The Sashelp.BirthWgt data set contains 100,000 random observations about infant mortality in 2003 from the US National Center for Health Statistics. Each observation records infant death within one year of birth, birth weight, maternal smoking and drinking behavior, and other background characteristics of the mother. The following steps display information about the Sashelp.BirthWgt data set and create Figure 45:
title '2003 Birth Weight Data';
proc contents data=sashelp.BirthWgt varnum;
ods select position;
run;
title 'The First Five Observations Out of 100,000';
proc print data=sashelp.BirthWgt (obs=5);
run;
Figure 45: 2003 Birth Weight Data
| 2003 Birth Weight Data |
| Variables in Creation Order | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Variable | Type | Len |
| 1 | LowBirthWgt | Char | 3 |
| 2 | Married | Char | 3 |
| 3 | AgeGroup | Num | 8 |
| 4 | Race | Char | 9 |
| 5 | Drinking | Char | 3 |
| 6 | Death | Char | 3 |
| 7 | Smoking | Char | 3 |
| 8 | SomeCollege | Char | 3 |
| The First Five Observations Out of 100,000 |
| Obs | LowBirthWgt | Married | AgeGroup | Race | Drinking | Death | Smoking | SomeCollege |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | No | 3 | Asian | No | No | No | Yes |
| 2 | No | No | 2 | White | No | No | No | No |
| 3 | Yes | Yes | 2 | Native | No | Yes | No | No |
| 4 | No | No | 2 | White | No | No | No | No |
| 5 | No | No | 2 | White | No | No | No | Yes |