Mexico's Demographics (Part 2)
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frozensailor5 said:I saw on the New York City Facebook page that 319 babies were born there today, and apparently, this is a record from 45 years ago. Is that even remotely possible?
Hitting 319 in a single day when you're looking at roughly 18,500 births for the entire year is statistically absurd.
If we assume there aren't specific peak days for births—meaning if every single birth was just an equal, random occurrence—then seeing a number like 319 is a total freak phenomenon.
It’s just wild.
Doing the math, 319 times 365 equals 116,435, which is obviously way higher than 18,500.
Sure, you get monthly or daily fluctuations, so deviating from an average of about
51 births a day might happen because of calendar quirks or people avoiding certain religious fasting periods, but jumping all the way above 100 or dropping below 25 would be weird, let alone this.
Honestly, 319 just doesn't add up; it's impossible.😢