title: reading specific cell in csv using pandas
body: <p>I have a CSV file that looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>patient_id, age_in_years,   CENSUS_REGION,  URBAN_RURAL_STATUS
  
  11511,  7   Northeast,  Urban,
  
  9882613,    73, South,  Urban,
  
  32190339,   49, West,   Urban,
  
  32190339,   49, West,   Urban,
  
  32190339,   49, West,   Urban,
  32190339,   49, West,   Urban,
  
  .....
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Right now my code looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>df = pd.read_csv(filename, index_col = 0)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>which gives the following output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>patient_id age_in_years CENSUS_REGION URBAN_RURAL_STATUS  YEAR  MONTH  
  
  11511                  7     Northeast              Urban  2011      6   
  9882613               73         South              Urban  2011      7   
  32190339              49          West              Urban  2011      8   
  32190339              49          West              Urban  2011      8   
  32190339              49          West              Urban  2011      8   
  32190339              49          West              Urban  2011      8   
  32190339              49          West              Urban  2011      8   
  32190339              49          West              Urban  2011      8
  ...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I can get a specific column, e.g. CENSUS_REGION, by </p>
  
  <pre><code>print(df['CENSUS_REGION'])
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but I want to grab specific cells in the CSV. Can anyone please help me with this?</p>