R Dataset / Package Stat2Data / NCbirths
On this R-data statistics page, you will find information about the NCbirths data set which pertains to NCbirths. The NCbirths data set is found in the Stat2Data R package. You can load the NCbirths data set in R by issuing the following command at the console data("NCbirths"). This will load the data into a variable called NCbirths. If R says the NCbirths data set is not found, you can try installing the package by issuing this command install.packages("Stat2Data") and then attempt to reload the data with the library() command. If you need to download R, you can go to the R project website. You can download a CSV (comma separated values) version of the NCbirths R data set. The size of this file is about 73,738 bytes.
NCbirths
Description
Data from births in North Carolina in 2001
Format
A dataset with 1450 observations on the following 15 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 |
Details
This dataset contains data on a sample of 1450 birth records that statistician John Holcomb selected from the North Carolina State Center for Health and Environmental Statistics.
Source
Thanks to John Holcomb at Cleveland State University for sharing these data.
Dataset imported from https://www.r-project.org.
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