Table 3: Breastfeeding Rates by Age among Children Born in 2001 (Percent +/- half 95% Confidence Interval)

U.S. National Breastfeeding Rates, 2001

  US National Number
Ever breastfeeding 71.6±1.0 29129
Breastfeeding at 7 days 68.9±1.0 29129
Breastfeeding at 14 days 67.1±1.1 29129
Breastfeeding at 21 days 64.3±1.1 29129
Breastfeeding at 28 days 62.9±1.1 29129
Breastfeeding at 42 days 57.8±1.1 29129
Breastfeeding at 1 Month 62.4±1.1 29129
Breastfeeding at 2 Months 55.4±1.1 29129
Breastfeeding at 3 Months 50.6±1.1 29129
Breastfeeding at 4 Months 43.7±1.2 29129
Breastfeeding at 5 Months 39.3±1.2 29129
Breastfeeding at 6 Months 36.9±1.2 29129
Breastfeeding at 9 Months 24.8±1.2 29129
Breastfeeding at 12 Months 18.2±0.9 29129
Breastfeeding at 18 Months 6.3±0.6 29129

Figure 4. Breastfeeding rates by age among children born in 2001. For data, see above.

Source: National Immunization Survey, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services

Sample sizes appearing in the NIS breastfeeding tables are slightly smaller than the numbers published in other NIS publications due to the fact that in the DNPA breastfeeding analyses, the sample was limited to records with valid responses to the breastfeeding questions.