Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics of Health Clinic Census by Zone
| 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 |
Notes: The sample includes 25,378 health clinics which has GPS soordinates