SQL Rolling Window Analytics | Dataford Interview Questions

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration uses the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System, or FAERS, to monitor reported adverse events. Write a PostgreSQL query that summarizes oncology-related reports by month for calendar year 2024.

Requirements

Join FAERS reports to their reported drug products and retain only products whose therapeutic_area is Oncology.
Count adverse event reports for each calendar month from January through December 2024.
Calculate a running total of reports ordered chronologically.
Calculate a twelve-month moving average using the current month and up to the previous eleven monthly observations. Return results in chronological order.

Schema

faers_reports

Column	Type	Description
report_idPK	BIGINT	Unique FDA FAERS report identifier
drug_product_id	INT	Referenced drug product identifier
received_date	DATE	Date FDA received the report
report_source	VARCHAR(40)	Source of the adverse event report

faers_drug_products

Column	Type	Description
drug_product_idPK	INT	Unique reported drug product identifier
product_name	VARCHAR(120)	Reported drug product name
therapeutic_area	VARCHAR(60)	Therapeutic area associated with the product

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