How to Use AI to Analyze CDC Natality Data Without Knowing Statistics
The CDC natality database is one of the richest sources of population-level obstetric data in the world. It contains birth certificate data on virtually every delivery in the United States, with variables covering maternal demographics, prenatal care, labor and delivery management, and neonatal outcomes. For a clinician interested in population-level trends in obstetric practice, it is an extraordinary resource.
It is also, for most clinicians, completely inaccessible. The raw data files are enormous. The variable coding requires a technical manual to interpret. The analysis requires statistical software and programming knowledge that most clinicians do not have and did not train for.
AI is changing that. This course is about how to use Claude to engage meaningfully with natality data, from understanding what the database contains to interpreting analyses, without needing a biostatistics degree or a research team.
