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