LOW-WEIGHT

Data:

  Cardiac Comps Smoking BW Freq
1 Yes Yes Yes Yes 10
2 Yes Yes Yes No 7
3 Yes Yes No Yes 25
4 Yes Yes No No 5
5 Yes No Yes Yes 12
6 Yes No Yes No 22
7 Yes No No Yes 15
8 Yes No No No 19
9 No Yes Yes Yes 18
10 No Yes Yes No 10
11 No Yes No Yes 12
12 No Yes No No 12
13 No No Yes Yes 42
14 No No Yes No 202
15 No No No Yes 45
16 No No No No 205

Description:

A survey of low-weight births in Scotland between 1981 and 1988. The data refers to 661 children with birth weights between 650g and 1749g all of whom survived for at least one year.

Format:

- Cardiac
Mild heart problems of the mother during pregnancy. (Yes/No)

- Comps
Gynaecological problems during pregnancy. (Yes/No)

- Smoking
Mother smoked at least one cigarette per day during the first 6 months of pregnancy. (Yes/No)

- BW
Was the birth weight less than 1250g? (Yes/No)

- Freq
Number of children in the cathegory.

Task:

Report on factors that explain the low birth weight.