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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522 rows where day_of_week = 7

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Link rowid ▼ year month date_of_month day_of_week births
2 2 1994 1 2 7 7772
9 9 1994 1 9 7 7910
16 16 1994 1 16 7 8123
23 23 1994 1 23 7 8310
30 30 1994 1 30 7 8096
37 37 1994 2 6 7 8309
44 44 1994 2 13 7 8171
51 51 1994 2 20 7 8402
58 58 1994 2 27 7 8195
65 65 1994 3 6 7 8389
72 72 1994 3 13 7 8248
79 79 1994 3 20 7 8243
86 86 1994 3 27 7 8189
93 93 1994 4 3 7 7530
100 100 1994 4 10 7 8183
107 107 1994 4 17 7 7867
114 114 1994 4 24 7 8089
121 121 1994 5 1 7 8145
128 128 1994 5 8 7 8203
135 135 1994 5 15 7 8253
142 142 1994 5 22 7 8449
149 149 1994 5 29 7 8205
156 156 1994 6 5 7 8289
163 163 1994 6 12 7 8171
170 170 1994 6 19 7 8302
177 177 1994 6 26 7 8306
184 184 1994 7 3 7 8298
191 191 1994 7 10 7 8684
198 198 1994 7 17 7 8848
205 205 1994 7 24 7 8734
212 212 1994 7 31 7 8590
219 219 1994 8 7 7 8517
226 226 1994 8 14 7 8926
233 233 1994 8 21 7 8663
240 240 1994 8 28 7 8779
247 247 1994 9 4 7 8420
254 254 1994 9 11 7 8373
261 261 1994 9 18 7 8603
268 268 1994 9 25 7 8754
275 275 1994 10 2 7 8477
282 282 1994 10 9 7 8038
289 289 1994 10 16 7 8022
296 296 1994 10 23 7 7914
303 303 1994 10 30 7 8262
310 310 1994 11 6 7 8100
317 317 1994 11 13 7 8093
324 324 1994 11 20 7 8133
331 331 1994 11 27 7 7937
338 338 1994 12 4 7 7980
345 345 1994 12 11 7 7936
352 352 1994 12 18 7 8130
359 359 1994 12 25 7 7192
366 366 1995 1 1 7 7828
373 373 1995 1 8 7 7821
380 380 1995 1 15 7 7988
387 387 1995 1 22 7 7956
394 394 1995 1 29 7 8009
401 401 1995 2 5 7 8017
408 408 1995 2 12 7 8007
415 415 1995 2 19 7 8038
422 422 1995 2 26 7 8183
429 429 1995 3 5 7 7984
436 436 1995 3 12 7 7859
443 443 1995 3 19 7 7787
450 450 1995 3 26 7 7614
457 457 1995 4 2 7 7547
464 464 1995 4 9 7 7839
471 471 1995 4 16 7 7503
478 478 1995 4 23 7 7749
485 485 1995 4 30 7 7777
492 492 1995 5 7 7 7965
499 499 1995 5 14 7 8165
506 506 1995 5 21 7 8096
513 513 1995 5 28 7 8167
520 520 1995 6 4 7 8059
527 527 1995 6 11 7 8149
534 534 1995 6 18 7 8203
541 541 1995 6 25 7 8279
548 548 1995 7 2 7 8256
555 555 1995 7 9 7 8506
562 562 1995 7 16 7 8516
569 569 1995 7 23 7 8483
576 576 1995 7 30 7 8384
583 583 1995 8 6 7 8346
590 590 1995 8 13 7 8421
597 597 1995 8 20 7 8434
604 604 1995 8 27 7 8509
611 611 1995 9 3 7 8438
618 618 1995 9 10 7 8568
625 625 1995 9 17 7 8757
632 632 1995 9 24 7 8659
639 639 1995 10 1 7 8545
646 646 1995 10 8 7 7997
653 653 1995 10 15 7 7996
660 660 1995 10 22 7 7827
667 667 1995 10 29 7 7876
674 674 1995 11 5 7 7868
681 681 1995 11 12 7 7891
688 688 1995 11 19 7 7772
695 695 1995 11 26 7 7500

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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
);