This is a public use data file on Delaware Births for 2009 to 2016 obtained from the Delaware certificate of live births. It includes the basic demographic information of the mother and some characteristics of birth.
This dataset has the following 18 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEAR | year | number | Year of birth | 2009 2010 2011 2015 2014 view top 100 |
| STATE OF RESIDENCE | state_of_residence | text | Mother's state of residence | DE DELAWARE PA MD PENNSYLVANIA view top 100 |
| COUNTY OF RESIDENCE | county_of_residence | text | Mother's county of residence. | New Castle Sussex Kent Rest of the World view top 100 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | place_of_birth | text | Place of birth is the type of facility or place where the birth occurred such as hospital, birthing center, home, en route, or other. | HOSP BIRTHING CTR HOME ENROUTE/OTHER DK view top 100 |
| MOM's RACE | mom_s_race | text | Race data are grouped for purposes of data analysis into the following categories established by NCHS: White, Black, Other (American Indian/Aleut/Eskimo and Asian & Pacific Islander {Chinese, Japanese, Hawaiian, Filipino and Other Asian or Pacific Islander}). | WHITE BLACK OTHER UNKNOWN view top 100 |
| MOM'S HISPAN | mom_s_hispan | text | Mother is of Hispanic origin (Yes or No). This question is considered to be separate from the Race question. | NOT HISPANIC HISPANIC view top 100 |
| MOM'S MARITAL STATUS | mom_s_marital_status | text | Mother's marital status | MARRIED SINGLE view top 100 |
| MOM'S EDUCATION | mom_s_education | text | Mother’s Educational Attainment or the highest level of formal education completed. Education is divided into three groupings; under grade twelve, high school graduate or equivalent (GED), and one or more years of college. | 1+ college H.S. grad <12 Unknown view top 100 |
| MOM'S AGE | mom_s_age | text | Mother’s age is divided into three groupings; less than twenty years of age, twenty to thirty four years of age, and thirty five years and older. | 20-34 35+ <20 view top 100 |
| START OF PRENATAL CARE | start_of_prenatal_care | text | The trimester of the pregnancy in which prenatal care began. | FIRST SECOND THIRD DK NO PRENATAL CARE view top 100 |
| PAYMENT | payment | text | Source of Payment for delivery (private insurance, Medicaid, and self pay) | Private Insurance Medicaid Other/unknown Self-pay view top 100 |
| MODE OF DELIVERY | mode_of_delivery | text | Method of Delivery in two groups: vaginal or cesarean section. | VAGINAL C-SECTION DK view top 100 |
| LIVE BIRTH ORDER | live_birth_order | text | Live Birth Order indicates the numeric relationship of a newborn child to other children born alive to the mother during previous deliveries. | FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH FIFTH + view top 100 |
| PLURALITY | plurality | text | Plurality represents the number of siblings born as the result of a single pregnancy. | SINGLE PLURAL view top 100 |
| GESTATION | gestation | text | Gestation is the number of weeks elapsed between the first day of the last normal menstrual period (LMP) and the date of birth. When the date of the LMP is incompletely reported or the length of gestation as computed from the LMP is inconsistent with the reported birth weight, the "clinical estimate of gestation" is used. Preterm is less than 37 weeks. Term is 37 weeks to 41 weeks. Post-term is more than 42 weeks. | TERM 37-41 WKS PRETERM <37 WKS POSTTERM 42+ WKS UNK view top 100 |
| BIRTH WEIGHT | birth_weight | text | Birthweight is the first weight of the fetus or newborn obtained after birth. This weight should be measured within the first hour of life before significant postnatal weight loss has occurred. Birthweight is measured in grams and divided into three groups; less than 1500 grams, 1500 to 2499 grams, and greater than 2500 grams. | 2500+ 1500-2499 <1500 view top 100 |
| GENDER | gender | text | Gender | MALE FEMALE view top 100 |
| Count | count | number | This column has been added strictly to be able to count records for summaries and visualizations. The value will always be "1". | 1 view top 100 |