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/fivethirtyeight/births/

├ README.md

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/births/_r/-/README.md

├ data/US_births_1994-2003_CDC_NCHS.csv

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/births/_r/-/data/US_births_1994-2003_CDC_NCHS.csv

├ data/US_births_2000-2014_SSA.csv

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/births/_r/-/data/US_births_2000-2014_SSA.csv

└ datapackage.json

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/births/_r/-/datapackage.json

Key Files

Start with these files — they give you everything you need to understand and access the dataset.

datapackage.json— metadata & schema

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/births/_r/-/datapackage.json

README.md— documentation

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/births/_r/-/README.md

Typical Usage

1. Fetch datapackage.json to inspect schema and resources
2. Download data resources listed in datapackage.json
3. Read README.md for full context

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US_births_1994-2003_CDC_NCHS

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Schema

name	type	format
year	integer	default
month	integer	default
date_of_month	integer	default
day_of_week	integer	default
births	integer	default

US_births_2000-2014_SSA

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Schema

name	type	format
year	integer	default
month	integer	default
date_of_month	integer	default
day_of_week	integer	default
births	integer	default

Data Files

File	Description	Size	Last modified	Download
US_births_1994-2003_CDC_NCHS		64.5 kB	about 2 months ago	US_births_1994-2003_CDC_NCHS
US_births_2000-2014_SSA		96.8 kB	about 2 months ago	US_births_2000-2014_SSA

Files	Size	Format	Created	Updated	License	Source
2	161 kB	csv		about 2 months ago		FiveThirtyEight - Births

U.S. Births

This folder 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

This dataset was scraped from FiveThirtyEight - births