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Data from births in North Carolina in 2001

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A dataset with 1409 observations on the following 16 variables.

ID Patient ID code
Plural 1=single birth, 2=twins, 3=triplets
Sex Sex of the baby 1=male 2=female
MomAge Mother's age (in years)
Weeks Completed weeks of gestation
Marital Marital status: 1=married or 2=not married
RaceMom Mother's race: 1=white, 2=black, 3=American Indian, 4=Chinese
  5=Japanese, 6=Hawaiian, 7=Filipino, or 8=Other Asian or Pacific Islander
HispMom Hispanic origin of mother: C=Cuban, M=Mexican, N=not Hispanic
  O=Other Hispanic, P=Puerto Rico, S=Central/South America
Gained Weight gained during pregnancy (in pounds)
Smoke Smoker mom? 1=yes or 0=no
BirthWeightOz Birth weight in ounces
BirthWeightGm Birth weight in grams
Low Indicator for low birth weight, 1=2500 grams or less
Premie Indicator for premature birth, 1=36 weeks or sooner
MomRace Mother's race: black, hispanic, other, or white

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North Carolina Birth Records_724_47.csv

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Source

Thanks to John Holcomb at Cleveland State University for sharing these data.

R Dataset Upload:

Use the following R code to directly access this dataset in R.

d <- read.csv("https://www.key2stats.com/North_Carolina_Birth_Records_724_47.csv")

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