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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Are doctors and nurses associated with coverage of essential health services in developing countries? A cross-sectional study

Variable

N

Mean

Median

STD

Min

Max

Year ranges

Live births delivered by skilled birth attendant (%)

97

70.9

74.0

26.5

6.0

100.0

1999–2006

Live births delivered by caesarean section (%)

55

5.9

4.0

4.5

0.0

15.0

1998–2006

Children < 1 vaccinated with measles immunization (%)

89

83.2

88.0

16.8

20.0

99.0

2005

Live births preceded by four antenatal care visits (%)

78

61.7

69.0

26.0

10.0

100.0

1999–2006

Case detection rate of tuberculosis under DOTS (%)

81

54.5

57.0

22.9

3.0

100.0

2005–2006

Children < 5 with ARI taken to health care facility (%)

45

43.7

42.8

15.0

11.8

72.6

1999–2006

Physicians per 1000*

106

1.2

0.6

1.3

0.0

5.2

1997–2005

Nurses and midwives per 1000*

106

2.5

1.4

2.6

0.1

12.2

1997–2004

Health care workers per 1000*

106

3.6

2.3

3.7

0.2

16.7

1997–2005

Gross domestic product per capita (PPP)*

106

4715.5

3860.0

3704.2

593.5

15913.0

1998–2005

Adult female literacy* (%)

106

72.5

80.5

25.3

11.9

99.7

2001–2005

Land area (1000 km2)*

106

836.2

265.6

2020.4

0.5

16381.4

1998–2005

Population living in rural area (%)

106

51.7

52.1

20.4

6.6

90.0

1998–2005

  1. * Descriptive statistics created from all countries used in any of six health services analyses using most recent statistics