birth2012us: Births in the US in 2012

Description Usage Format Source

Description

A dataset containing information on babies born in the United States during 2012. There is one record per birth. This data set is a random twenty-five percent sample of the original data set.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 990199 rows and 12 columns

DOB_MM

Month of date of birth

DOB_WK

Day of week of birth

MAGER

Mother's age

TBO_REC

Total birth order

WTGAIN

Weight gain by mother [pounds]

SEX

a factor with levels F M, representing the sex of the child

APGAR5

APGAR score

UPREVIS

Number of prenatal visits

ESTGEST

Estimated weeks of gestation

DMETH_REC

Delivery Method; levels spontaneous, cesarean, unknown

DPLURAL

"Plural Births"; levels single, twin, triplet, quadruplet, and quintuplet or higher

DBWT

Birth weight [grams]

Source

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/Vitalstatsonline.htm


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