28 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2002 
Cherokee County Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
 
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Gender 
Male Female 
 
% 76.7 23.3 
 
Race 
White Black Asian Other 
 
% 83.9 
4.8 5.6 5.6 
 
Ethnicity 
 
% 
 
Hispanic Non-Hispanic 
 
2.3 97.7 
 
Physician Specialty 
Allergy & Immunology Anesthesiology Cardiovascular Diseases Dermatology Diagnostic Radiology Emergency Medicine Family Practice Gastroenterology Gynecology Hematology Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurological Surgery Neurology OB/GYN Oncology Opthalmology Orthopedic Surgery Otolaryngology Pain Medicine Pediatric Neurology Pediatrics Preventive Medicine Psychiatry Radiology Therapeutic Radiology 
 
Age 
< 35 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 
> 64 
 
% 
4.7 16.3 23.3 20.9 15.5 
6.9 3.1 9.3 
 
Count 
1 6 1 3 2 6 29 2 1 1 15 1 1 1 15 2 2 5 2 1 1 16 1 5 8 1 
 
Medicare 
Yes No 
 
% 76.6 23.4 
 
Medicaid 
Yes No 
 
% 64.5 35.5 
 
Managed 
 
Care 
 
% 
 
Yes 86.3 No 13.7 
 
Percent 
0.74% 
 
Georgia 
0.65% 
 
4.44% 
 
4.64% 
 
0.74% 
 
2.23% 
 
2.22% 
 
1.50% 
 
1.48% 
 
1.65% 
 
4.44% 
 
4.58% 
 
21.48% 
 
13.18% 
 
1.48% 
 
1.09% 
 
0.74% 
 
0.72% 
 
0.74% 
 
0.06% 
 
11.11% 
 
15.22% 
 
0.74% 
 
0.75% 
 
0.74% 
 
0.72% 
 
0.74% 
 
1.67% 
 
11.11% 
 
6.90% 
 
1.48% 
 
0.91% 
 
1.48% 
 
2.41% 
 
3.70% 
 
3.57% 
 
1.48% 
 
1.50% 
 
0.74% 
 
0.41% 
 
0.74% 
 
0.16% 
 
11.85% 
 
9.07% 
 
0.74% 
 
0.49% 
 
3.70% 
 
5.43% 
 
5.93% 
 
2.68% 
 
0.74% 
 
0.55% 
 
 28 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2002 
 
Cherokee County Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
General Surgery Urology 
Total Cherokee County Physicians Report created by Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, State of Georgia 
 
5 1 
135 
 
3.70% 0.74% 
100.00% 
 
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4.40% 1.59%