155 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 
Whitfield County Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
 
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Gender 
 
% 
 
Male Female 
 
85.5 14.5 
 
Race 
White Black Asian Other 
 
% 71.9 12.8 
8.7 6.6 
 
Ethnicity 
 
% 
 
Hispanic Non-Hispanic 
 
8.1 91.9 
 
Physician Specialty 
 
Age 
< 35 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 
> 64 
 
Addiction Psychiatry Allergy & Immunology Anesthesiology Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular Surgery Dermatology Emergency Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Family Practice Gastroenterology Geriatrics Gynecology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Nephrology Neurological Surgery Neurology OB/GYN Oncology Ophthalmology Orthopedic Surgery Otolaryngology Pain Medicine Pathology Pediatrics 
 
% 
5.4 10.9 18.8 17.3 18.3 
8.9 9.9 10.4 
 
Medicare 
Yes No 
 
% 83.4 16.6 
 
New 77.5 22.5 
 
Medicaid 
Yes No 
 
% 84.5 15.5 
 
New 72.0 28.0 
 
Managed Care 
Yes No 
 
% 70.9 29.1 
 
Count 
 
Percent 
 
Georgia 
 
1 
 
0.50% 
 
0.14% 
 
3 
 
1.49% 
 
0.52% 
 
7 
 
3.47% 
 
4.48% 
 
7 
 
3.47% 
 
3.40% 
 
1 
 
0.50% 
 
0.51% 
 
5 
 
2.48% 
 
1.47% 
 
6 
 
2.97% 
 
4.84% 
 
1 
 
0.50% 
 
0.65% 
 
28 
 
13.86% 
 
13.25% 
 
5 
 
2.48% 
 
1.84% 
 
1 
 
0.50% 
 
0.18% 
 
3 
 
1.49% 
 
1.47% 
 
1 
 
0.50% 
 
1.11% 
 
23 
 
11.39% 
 
13.13% 
 
1 
 
0.50% 
 
0.68% 
 
4 
 
1.98% 
 
1.32% 
 
2 
 
0.99% 
 
0.69% 
 
3 
 
1.49% 
 
1.71% 
 
18 
 
8.91% 
 
5.47% 
 
4 
 
1.98% 
 
1.29% 
 
5 
 
2.48% 
 
2.34% 
 
6 
 
2.97% 
 
3.61% 
 
5 
 
2.48% 
 
1.54% 
 
2 
 
0.99% 
 
0.66% 
 
2 
 
0.99% 
 
1.90% 
 
18 
 
8.91% 
 
8.31% 
 
 155 Georgia Physician Workforce: County Reports - 2008 
 
Whitfield County Physician Demographic Summary Statistics 
Plastic Surgery Psychiatry Pulmonary Diseases Radiology Therapeutic Radiology General Surgery Urology Other Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 
Total Whitfield County Physicians 
Report created by Georgia Board for Physician Workforce, State of Georgia 
 
2 11 3 8 1 9 4 1 1 
202 
 
0.99% 5.45% 1.49% 3.96% 0.50% 4.46% 1.98% 0.50% 0.50% 
100.00% 
 
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1.19% 5.54% 1.43% 4.32% 0.67% 3.83% 1.53% 0.74% 0.66%