115 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 
Polk County Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
 
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Gender 
 
% 
 
Male Female 
 
71.9 28.1 
 
Race 
White Black Asian Other 
 
% 93.8 
3.1 0.0 3.1 
 
Ethnicity 
 
% 
 
Hispanic Non-Hispanic 
 
3.1 96.9 
 
Physician Specialty 
 
Age 
< 35 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 
> 64 
 
% 
9.4 15.6 
0.0 6.3 18.8 18.8 9.4 21.9 
 
Aerospace Medicine Emergency Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Family Practice Internal Medicine Pediatrics Psychiatry Radiology General Surgery Specialty Not Specified 
Total Polk County Physicians 
Report created by Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, State of Georgia 
 
Medicare 
Yes No 
 
% 84.4 15.6 
 
New 78.1 21.9 
 
Medicaid 
Yes No 
 
% 75.0 25.0 
 
New 68.8 31.3 
 
Managed Care 
Yes No 
 
% 64.5 35.5 
 
Count 
 
Percent 
 
Georgia 
 
1 
 
3.13% 
 
0.07% 
 
3 
 
9.38% 
 
4.84% 
 
1 
 
3.13% 
 
0.65% 
 
19 
 
59.38% 
 
13.25% 
 
2 
 
6.25% 
 
13.13% 
 
1 
 
3.13% 
 
8.31% 
 
1 
 
3.13% 
 
5.54% 
 
2 
 
6.25% 
 
4.32% 
 
1 
 
3.13% 
 
3.83% 
 
1 
 
3.13% 
 
0.18% 
 
32 100.00%