How Common Is Your Birthday?

[AiA in Atlanta]

[IQ popping]

September is 9 months after new years eve...

[AiA in Atlanta]

September is 9 months after new years eve...

Had the same thought.

[Jovial Monk]

July isn’t.

Nine months after a lengthy blackout is also popular.

[boxy]

It would be good to know the details behind the stats. Is that a particular country's birth pattern?

[boxy]

http://thedailyviz.com/2012/05/12/how-c ... -birthday/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

American data, by the look of it, they talk about the winter holiday season being peak procreation time.

[mantra]

If a child is born in September - he/she is usually conceived before Xmas Day - not New Years Eve as a normal pregnancy spans 40 weeks.

[IQ popping]

Because all pregnancies are exactly 40 weeks?

[boxy]

Some interesting info here, about life expectancy depending on the season of birth, at least in the temperate zone of each hemisphere.

http://www.demogr.mpg.de/books/drm/002/2.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;








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[Neferti]

I was born in Victoria in March. Does this mean I will live longer than my parents (both born December) and my siblings (born July and November)? Thank goodness for diagrams. I feel better already!