115 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2004 
Polk County Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
 
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Gender 
 
% 
 
Age 
 
% 
 
Male Female 
 
79.3 20.7 
 
< 35 35-39 
 
8.8 20.6 
 
Race 
White Black Asian Other 
Ethnicity 
 
% 82.8 10.3 
3.4 3.4 
% 
 
40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 
> 64 
 
5.9 8.8 17.6 9.3 9.3 14.7 
 
Hispanic Non-Hispanic 
 
2.9 97.1 
 
Physician Specialty 
 
Count 
 
Anesthesiology 
 
1 
 
Emergency Medicine 
 
2 
 
Family Practice 
 
20 
 
Internal Medicine 
 
6 
 
Pediatrics 
 
1 
 
Psychiatry 
 
1 
 
Radiology 
 
2 
 
General Surgery 
 
2 
 
Total Polk County Physicians 
 
35 
 
Report created by Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, State of Georgia 
 
Medicare 
Yes No 
 
% 91.4 
8.6 
 
Medicaid 
Yes No 
 
% 88.6 11.4 
 
Managed 
 
Care 
 
% 
 
Yes 62.9 No 37.1 
 
Percent 
 
Georgia 
 
2.86% 5.71% 57.14% 17.14% 2.86% 2.86% 5.71% 5.71% 
 
4.72% 4.77% 13.09% 15.14% 9.07% 5.22% 2.32% 4.19% 
 
100.00%