4.4 58 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 4 8.9 31 2 20.5 4 5 5.3 50 4 7.1 39 0 0.0 71
37 15.8 8 3 19.4 5 0 0.0 71 5 3.1 63
12 11.6 19 0 0.0 71
12 4.7 56 0 0.0 71
39 6.0 47 5 13.1 14 3 7.0 40 2 2.1 66
# 22 1 10 2
136 1
43 81 21 11 570 15
1 5 22 80 16 15 10 60 12 129 83 16 677 18 10 135 322 3 344 6 1,043 56 58 64
PHYSICIANS BY SPECIALTY BY COUNTY, GEORGIA, 2002 Number, Rate and Rank
NUMBER OF PHYSICIANS BY SPECIALTY 1
County
Population
PRIMARY CARE (Generalists)
OB/GYN
TOTAL General Surgery ALL
SPEC.
Family Practice Internal Medicine Pediatrics
2002
# Rate2 Rank3 # Rate Rank # Rate Rank
Cook
16,122
8 49.6 15 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82
Coweta
97,771 14 14.3 107 20 20.5 48 9 9.2 53
Crawford
12,509
1 8.0 123 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82
Crisp
22,018
7 31.8 50 4 18.2 54 2 9.1 54
Dade
15,615
5 32.0 48 3 19.2 50 1 6.4 63
Dawson
17,538
3 17.1 100 2 11.4 81 1 5.7 66
Decatur
28,243
9 31.9 49 22 77.9 1 8 28.3 5
DeKalb
676,996 148 21.9 85 307 45.3 10 229 33.8 3
Dodge
19,047
5 26.3 68 5 26.3 33 3 15.8 25
Dooly
11,505
4 34.8 42 2 17.4 58 1 8.7 56
Dougherty
95,875 28 29.2 59 48 50.1 6 21 21.9 11
Douglas
98,650 11 11.2 116 22 22.3 44 15 15.2 27
Early
12,172
7 57.5 10 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82
Echols
3,842
0 0.0 128 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82
Effingham
40,832
9 22.4 81 5 12.2 76 0 0.0 82
Elbert
20,667
7 33.9 44 6 4.8 105 0 0.0 82
Emanuel
22,099
6 27.2 64 4 18.1 55 0 0.0 82
Evans
11,095
3 27.0 65 1 9.0 92 3 27.0 7
Fannin
20,986
9 42.9 21 5 23.8 39 1 4.8 71
Fayette
96,611 23 23.8 76 32 33.1 21 17 17.6 18
Floyd
92,606 56 60.5 6 34 36.7 16 13 14.0 31
Forsyth
116,924 21 18.0 97 15 12.8 74 15 12.8 34
Franklin
20,778 11 52.9 11 3 14.4 71 3 14.4 30
Fulton
825,431 204 24.7 73 555 67.2 3 292 35.4 2
Gilmer
25,203
8 31.7 51 3 11.9 77 2 7.9 58
Glascock
2,598
1 38.5 29 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82
Glynn
69,036 20 29.0 60 30 43.5 11 8 11.6 40
Gordon
46,531 18 38.7 28 5 10.7 84 3 6.4 63
Grady
23,838
5 21.0 89 4 16.8 60 4 16.8 20
Greene
15,101
7 46.4 19 2 13.2 73 0 0.0 82
Gwinnett
650,771 117 18.0 97 101 15.5 66 109 16.7 21
Habersham
37,979
8 21.1 88 9 23.7 40 2 5.3 68
Hall
152,235 34 22.3 82 48 31.5 23 24 15.8 25
Hancock
10,026
2 19.9 91 0 0.0 114 1 9.9 50
Haralson
26,755 10 37.4 32 1 3.7 111 2 7.5 60
Harris
25,092
5 4.0 126 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82
1 Source: State Board of Medical Examiners, Georgia Physician Survey, 2002
2 Rate per 100,000 population
3 Ranked by Rate
# Rate Rank # Rate Rank 1 6.2 54 0 0.0 71 6 6.1 55 7 7.2 38 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 71 4 18.2 17 2 9.1 29 0 0.0 72 1 6.4 44 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 71 5 3.5 66 3 10.6 21
87 12.9 35 67 9.9 24 5 26.3 6 2 10.5 22 1 8.7 49 0 0.0 71
20 20.9 8 15 15.6 9 13 13.2 34 5 5.1 52
0 0.0 72 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 72 2 4.9 54 2 9.7 45 1 4.8 55 1 4.5 62 2 9.0 30 2 18.0 18 1 9.0 30 0 0.0 72 2 9.5 26 13 13.5 32 6 6.2 45 15 16.2 21 11 11.9 18 2 1.7 70 6 5.1 53 2 9.6 46 1 4.8 55 271 32.8 2 143 17.3 7 0 0.0 72 1 4.0 60 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 71 12 17.4 19 12 17.4 6 7 15.0 27 2 2.1 67 1 4.2 64 2 8.4 33 3 19.9 12 1 6.6 43 56 8.6 50 22 3.4 62 6 15.8 23 4 10.5 22 16 10.5 42 15 9.9 24 1 9.9 44 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 72 1 3.7 61 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 71
# 12
109 1
27 12
8 99 2,173 31
9 265 112
10 0
23 21 18 12 22 155 259 92 25 3,369 23
1 176
49 20 15 744 46 295
5 22
5
PHYSICIANS BY SPECIALTY BY COUNTY, GEORGIA, 2002 Number, Rate and Rank
NUMBER OF PHYSICIANS BY SPECIALTY 1
County
Population
PRIMARY CARE (Generalists)
OB/GYN
TOTAL General Surgery ALL
SPEC.
Family Practice Internal Medicine Pediatrics
2002
# Rate2 Rank3 # Rate Rank # Rate Rank
Hart
23,249
7 30.1 57 4 17.2 59 0 0.0 82
Heard
11,340
2 8.8 121 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82
Henry
139,699 31 22.2 83 15 10.7 84 19 13.6 33
Houston
116,768 26 22.3 82 29 24.8 36 14 12.0 37
Irwin
9,945
1 10.1 118 1 10.1 87 1 10.1 48
Jackson
45,374
7 15.4 103 6 13.2 73 2 4.4 75
Jasper
12,283
4 32.6 46 2 16.3 61 0 0.0 82
Jeff Davis
12,910
8 62.0 4 1 7.7 96 1 7.7 59
Jefferson
17,138
5 29.2 59 4 23.3 41 1 5.8 65
Jenkins
8,647
0 0.0 128 3 34.7 19 0 0.0 82
Johnson
8,676
2 23.1 78 2 23.1 42 0 0.0 82
Jones
24,492
3 4.1 125 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82
Lamar
16,442
6 36.5 37 1 6.1 103 1 6.1 64
Lanier
7,216
1 13.8 109 2 27.7 30 0 0.0 82
Laurens
45,890 18 39.2 26 23 50.1 6 8 17.4 19
Lee
27,382
1 3.6 127 1 3.6 112 1 3.6 79
Liberty
61,749
9 14.6 105 11 17.8 56 10 16.2 23
Lincoln
8,459
1 11.8 114 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82
Long
10,761
0 0.0 128 1 9.3 90 0 0.0 82
Lowndes
93,658 24 25.6 71 27 28.8 28 12 12.8 34
Lumpkin
22,665
5 22.1 84 2 8.8 93 1 4.4 75
Macon
14,062
6 42.7 22 4 28.4 29 1 7.1 61
Madison
26,717
3 11.2 116 2 7.5 98 2 7.5 60
Marion
7,238
2 27.6 62 1 13.8 72 1 13.8 32
McDuffie
21,438
8 37.3 33 5 23.3 41 1 4.7 72
McIntosh
11,150
2 17.9 98 0 0.0 114 1 9.0 55
Meriwether
22,623
9 39.8 25 1 4.4 107 1 4.4 75
Miller
6,400
5 78.1 2 1 15.6 65 1 15.6 26
Mitchell
23,974
8 33.4 45 1 4.2 108 1 4.2 76
Monroe
22,675
6 26.5 67 2 8.8 93 0 0.0 82
Montgomery
8,397
2 23.8 76 3 35.7 17 0 0.0 82
Morgan
16,301
3 18.4 94 2 12.3 75 1 6.1 64
Murray
38,544
5 13.0 113 4 10.4 85 0 0.0 82
Muscogee
185,948 98 52.7 12 57 30.7 26 28 15.1 28
Newton
71,594
8 11.2 116 11 15.4 67 6 8.4 57
Oconee
27,264
7 25.7 70 5 18.3 53 5 18.3 17
1 Source: State Board of Medical Examiners, Georgia Physician Survey, 2002 2 Rate per 100,000 population 3 Ranked by Rate
# Rate Rank 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72
15 10.7 41 14 12.0 38
1 10.1 43 2 4.4 63 0 0.0 72 2 15.5 26 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 9 19.6 14 0 0.0 72 6 9.7 45 2 11.8 39 0 0.0 72 10 10.7 41 1 4.4 63 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 1 4.7 61 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 1 15.6 25 3 12.5 36 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 1 2.6 68 27 14.5 29 4 5.6 58 0 0.0 72
# Rate Rank 3 12.9 15 0 0.0 71
11 7.9 34 8 6.9 41 0 0.0 71 1 2.2 65 0 0.0 71 1 7.7 36 1 5.8 48 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 1 13.8 13 6 13.1 14 0 0.0 71 1 1.6 69 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 9 9.6 25 2 8.8 32 1 7.1 39 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 1 4.7 56 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 1 15.6 9 1 4.2 59 2 8.8 32 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 1 2.6 64
23 12.4 17 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71
# 19 2
154 164
4 25
8 14 13
3 4 6 9 6 111 5 67 3 1 177 20 18 7 4 22 7 17 9 16 14 5 7 13 467 60 25
PHYSICIANS BY SPECIALTY BY COUNTY, GEORGIA, 2002 Number, Rate and Rank
NUMBER OF PHYSICIANS BY SPECIALTY 1
County
Population
PRIMARY CARE (Generalists)
OB/GYN
TOTAL General Surgery ALL
SPEC.
Family Practice Internal Medicine Pediatrics
2002
# Rate2 Rank3 # Rate Rank # Rate Rank
Oglethorpe
13,176
3 22.8 79 1 7.6 97 0 0.0 82
Paulding
94,184
8 8.5 122 3 3.2 113 3 3.2 80
Peach
24,224
9 37.2 34 1 4.1 109 0 0.0 82
Pickens
25,619
6 23.4 77 3 11.7 79 1 3.9 77
Pierce
15,982
5 31.3 52 1 6.3 102 0 0.0 82
Pike
14,599
2 13.7 110 1 6.8 99 1 6.8 62
Polk
39,444 15 38.0 31 6 15.2 68 2 5.1 70
Pulaski
9,716
4 41.2 23 3 30.9 25 1 10.3 47
Putnam
19,390
4 20.6 90 6 30.9 25 1 5.2 69
Quitman
2,621
1 38.2 30 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82
Rabun
15,521
9 58.0 9 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82
Randolph
7,451
5 67.1 3 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82
Richmond
197,842 85 43.0 20 153 77.3 2 101 51.1 1
Rockdale
73,558 16 21.8 86 30 40.8 13 15 20.4 13
Schley
3,975
0 0.0 128 1 25.2 35 1 25.2 8
Screven
15,201
2 13.2 112 1 6.6 100 0 0.0 82
Seminole
9,310
3 32.2 47 2 21.5 45 1 10.7 44
Spalding
59,410
9 15.1 104 20 33.7 20 5 8.4 57
Stephens
25,712
7 27.2 64 4 15.6 65 4 15.6 26
Stewart
5,040
3 59.5 8 1 19.8 49 0 0.0 82
Sumter
33,247
8 24.1 75 8 24.1 38 4 12.0 37
Talbot
6,713
0 0.0 128 1 14.9 69 0 0.0 82
Taliaferro
1,977
1 50.6 14 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82
Tattnall
22,560
7 31.0 53 4 17.7 57 0 0.0 82
Taylor
8,913
1 11.2 116 1 11.2 82 0 0.0 82
Telfair
11,780
4 34.0 43 5 42.4 12 0 0.0 82
Terrell
10,871
3 27.6 62 1 9.2 91 0 0.0 82
Thomas
42,976 15 34.9 41 15 34.9 18 7 16.3 22
Tift
39,338
7 17.8 99 18 45.8 9 8 20.3 14
Toombs
26,388
8 30.3 56 7 26.5 32 4 15.2 27
Towns
9,768
4 41.0 24 2 20.5 48 0 0.0 82
Treutlen
6,837
1 14.6 105 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82
Troup
59,767
8 13.4 111 16 26.8 31 6 10.0 49
Turner
9,691
3 31.0 53 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82
Twiggs
10,545
2 9.5 119 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82
Union
18,275 11 60.2 7 1 5.5 104 1 5.5 67
1 Source: State Board of Medical Examiners, Georgia Physician Survey, 2002 2 Rate per 100,000 population 3 Ranked by Rate
# Rate Rank 0 0.0 72 2 2.1 69 0 0.0 72 1 3.9 65 1 6.3 53 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 2 20.6 9 1 5.2 59 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 1 13.4 33
70 35.4 1 9 12.2 37 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 1 10.7 41 7 11.8 39 5 19.4 15 0 0.0 72 6 18.0 18 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 6 14.0 31
12 30.5 4 5 18.9 16 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 8 13.4 33 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 72
# Rate Rank 0 0.0 71 1 1.1 70 0 0.0 71 2 7.8 35 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 1 5.2 51 0 0.0 71 1 6.4 44 0 0.0 71
54 27.3 1 8 10.9 20 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 2 21.5 2 4 6.7 42 2 7.8 35 0 0.0 71 3 9.0 30 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 6 14.0 12 5 12.7 16 2 7.6 37 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 6 10.0 23 0 0.0 71 0 0.0 71 2 10.9 20
# 4
19 11 24
7 4 27 15 20 1 19 7 1,173 125 2 4 15 82 43 4 54 1 1 13 3 9 4 140 96 45 8 1 103 4 2 17
PHYSICIANS BY SPECIALTY BY COUNTY, GEORGIA, 2002 Number, Rate and Rank
NUMBER OF PHYSICIANS BY SPECIALTY 1
County
Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth GEORGIA
Population
PRIMARY CARE (Generalists)
OB/GYN
TOTAL General Surgery ALL
SPEC.
2002 27,773 61,949 67,069 35,558
6,211 20,803 27,062
2,315 6,183 21,904 87,037 8,529 10,734 10,357 21,767 8,560,310
Family Practice Internal Medicine Pediatrics
# Rate2 Rank3 # Rate Rank # Rate Rank # Rate Rank # Rate Rank
6 21.6 87 7 25.2 35 4 14.4 30 5 18.0 18 4 14.4 10
17 27.4 63 5 8.1 95 1 1.6 81 3 4.8 60 1 1.6 69
13 19.4 92 10 14.9 69 3 4.5 74 2 3.0 67 3 4.5 57
11 30.9 54 19 53.4 4 10 28.1 6 6 16.9 20 5 14.1 11
3 48.3 17 1 16.1 63 1 16.1 24 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 71
3 14.4 106 6 28.8 28 2 9.6 51 2 9.6 46 2 4.8 55
10 37.0 35 3 11.1 83 1 3.7 78 4 14.8 28 1 3.7 61
0 0.0 128 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 71
4 16.2 102 1 16.2 62 0 0.0 82 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 71
7 32.0 48 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 71
28 32.2 47 32 36.8 15 19 21.8 12 14 16.1 22 12 13.8 13
1 11.7 115 1 11.7 79 0 0.0 82 0 0.0 72 0 0.0 71
4 37.3 33 2 18.6 52 0 0.0 82 0 0.0 72 1 9.3 27
2 19.3 93 0 0.0 114 0 0.0 82 1 9.7 45 0 0.0 71
8 36.8 36 1 4.6 106 1 4.6 73 0 0 72 2 9.2 28
2,171 25.4
2,509 29.3
1,495 17.5
1,138 13.3
726 8.5
# 41 37 40
102 5
21 39
0 5 8 182 2 9 3 13 16,483
1 Source: State Board of Medical Examiners, Georgia Physician Survey, 2002 2 Rate per 100,000 population 3 Ranked by Rate