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US_births_1994_2003

Format

A data frame with 3652 rows representing dates and 6 variables:

year

Year

month

Month

date_of_month

Day

date

POSIX date

day_of_week

Abbreviation of day of week

births

Number of births

Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics

See also