The birthrates in the U.S for the years 2003-2012 are given in the following table. (The birthrate is the number of live births/1000 population.)

Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Birthrate 14.7 14.0 14.0 14.2 14.2
Year 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Birthrate 14.0 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.7

a) Describe random variable x
b) Find the probability distribution for the random variable x.

a) That would be the years of the birthrates themselves right?
b) Would this be the sum of all the birthrates? 140.2
And then 13.7/140.2, 13.8/140.2.....?

2 answers

a) disagree
b) don't think so
a) then just the birthrates?
b) 13.7/1000, 13.8/1000 instead?