CLIENT
Professor Jodie Jenkinson
FORMAT
Web based data visualization
Microsoft Excel
Adobe Illustrator
DATE
April 2020
AUDIENCE
General, highly educated
PURPOSE
The following visualization looks at patterns seen in the CDC’s 2018 Division of Vital Statistics data. This dataset includes over 90% of all births in the US during 2018, totaling just over one million births. The first chart gives an overview of significant categories plotted together on the same 24 hour plot. It quickly becomes obvious that many births are happening early in the morning, near 8 am. Below, these color-coded categories are charted individually. This data visualization piece is meant to spark curiosity and could be adapted to be an interactive module allowing individuals about to give birth the option to customize multiple variables.
BIRTH BY THE HOUR
PROCESS
REFERENCES
Armstrong, Z. (2017, June 20). Why Are so Many Babies Born around 8:00 A.M.? Scientific American Blog Network. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/sa-visual/why-are-so-many-babies-born-around-8-00-a-m/
Data Access - Vital Statistics Online. (2021, May). National Center for Health Statistics. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/vitalstatsonline.htm
Mathews, T. J., & Curtin, S. C. (2015, May). When Are Babies Born: Morning, Noon, or Night? Birth Certificate Data for 2013. National Center for Health Statistics. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db200.htm
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