155 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 1998 
Whitfield County Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
 
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Gender 
Male Female 
 
% 91.4 
8.6 
 
Race 
White Black Asian Other 
 
% 87.0 
6.5 5.1 1.4 
 
Ethnicity 
 
% 
 
Hispanic Non-Hispanic 
 
0.8 99.2 
 
Physician Specialty 
Allergy Allergy & Immunology Anesthesiology Cardiovascular Diseases Dermatology Emergency Medicine Family Practice Gastroenterology Gynecology Hypnosis Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Obstetrics & Gynecology Oncology Opthalmology Otorhinolaryngology Pathology Pediatrics Psychiatry Pulmonary Diseases Radiology Diagnostic Radiology Therapeutic Radiology Surgery - General Neurological Surgery 
 
Age 
< 35 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 
> 64 
 
% 
0.0 3.6 17.4 23.2 14.5 10.7 12.2 15.9 
 
Count 
1 1 6 5 2 9 21 3 3 1 15 2 2 13 1 1 4 3 12 8 3 7 2 1 8 1 
 
Medicare 
Yes No 
 
% 78.2 21.8 
 
Medicaid 
Yes No 
 
% 83.2 16.8 
 
Managed 
 
Care 
 
% 
 
Yes 72.3 No 27.7 
 
Percent 
0.69% 
 
Georgia 
0.25% 
 
0.69% 
 
0.18% 
 
4.17% 
 
5.10% 
 
3.47% 
 
2.51% 
 
1.39% 
 
1.53% 
 
6.25% 
 
4.36% 
 
14.58% 
 
13.75% 
 
2.08% 
 
1.32% 
 
2.08% 
 
1.30% 
 
0.69% 
 
0.03% 
 
10.42% 
 
13.38% 
 
1.39% 
 
0.73% 
 
1.39% 
 
1.74% 
 
9.03% 
 
6.13% 
 
0.69% 
 
0.81% 
 
0.69% 
 
2.55% 
 
2.78% 
 
1.57% 
 
2.08% 
 
2.29% 
 
8.33% 
 
8.68% 
 
5.56% 
 
5.72% 
 
2.08% 
 
1.00% 
 
4.86% 
 
2.54% 
 
1.39% 
 
2.11% 
 
0.69% 
 
0.45% 
 
5.56% 
 
4.81% 
 
0.69% 
 
0.79% 
 
 155 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 1998 
 
Whitfield County Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
Orthopedic Surgery Plastic Surgery Urological Surgery 
Total Whitfield County Physicians Report created by Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, State of Georgia 
 
5 1 3 
144 
 
3.47% 0.69% 2.08% 
100.00% 
 
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3.73% 0.97% 1.77%