Wait, isn't science supposed to explain stuff?

ON 31 October, a newborn baby somewhere in the world will become the 7 billionth member of the human race. Dunno where, although, statistically, most likely birthplaces for Baby Billion would be India or China. (अरब बच्चे or 婴儿亿元 , respectively).

There's another reason why this baby would be born in Asia. American women avoid giving birth on Halloween.

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The researchers could only speculate why women would time their births and aim for Valentine's Day, but clench their teeth and everything else to bring forth their babies in early November.

My mother and the mothers of the three other kids, including a set of twins, must have missed that memo. There were four of us in a high school class of 100 with Halloween birthdays.

The pattern of avoiding birthdays around holidays holds into the new year.

Rank	Date		Rank	Day
364	1-Jan		14	7-Jul
362	2-Jan		12	8-Jul
356	3-Jan		18	22-Jul
350	4-Jan		17	12-Aug
347	8-Jan		2	9-Sep
351	9-Jan		9	10-Sep
349	10-Jan		16	14-Sep
348	1-Apr		8	15-Sep
346	13-Apr		1	16-Sep
361	4-Jul		4	17-Sep
355	31-Oct		10	18-Sep
352	24-Nov		13	19-Sep
353	25-Nov		15	20-Sep
357	26-Nov		7	21-Sep
358	27-Nov		5	22-Sep
359	28-Nov		3	23-Sep
354	23-Dec		6	24-Sep
363	24-Dec		11	25-Sep
365	25-Dec		19	30-Sep
360	26-Dec		20	1-Oct

In spite of their avoidance for birthdays near Christmas into the early part of the new year, many will aim for that tax deduction. The middling days between Christmas and New Year's score pretty well compared to other dates in that week.

26	30-Dec
42	29-Dec
62	28-Dec

Data source: How Common Is Your Birthday?