npm package: @stdlib/datasets-cdc-nchs-us-births-1994-2003
Description: US birth data from 1994 to 2003, as provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
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# US Birth Data (1994-2003)

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> US birth data from 1994 to 2003, as provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.

<section class="installation">

## Installation

```bash
npm install @stdlib/datasets-cdc-nchs-us-births-1994-2003
```

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<section class="usage">

## Usage

```javascript
var dataset = require( '@stdlib/datasets-cdc-nchs-us-births-1994-2003' );
```

#### dataset()

Returns US birth data from 1994 to 2003, as provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.

```javascript
var data = dataset();
// returns [ {...}, ... ]
```

Each element in the returned database has the following fields:

-   **year**: year.
-   **month**: month, where January is denoted by `1`.
-   **date_of_month**: day number of the month.
-   **day_of_week**: day of week, where Monday is `1` and Sunday is `7`.
-   **births**: number of births.

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## Examples

<!-- eslint no-undef: "error" -->

```javascript
var incrmean = require( '@stdlib/stats-incr-mean' );
var dataset = require( '@stdlib/datasets-cdc-nchs-us-births-1994-2003' );

function mean( a, b ) {
    return ( a + b ) / 2.0;
}

function reldiff( a, b ) {
    return 100.0 * ( (a-b)/a );
}

/*
* GOAL: determine whether people avoid giving birth on the 13th of each month.
*
* NOTE: for a more thorough analysis, we'd account for holidays.
*/

// Retrieve the data:
var data = dataset();

// Initialize arrays for storing births for particular day numbers:
var d6or20 = [ [], [], [], [], [], [], [] ];
var d13 = [ [], [], [], [], [], [], [] ];

// Extract the day number data...
var d;
var w;
var i;
for ( i = 0; i < data.length; i++ ) {
    d = data[ i ].date_of_month;
    w = data[ i ].day_of_week;
    if ( d === 6 ) {
        // Average of days 6 and 20 for the same month:
        d6or20[ w-1 ].push( mean( data[ i ].births, data[ i+14 ].births ) );
    } else if ( d === 13 ) {
        d13[ w-1 ].push( data[ i ].births );
    }
}

// Initialize accumulators for computing the average relative difference...
var means = [];
for ( i = 0; i < 7; i++ ) {
    means.push( incrmean() );
}

// Compute the average relative difference between days 6/20 with day 13...
var l1;
var l2;
var mu;
var j;
for ( i = 0; i < 7; i++ ) {
    l1 = d13[ i ];
    l2 = d6or20[ i ];
    mu = means[ i ];
    for ( j = 0; j < l1.length; j++ ) {
        mu( reldiff( l1[ j ], l2[ j ] ) );
    }
}

// Print the results...
for ( i = 0; i < 7; i++ ) {
    console.log( '%d: %d%', i+1, means[ i ]().toFixed( 3 ) );
}
```

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## References

-   Bialik, Carl. 2016. "Some People Are Too Superstitious To Have A Baby On Friday The 13th." <https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/some-people-are-too-superstitious-to-have-a-baby-on-friday-the-13th/>.

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## License

The data files (databases) are licensed under an [Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication & License 1.0][pddl-1.0] and their contents are licensed under [Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal][cc0]. The software is licensed under [Apache License, Version 2.0][apache-license].

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## See Also

-   <span class="package-name">[`@stdlib/datasets-cdc-nchs-us-births-1994-2003-cli`][@stdlib/datasets-cdc-nchs-us-births-1994-2003-cli]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">CLI package for use as a command-line utility.</span>
-   <span class="package-name">[`@stdlib/datasets-cdc-nchs-us-births-1969-1988`][@stdlib/datasets/cdc-nchs-us-births-1969-1988]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">US birth data from 1969 to 1988, as provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.</span>
-   <span class="package-name">[`@stdlib/datasets-ssa-us-births-2000-2014`][@stdlib/datasets/ssa-us-births-2000-2014]</span><span class="delimiter">: </span><span class="description">US birth data from 2000 to 2014, as provided by the Social Security Administration.</span>

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