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Humans sort of seem to have a mating season if you look at births by day of the year. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Those low points are interesting. I wonder what causes them.

For the one around Xmas, I assume it’s to do with hospitals not being open so anything scheduled, like induced labor or c-section, would be delayed around it.. same with new years. And I guess 4th of July? But if that’s the cause, why not the other federal holidays?

(I’m assuming this is US data just by the negative spike in July)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Yeah, hospitals will schedule around holidays. You can see Xmas, new years, 4th of July, Halloween, and Thanksgiving (unlabeled). I assume those are the only holidays that would realistically keep a doctor away from the hospital.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

This is correct to my knowledge. I think those are the most pronounced ones because they are the most likely holiday days to be actually fully taken off nationally.