U.S. Births: US_births_1994-2003_CDC_NCHS.csv

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There are two files:

US_births_1994-2003_CDC_NCHS.csv contains U.S. births data for the years 1994 to 2003, as provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.

US_births_2000-2014_SSA.csv contains U.S. births data for the years 2000 to 2014, as provided by the Social Security Administration.

Both files have the following structure:

Header Definition
year Year
month Month
date_of_month Day number of the month
day_of_week Day of week, where 1 is Monday and 7 is Sunday
births Number of births

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521 rows where day_of_week = 5

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Link rowid ▼ year month date_of_month day_of_week births
7 7 1994 1 7 5 11251
14 14 1994 1 14 5 11570
21 21 1994 1 21 5 11811
28 28 1994 1 28 5 11666
35 35 1994 2 4 5 11677
42 42 1994 2 11 5 11517
49 49 1994 2 18 5 11887
56 56 1994 2 25 5 11905
63 63 1994 3 4 5 12066
70 70 1994 3 11 5 11939
77 77 1994 3 18 5 11799
84 84 1994 3 25 5 11568
91 91 1994 4 1 5 10630
98 98 1994 4 8 5 11532
105 105 1994 4 15 5 11753
112 112 1994 4 22 5 11553
119 119 1994 4 29 5 11474
126 126 1994 5 6 5 11904
133 133 1994 5 13 5 11085
140 140 1994 5 20 5 11645
147 147 1994 5 27 5 12132
154 154 1994 6 3 5 11799
161 161 1994 6 10 5 12006
168 168 1994 6 17 5 11744
175 175 1994 6 24 5 11979
182 182 1994 7 1 5 12454
189 189 1994 7 8 5 12623
196 196 1994 7 15 5 12691
203 203 1994 7 22 5 12486
210 210 1994 7 29 5 12231
217 217 1994 8 5 5 12251
224 224 1994 8 12 5 12479
231 231 1994 8 19 5 12227
238 238 1994 8 26 5 12122
245 245 1994 9 2 5 12099
252 252 1994 9 9 5 12811
259 259 1994 9 16 5 12884
266 266 1994 9 23 5 12522
273 273 1994 9 30 5 12090
280 280 1994 10 7 5 12050
287 287 1994 10 14 5 11959
294 294 1994 10 21 5 11562
301 301 1994 10 28 5 11608
308 308 1994 11 4 5 11956
315 315 1994 11 11 5 11533
322 322 1994 11 18 5 11826
329 329 1994 11 25 5 9419
336 336 1994 12 2 5 11379
343 343 1994 12 9 5 11205
350 350 1994 12 16 5 12144
357 357 1994 12 23 5 10087
364 364 1994 12 30 5 12051
371 371 1995 1 6 5 11506
378 378 1995 1 13 5 11071
385 385 1995 1 20 5 11481
392 392 1995 1 27 5 11340
399 399 1995 2 3 5 11264
406 406 1995 2 10 5 11615
413 413 1995 2 17 5 11625
420 420 1995 2 24 5 11671
427 427 1995 3 3 5 11649
434 434 1995 3 10 5 11827
441 441 1995 3 17 5 11953
448 448 1995 3 24 5 11329
455 455 1995 3 31 5 11319
462 462 1995 4 7 5 11587
469 469 1995 4 14 5 10687
476 476 1995 4 21 5 11445
483 483 1995 4 28 5 11457
490 490 1995 5 5 5 11718
497 497 1995 5 12 5 11625
504 504 1995 5 19 5 11692
511 511 1995 5 26 5 12246
518 518 1995 6 2 5 11991
525 525 1995 6 9 5 11645
532 532 1995 6 16 5 11856
539 539 1995 6 23 5 11942
546 546 1995 6 30 5 12338
553 553 1995 7 7 5 12954
560 560 1995 7 14 5 12659
567 567 1995 7 21 5 12428
574 574 1995 7 28 5 12442
581 581 1995 8 4 5 12186
588 588 1995 8 11 5 12154
595 595 1995 8 18 5 12362
602 602 1995 8 25 5 12208
609 609 1995 9 1 5 12439
616 616 1995 9 8 5 12939
623 623 1995 9 15 5 13023
630 630 1995 9 22 5 12813
637 637 1995 9 29 5 12316
644 644 1995 10 6 5 12081
651 651 1995 10 13 5 11078
658 658 1995 10 20 5 11610
665 665 1995 10 27 5 11449
672 672 1995 11 3 5 11368
679 679 1995 11 10 5 11246
686 686 1995 11 17 5 11410
693 693 1995 11 24 5 9125
700 700 1995 12 1 5 11206

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CREATE TABLE "births/US_births_1994-2003_CDC_NCHS" (
"year" INTEGER,
  "month" INTEGER,
  "date_of_month" INTEGER,
  "day_of_week" INTEGER,
  "births" INTEGER
);