Table 3: Breastfeeding Rates by Age among Children Born in 2002 (Percent +/- half 95% Confidence Interval)

U.S. National Breastfeeding Rates, 2002

  US National Number
Ever breastfeeding 71.4±0.9 27648
Breastfeeding at 7 days 68.9±0.9 27648
Breastfeeding at 14 days 67.4±0.9 27648
Breastfeeding at 21 days 64.8±1.0 27648
Breastfeeding at 28 days 63.4±1.0 27648
Breastfeeding at 42 days 58.5±1.0 27648
Breastfeeding at 1 Month 62.8±1.0 27648
Breastfeeding at 2 Months 56.2±1.0 27648
Breastfeeding at 3 Months 51.3±1.0 27648
Breastfeeding at 4 Months 44.4±1.0 27648
Breastfeeding at 5 Months 40.1±1.0 27648
Breastfeeding at 6 Months 37.6±1.0 27648
Breastfeeding at 9 Months 25.1±0.9 27648
Breastfeeding at 12 Months 19.0±0.8 27648
Breastfeeding at 18 Months 6.4±0.5 27648

Figure 4. Breastfeeding rates by age among children born in 2002. 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.