Georgia Physician Workforce: AHEC Reports - 2006 
SOWEGA Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
 
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Gender 
 
% 
 
Age 
 
Male 79.8 
 
< 35 
 
Female 20.2 
 
35-39 
 
Race 
White Black Asian Other 
Ethnicity 
 
% 75.1 13.4 
6.5 5.0 
% 
 
40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 
> 64 
 
Hispanic Non-Hispanic 
 
3.2 96.8 
 
Physician Specialty 
Addiction Psychiatry Aerospace Medicine Allergy & Immunology Anesthesiology Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular Surgery Dermatology Emergency Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Family Practice Gastroenterology Geriatrics Gynecology Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Nephrology Neurological Surgery Neurology OB/GYN Occupational Medicine Oncology Opthalmology Orthopedic Surgery Otolaryngology 
 
% 5.9 13.8 14.6 16.4 18.9 12.7 7.3 9.1 
Count 
1 3 8 51 24 6 6 61 2 242 23 3 7 2 6 173 4 18 8 14 79 3 18 30 67 17 
 
Medicare 
Yes No 
 
% 87.7 12.3 
 
Medicaid 
Yes No 
 
% 89.8 10.2 
 
Managed 
 
Care 
 
% 
 
Yes 60.5 No 39.5 
 
Percent 
0.08% 
 
Georgia 
0.33% 
 
0.24% 
 
0.07% 
 
0.64% 
 
0.65% 
 
4.05% 
 
4.72% 
 
1.91% 
 
2.36% 
 
0.48% 
 
0.36% 
 
0.48% 
 
1.57% 
 
4.85% 
 
4.77% 
 
0.16% 
 
0.45% 
 
19.24% 
 
13.09% 
 
1.83% 
 
1.18% 
 
0.24% 
 
0.42% 
 
0.56% 
 
0.63% 
 
0.16% 
 
0.06% 
 
0.48% 
 
0.85% 
 
13.75% 
 
15.14% 
 
0.32% 
 
0.43% 
 
1.43% 
 
0.85% 
 
0.64% 
 
0.74% 
 
1.11% 
 
1.74% 
 
6.28% 
 
6.69% 
 
0.24% 
 
0.44% 
 
1.43% 
 
1.03% 
 
2.38% 
 
2.32% 
 
5.33% 
 
3.49% 
 
1.35% 
 
1.55% 
 
 Georgia Physician Workforce: AHEC Reports - 2006 
 
SOWEGA Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
Pain Medicine Pathology Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Pediatrics Plastic Surgery Preventive Medicine Psychiatry Public Health Pulmonary Diseases Radiology Rheumatology Therapeutic Radiology General Surgery Thoracic Surgery Urology Other Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 
Total SOWEGA Physicians 
Report created by Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, State of Georgia 
 
3 27 1 93 7 1 60 4 13 53 5 13 61 4 22 7 8 
1,258 
 
0.24% 2.15% 0.08% 7.39% 0.56% 0.08% 4.77% 0.32% 1.03% 4.21% 0.40% 1.03% 4.85% 0.32% 1.75% 0.56% 0.64% 
100.00% 
 
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0.39% 2.26% 0.16% 9.07% 1.15% 0.40% 5.22% 0.43% 0.94% 2.32% 0.36% 0.54% 4.19% 0.54% 1.47% 1.34% 0.14%