This provides an archive of the US EPA AMPD data used for exposure assignment as well as code written for analyses related to the peer-reviewed published manuscript: Wilkie, Adrien A; Richardson, David B; Luben, Thomas J; Serre, Marc L; Woods, Courtney G; Daniels, Julie L. Sulfur dioxide reduction at coal-fired power plants in North Carolina and associations with preterm birth among surrounding residents. Environmental Epidemiology 7(2):p e241, April 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000241

Exposure data is publicly available from the United States (US) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Air Markets Program Data (AMPD), which has been updated to the Clean Air Markets Program Data (CAMPD) available at https://campd.epa.gov/.

Births data has identifiable information so is not available unless formally requested from Birth Defects Monitoring Program within the State Center for Health Statistics of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Portions of this dataset are inaccessible because: EPA cannot release personally identifiable information regarding living individuals, according to the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This dataset contains information about human research subjects. Because there is potential to identify individual participants and disclose personal information, either alone or in combination with other datasets, individual level data are not appropriate to post for public access. Restricted access may be granted to authorized persons by contacting the party listed. They can be accessed through the following means: These data can be requested from the North Carolina State Center for Vital Statistics, Birth Defects Monitoring Program by experienced researchers with an approved IRB.

Input data for unit and facility level data for coal-fired power plants in North Carolina from 2002-2015 were downloaded from US EPA AMPD (see attached data files). After data files were downloaded, this publicly available database/dashboard was updated to US EPA CAMPD (Clean Air Markets Program Data), which is also publicly available for download at https://campd.epa.gov/. Format: We received birth certificate records linked with birth defects monitoring program data from the NC State Center for Vital Statistics for all births in North Carolina between 2003 and 2015. These data include identifying information, including birth date and residential address, which was used to assign exposure to polluted sites.

This dataset is associated with the following publication: Wilkie, A., D. Richardson, T. Luben, M. Serre, C. Woods, and J. Daniels. Sulfur dioxide reduction at coal-fired power plants in North Carolina and associations with preterm birth among surrounding residents. Environmental Epidemiology. Wolters Kluwer, Alphen aan den Rijn, NETHERLANDS, 7(2): e241, (2023).