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A cool guide to birth commonality (i.redd.it)
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[โ€“] morphballganon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Jan 1st and Dec 25th both less common than Feb 29th? Sounds unrealistic.

[โ€“] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

Other users have pointed it out: this data set likely includes induced births and c-sections, neither of which would be scheduled on a holiday.

You can also see a dip around 4 July, so this data is probably from the USA