b = open("US_births_1994-2003_CDC_NCHS.csv")
data = b.read()
data.split("\n")

def read_csv(filename):
    b = open(filename)
    data = b.read()
    string_list = data.split("\n")
    final_list = []
    data_no_header = string_list[1:len(string_list)]
    for d in data_no_header:
        final_list.append(d.split(","))
    return final_list

cdc_list = read_csv("US_births_1994-2003_CDC_NCHS.csv")
print(cdc_list[0:10])