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

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This table contains data behind the story Some People Are Too Superstitious To Have A Baby On Friday The 13th.

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

Data license: CC Attribution 4.0 License · Data source: fivethirtyeight/data on GitHub · About: simonw/fivethirtyeight-datasette

366 rows where year = 2000

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Link rowid ▼ year month date_of_month day_of_week births
2192 2192 2000 1 1 6 8843
2193 2193 2000 1 2 7 7816
2194 2194 2000 1 3 1 11123
2195 2195 2000 1 4 2 12703
2196 2196 2000 1 5 3 12240
2197 2197 2000 1 6 4 12260
2198 2198 2000 1 7 5 12280
2199 2199 2000 1 8 6 8750
2200 2200 2000 1 9 7 7736
2201 2201 2000 1 10 1 11418
2202 2202 2000 1 11 2 12323
2203 2203 2000 1 12 3 12057
2204 2204 2000 1 13 4 11556
2205 2205 2000 1 14 5 11924
2206 2206 2000 1 15 6 8365
2207 2207 2000 1 16 7 7499
2208 2208 2000 1 17 1 10601
2209 2209 2000 1 18 2 12086
2210 2210 2000 1 19 3 12083
2211 2211 2000 1 20 4 12188
2212 2212 2000 1 21 5 11667
2213 2213 2000 1 22 6 8633
2214 2214 2000 1 23 7 7712
2215 2215 2000 1 24 1 11184
2216 2216 2000 1 25 2 12253
2217 2217 2000 1 26 3 11879
2218 2218 2000 1 27 4 12136
2219 2219 2000 1 28 5 11673
2220 2220 2000 1 29 6 8635
2221 2221 2000 1 30 7 7603
2222 2222 2000 1 31 1 10882
2223 2223 2000 2 1 2 12359
2224 2224 2000 2 2 3 12082
2225 2225 2000 2 3 4 11806
2226 2226 2000 2 4 5 11828
2227 2227 2000 2 5 6 8474
2228 2228 2000 2 6 7 7730
2229 2229 2000 2 7 1 11375
2230 2230 2000 2 8 2 12591
2231 2231 2000 2 9 3 12024
2232 2232 2000 2 10 4 12339
2233 2233 2000 2 11 5 12182
2234 2234 2000 2 12 6 8674
2235 2235 2000 2 13 7 7801
2236 2236 2000 2 14 1 11920
2237 2237 2000 2 15 2 12711
2238 2238 2000 2 16 3 12256
2239 2239 2000 2 17 4 12274
2240 2240 2000 2 18 5 12162
2241 2241 2000 2 19 6 8693
2242 2242 2000 2 20 7 7763
2243 2243 2000 2 21 1 10406
2244 2244 2000 2 22 2 12401
2245 2245 2000 2 23 3 11972
2246 2246 2000 2 24 4 12160
2247 2247 2000 2 25 5 11971
2248 2248 2000 2 26 6 8847
2249 2249 2000 2 27 7 7716
2250 2250 2000 2 28 1 11215
2251 2251 2000 2 29 2 11645
2252 2252 2000 3 1 3 12407
2253 2253 2000 3 2 4 12261
2254 2254 2000 3 3 5 12120
2255 2255 2000 3 4 6 8861
2256 2256 2000 3 5 7 7599
2257 2257 2000 3 6 1 11122
2258 2258 2000 3 7 2 12133
2259 2259 2000 3 8 3 12061
2260 2260 2000 3 9 4 12303
2261 2261 2000 3 10 5 11898
2262 2262 2000 3 11 6 8657
2263 2263 2000 3 12 7 7762
2264 2264 2000 3 13 1 10946
2265 2265 2000 3 14 2 12523
2266 2266 2000 3 15 3 12114
2267 2267 2000 3 16 4 12154
2268 2268 2000 3 17 5 12147
2269 2269 2000 3 18 6 8502
2270 2270 2000 3 19 7 7623
2271 2271 2000 3 20 1 11281
2272 2272 2000 3 21 2 12370
2273 2273 2000 3 22 3 12047
2274 2274 2000 3 23 4 12168
2275 2275 2000 3 24 5 12104
2276 2276 2000 3 25 6 8975
2277 2277 2000 3 26 7 7675
2278 2278 2000 3 27 1 11051
2279 2279 2000 3 28 2 12394
2280 2280 2000 3 29 3 11806
2281 2281 2000 3 30 4 11851
2282 2282 2000 3 31 5 11638
2283 2283 2000 4 1 6 8238
2284 2284 2000 4 2 7 7419
2285 2285 2000 4 3 1 11178
2286 2286 2000 4 4 2 12523
2287 2287 2000 4 5 3 11946
2288 2288 2000 4 6 4 11929
2289 2289 2000 4 7 5 12004
2290 2290 2000 4 8 6 8583
2291 2291 2000 4 9 7 7628

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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
);