28 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 1998 
Cherokee County Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
 
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Gender 
Male Female 
 
% 85.9 14.1 
 
Race 
White Black Asian Other 
 
% 88.9 
6.2 3.7 1.2 
 
Ethnicity 
 
% 
 
Hispanic Non-Hispanic 
 
0.0 100.0 
 
Physician Specialty 
Allergy Anesthesiology Cardiovascular Diseases Dermatology Emergency Medicine Family Practice Gastroenterology Gynecology Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Obstetrics & Gynecology Oncology Opthalmology Otorhinolaryngology Pediatrics Psychiatry Public Health Pulmonary Diseases Radiology Diagnostic Radiology Therapeutic Radiology Surgery - General Maxillofacial Surgery Orthopedic Surgery Urological Surgery 
 
Age 
< 35 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 
> 64 
 
% 
0.0 3.5 29.4 24.7 20.0 5.9 2.4 14.1 
 
Count 
1 5 1 1 5 21 1 1 7 1 1 5 1 2 1 9 4 1 1 6 3 1 3 1 2 1 
 
Medicare 
Yes No 
 
% 84.7 15.3 
 
Medicaid 
Yes No 
 
% 63.9 36.1 
 
Managed 
 
Care 
 
% 
 
Yes 80.6 No 19.4 
 
Percent 
1.16% 
 
Georgia 
0.25% 
 
5.81% 
 
5.10% 
 
1.16% 
 
2.51% 
 
1.16% 
 
1.53% 
 
5.81% 
 
4.36% 
 
24.42% 
 
13.75% 
 
1.16% 
 
1.32% 
 
1.16% 
 
1.30% 
 
8.14% 
 
13.38% 
 
1.16% 
 
0.73% 
 
1.16% 
 
1.74% 
 
5.81% 
 
6.13% 
 
1.16% 
 
0.81% 
 
2.33% 
 
2.55% 
 
1.16% 
 
1.57% 
 
10.47% 
 
8.68% 
 
4.65% 
 
5.72% 
 
1.16% 
 
0.75% 
 
1.16% 
 
1.00% 
 
6.98% 
 
2.54% 
 
3.49% 
 
2.11% 
 
1.16% 
 
0.45% 
 
3.49% 
 
4.81% 
 
1.16% 
 
0.09% 
 
2.33% 
 
3.73% 
 
1.16% 
 
1.77% 
 
 28 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 1998 
 
Cherokee County Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
 
Total Cherokee County Physicians 
 
86 100.00% 
 
Report created by Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, State of Georgia 
 
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