Pregnancy Health and Risk Factors in Cook County

This dataset contains physical health and wellness factors for individuals who gave birth in Cook County, Illinois, excluding Chicago. It is part of a seven-dataset series curated by the Cook County Department of Public Health from Illinois Department of Public Health records. To protect confidentiality, counts below 5 and rates below 20 are masked.

Use Cases

• Analyze the prevalence of specific pregnancy health factors across different geographic levels like Place, Aggregated Region: Suburban Cook County, and Aggregated Region: CCDPH Jurisdiction.
• Identify correlations between physical health and wellness factors and birth outcomes, using this dataset in conjunction with the linked 'Birth Outcomes' dataset.
• Study potential risk factor distributions while accounting for data masking rules where counts below 5 are hidden to maintain confidentiality.

Strengths

• Data is part of a structured seven-dataset series providing a multi-faceted view of Cook County births.
• Includes explicit confidentiality protections, with counts below 5 and rates below 20 masked to protect individual records.
• Curated by the Cook County Department of Public Health, providing a government source for public health analysis.

Limitations

• Sample size, row count, and specific column names are unknown, limiting precise analytical planning.
• Data excludes births within Chicago, limiting the geographic completeness of Cook County.
• The documentation warns that aggregating counts across geographic levels without filtering for pre-aggregated rows may lead to overestimation.

Provenance

Source

Illinois Department of Public Health, curated by the Cook County Department of Public Health.

Collection Method

Sourced from official public health records, part of a curated seven-dataset series.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-02-01.

Geography

Cook County, Illinois, excluding the city of Chicago.