115 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 1998 
Polk County Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
 
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Gender 
 
% 
 
Age 
 
% 
 
Male 81.0 
 
< 35 
 
0.0 
 
Female 19.0 
 
35-39 
 
4.5 
 
Race 
White Black Asian Other 
Ethnicity 
 
% 81.0 
4.8 14.3 
0.0 
% 
 
40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 
> 64 
 
9.1 9.1 22.7 12.7 19.1 27.3 
 
Hispanic Non-Hispanic 
 
0.0 100.0 
 
Physician Specialty 
Emergency Medicine Endocrinology Family Practice Internal Medicine Surgery - General 
 
Total Polk County Physicians 
 
Count 
2 1 16 4 1 
24 
 
Report created by Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, State of Georgia 
 
Medicare 
Yes No 
 
% 85.0 15.0 
 
Medicaid 
Yes No 
 
% 75.0 25.0 
 
Managed 
 
Care 
 
% 
 
Yes 55.0 No 45.0 
 
Percent 
8.33% 4.17% 66.67% 16.67% 4.17% 
 
Georgia 
4.36% 0.45% 13.75% 13.38% 4.81% 
 
100.00%