Healthcare waste management practices and safety indicators in Nigeria

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Table 4 Descriptive Statistics of Indices of Safe and Unsafe Disposal of Sharp and Non-Sharp HCW

Variables	Risky Disposal Index - Sharp		Risky Disposal Index – HCW		Safe Disposal Index - Sharp		Safe Disposal Index – HCW
States	Mean	Std Dev	Mean	Std Dev	Mean	Std Dev	Mean	Std Dev
Anambra	0.1392	0.9587	0.0547	0.9145	−0.3539	0.8575	−0.2202	0.8908
Bauchi	0.1892	1.4178	0.1179	1.3550	0.6352	1.2986	0.6769	1.4637
Bayelsa	0.3070	1.0712	0.2868	1.1374	0.0256	0.9500	−0.0707	0.8825
Cross River	0.0128	1.0029	−0.0074	0.9194	−0.1408	1.2494	−0.0689	1.1640
Ekiti	−0.0720	0.9359	−0.0613	1.0031	−0.3766	0.7589	−0.3418	0.7125
Imo	−0.0241	0.7779	0.2345	1.0225	0.7346	1.5517	0.2600	1.4322
Kaduna	−0.1764	1.1798	−0.3023	1.0812	−0.3080	0.7678	−0.3189	0.7225
Kebbi	0.2172	1.4920	0.1317	1.2896	0.1919	1.6565	0.3852	2.1784
Kogi	0.0146	1.0028	−0.0370	0.9942	−0.1621	1.2642	−0.0982	1.2263
Niger	−0.4086	0.8504	−0.4511	0.8723	−0.1395	1.0727	−0.0634	1.0587
Osun	0.0701	0.7732	0.2652	0.9509	−0.2903	0.8983	−0.3486	0.7751
Taraba	−0.2381	1.0200	−0.2349	1.0631	0.1037	1.0291	0.1793	1.0666
Sectors
Rural	−0.0034	1.1337	−0.0029	1.1263	0.0560	1.1956	0.0258	1.1977
Urban	0.0051	0.9872	0.0044	1.0099	−0.0828	1.2218	−0.0383	1.3038
Ownership Types
Public	−0.0025	1.0885	0.0010	1.0925	−0.0242	1.2120	−0.0266	1.2375
Private	0.0203	0.9212	−0.0216	0.9371	0.2676	1.1501	0.2795	1.2574
Mode of Operation
Dispensary	0.0639	1.2667	0.0039	1.1770	0.0503	0.9586	0.1228	1.1747
Health Centre	−0.0198	1.0486	0.0079	1.0651	−0.0866	1.1958	−0.1241	1.1249
District Hospital	−0.0033	0.9913	−0.0038	1.0642	0.3359	1.4942	0.4703	1.8204
Other	−0.0409	1.0341	−0.2056	0.9475	0.0055	1.0141	0.0447	0.9685

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