Table 2.
distribution of dental clinics in Nigeria, by operational ownership*
| Owner | Geo-Political Zones | TOTAL N=679 n (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South-West N=256 n (%) | North-Central N=136 n (%) | North-West N=110 n (%) | South-South N=90 n (%) | South-East N=53 n (%) | North-East N=34 n (%) | ||
| Federal Government | 17 (6.6) | 30 (22.1) | 17 (15.5) | 11 (0.1) | 6 (11.3) | 7 (20.6) | 88 (12.9) |
| State Government | 56 (21.9) | 41 (6.6) | 50 (45.4) | 24 (26.7) | 9 (17.0) | 20 (58.8) | 200 (29.5) |
| Local Government | 2 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 25 (22.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 27 (3.9) |
| Private Organizations | 177 (69.1) | 61 (44.9) | 17 (15.5) | 51 (56.7) | 35 (66.0) | 7 (20.6) | 348 (51.2) |
| Corporate Organizations | 2 (0.8) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.9) | 2 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (0.9) |
| Mission Hospitals | 1 (0.4) | 3 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) | 3 (5.7) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (1.2) |
| Unspecified | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.3) |
The information is an extract from the report of the research on the survey of Oral Health Manpower, Facilities and Training Institutions in Nigeria, conducted by the Inter-country Centre for Oral Health (ICOH) for Africa, Jos 2013/2014 and submitted to the Federal Ministry of Health