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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics of Health Clinic Census by Zone

From: The impacts of quantity and quality of health clinics on health behaviors and outcomes in Nigeria: analysis of health clinic census data

Zone

North central

Northe East

North West

South East

South South

South West

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

LGA-level characteristics

 Total number of Health Clinics

5837

3904

6279

2916

2705

3737

 Number of Clinics in LGA

74.170

55.603

46.702

49.806

41.016

52.686

 # Clinics in LGA/Population*1000

0.466

0.331

0.251

0.295

0.245

0.299

 # Clinics in LGA/Population density

0.990

0.993

0.339

0.091

0.244

0.180

 Population of LGA (2006)

175,398.893

186,431.946

200,425.755

181,054.100

181,071.164

207,906.442

 Land area (km2) of LGA

2142.580

2832.435

1366.534

325.050

912.314

612.571

 Population density of LGA (millions/km2)

203.560

149.529

564.485

1136.238

422.857

2156.468

Health Clinic Characteristics

 Public

0.874

0.949

0.944

0.777

0.889

0.753

  Equipment

      

   Improved water supply

0.389

0.376

0.420

0.489

0.503

0.551

   Improved toilet

0.389

0.392

0.429

0.644

0.623

0.698

   Vaccine fridge/freezer

0.139

0.159

0.142

0.269

0.202

0.241

   Electricity

0.281

0.215

0.224

0.570

0.539

0.625

  Service

      

   Antenatal care

0.758

0.551

0.530

0.860

0.850

0.832

   Family planning

0.573

0.473

0.446

0.547

0.722

0.627

   Malaria treatment

0.742

0.723

0.706

0.832

0.832

0.851

   Maternal health delivery service

0.660

0.468

0.338

0.747

0.699

0.712

   Emergency

0.213

0.214

0.199

0.269

0.315

0.405

   Skilled_birth_attendant

0.261

0.146

0.118

0.545

0.536

0.532

   C-section

0.047

0.045

0.042

0.113

0.082

0.108

   Measls immunization

0.732

0.751

0.760

0.761

0.789

0.730

   Service Index

5.182

4.511

4.352

6.645

6.692

6.911

  Personnel

      

   Number of CHEWs (community health extension workers)

2.273

2.213

1.947

2.053

2.239

1.901

   Number of nurses

0.329

0.239

0.190

0.950

0.628

0.807

   Number of doctors

0.087

0.050

0.059

0.279

0.244

0.383

Number of clinics in 5 km

8.167

4.544

6.936

27.434

10.773

40.213

Proportion of “good” clinics in 5 km

0.237

0.159

0.137

0.397

0.361

0.461

  1. Notes: The sample includes 25,378 health clinics which has GPS soordinates
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