# Medical Cost Personal Dataset

## Description

This dataset contains information about the medical charges incurred by an individual in the United States along with their personal details such as age, gender, body mass index(BMI), number of children, smoker/non-smoker, residential area. The charges are an important point of estimation for any insurance company.&#x20;

![](https://1181649628-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M5Vxy9PzQFOZjhyK8YP%2F-MEXhP-_QL4GqNUVHV2U%2F-MEXpPcIlpFrvqgpPQrE%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=1c4ad2a4-ca40-49c8-937e-adaa749d02ad)

**Data Set Characteristics:** Regression&#x20;

**Number of Instances:** 1338

**Features**

* Age
* Sex
* BMI&#x20;
* Children
* Smoker
* Region
* Charges

![](https://1181649628-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M5Vxy9PzQFOZjhyK8YP%2F-MEXhP-_QL4GqNUVHV2U%2F-MEXpi0lwm7Eutb5OT1P%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=2a59a2fc-a600-4125-bbbe-b39c65249ba7)

### Acknowledgments

The data set is available [here](https://github.com/stedy/Machine-Learning-with-R-datasets/blob/master/insurance.csv).





