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Question of the Day

Jun 06, 2006 13:34

Are the birthdates of the world evenly distributed over the days of the Gregorian Calendar as we know it?

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From Hallmark arwenn June 6 2006, 20:37:07 UTC

• More people are born in August than any other month (9.07 percent). About 21 million Americans have birthdays in August.

• In recent years, July ranks number two in birthdays (8.80 percent of births) and February is last (7.55 percent)

Re: From Hallmark deweyintoronto June 6 2006, 20:52:37 UTC

It makes sense that February has fewer births, because there are fewer days.

Some of the variances could be explained by seasonal *ahem* habits. For example, August is 9 months after New Year's Eve, meaning that a lot of drunken sex was goin' on (SURPRISE!) in Western Cultures.

As the significant dates vary in other cultures, I'm betting it'd be pretty close to evenly distributed.

Except February, because we're special.

Re: From Hallmark arwenn June 6 2006, 20:58:27 UTC

Obviously, February is at a disadvantage. I didn't think about New Years, or the general holiday season causing high births in July, August, and September. Huh. Going by math, I was conceived in late February. Not even V-day--just late February. Huh.

Re: From Hallmark deweyintoronto June 6 2006, 21:00:04 UTC

I was conceived on May 28, 1974. Which happens to be my mother's birthday. Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

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More From Hallmark arwenn June 6 2006, 20:39:37 UTC

Rank Month Percent
1. August 9.07
2. July 8.80
3. September 8.62
4. October 8.60
5. March 8.51
6. May 8.30
7. January 8.25
8. June 8.15
9. April 8.12
10. December 8.07
11. November 7.96
12. February 7.55

Re: More From Hallmark arwenn June 6 2006, 20:42:38 UTC

Note: This is just from the US. But the original question between my girlfriend and I was: Is there an equal number of virgos (she) and sagittariuses (me)?

Obviously not. Although the months are pretty evenly distributed, with not more than 1 and a half percent between smallest and largest, I'm low on the list, whereas she (September) is high. So by definition, there actually ARE more virgos than sags especially because both months that contribute to virgo and both months that contribute to sagittarius are close to each other, in their high and low spots, respectively.