Provisional Geographic-specific Breastfeeding Rates among Children born in 2005 (Percent +/- half 95% Confidence Interval) |
| State & Breakdown | Number |
Ever Breastfeeding |
Breastfeeding at 6 months |
Breastfeeding at 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US National | 15269 | 74.2±1.2 | 43.1±1.3 | 21.4±1.1 |
| ALABAMA | 225 | 53.2±8.0 | 25.6±6.2 | 9.5±3.9 |
| ALASKA | 182 | 81.3±6.4 | 53.0±8.2 | 25.8±6.7 |
| ARIZONA | 263 | 88.5±4.6 | 51.7±7.5 | 22.0±6.1 |
| ARKANSAS | 269 | 60.3±7.5 | 30.6±6.7 | 14.0±5.1 |
| CALIFORNIA | 1070 | 85.1±3.8 | 62.0±5.3 | 32.1±5.2 |
| CA-Alameda County | 261 | 86.3±5.1 | 65.3±6.7 | 41.6±6.8 |
| CA-Los Angeles County | 255 | 81.2±5.4 | 55.5±6.9 | 26.5±6.2 |
| CA-San Bernardino County | 223 | 83.0±5.6 | 48.5±7.1 | 28.5±6.3 |
| COLORADO | 199 | 81.4±7.2 | 48.2±8.9 | 25.8±7.4 |
| CONNECTICUT | 213 | 74.5±7.4 | 42.9±7.4 | 18.8±5.5 |
| DELAWARE | 253 | 63.4±7.4 | 30.6±6.5 | 13.8±4.7 |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | 265 | 70.5±6.9 | 46.7±6.9 | 25.8±5.8 |
| FLORIDA | 501 | 70.6±7.3 | 36.8±7.2 | 21.0±6.0 |
| FL-Miami-Dade County | 260 | 76.1±6.6 | 35.7±6.9 | 17.0±5.3 |
| GEORGIA | 284 | 72.0±7.6 | 43.5±7.9 | 18.2±5.9 |
| HAWAII | 214 | 85.3±6.3 | 54.5±8.4 | 37.1±7.8 |
| IDAHO | 162 | 85.2±5.6 | 59.0±8.1 | 28.2±7.3 |
| ILLINOIS | 548 | 71.2±5.4 | 37.5±5.5 | 15.8±4.1 |
| IL-City of Chicago | 265 | 70.8±7.2 | 32.3±6.8 | 15.9±5.3 |
| INDIANA | 543 | 65.3±6.5 | 35.7±5.9 | 17.8±4.3 |
| IN-Marion County | 269 | 65.5±7.0 | 33.4±6.2 | 13.7±4.4 |
| IOWA | 191 | 74.8±7.1 | 40.4±7.7 | 21.9±6.4 |
| KANSAS | 213 | 79.4±6.4 | 43.4±8.2 | 21.2±6.2 |
| KENTUCKY | 259 | 48.2±7.5 | 23.2±5.5 | 9.8±3.8 |
| LOUISIANA | 302 | 47.9±7.2 | 21.8±5.5 | 9.5±4.1 |
| MAINE | 192 | 71.7±7.5 | 41.2±7.6 | 22.5±6.0 |
| MARYLAND | 333 | 73.0±6.5 | 43.0±6.6 | 20.7±5.1 |
| MASSACHUSETTS | 205 | 78.1±7.6 | 43.3±8.5 | 21.7±6.6 |
| MICHIGAN | 240 | 69.1±8.4 | 35.5±7.5 | 19.8±6.0 |
| MINNESOTA | 210 | 79.4±6.7 | 45.9±8.2 | 20.5±6.1 |
| MISSISSIPPI | 220 | 50.2±7.8 | 21.8±6.5 | 7.5±3.6 |
| MISSOURI | 225 | 67.5±8.4 | 30.5±7.3 | 14.4±4.9 |
| MONTANA | 224 | 77.6±7.0 | 48.0±7.6 | 26.8±6.3 |
| NEBRASKA | 173 | 78.8±8.1 | 54.9±9.2 | 23.3±7.3 |
| NEVADA | 235 | 78.3±6.3 | 45.3±7.4 | 18.3±5.5 |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | 178 | 75.3±7.7 | 46.8±8.6 | 23.9±7.2 |
| NEW JERSEY | 269 | 75.0±7.0 | 37.3±7.4 | 15.2±4.9 |
| NEW MEXICO | 215 | 77.0±8.2 | 41.8±8.4 | 26.1±7.2 |
| NEW YORK | 504 | 76.3±4.6 | 43.5±5.1 | 24.6±4.3 |
| NY-NYC 5 Counties | 304 | 84.0±4.9 | 51.7±6.3 | 30.6±5.8 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | 229 | 66.2±8.5 | 37.5±7.7 | 18.2±5.9 |
| NORTH DAKOTA | 203 | 68.2±7.7 | 36.8±7.1 | 18.4±5.4 |
| OHIO | 287 | 65.0±6.6 | 31.5±5.9 | 14.0±4.3 |
| OKLAHOMA | 230 | 69.1±7.7 | 28.1±6.4 | 13.4±4.4 |
| OREGON | 193 | 89.2±5.8 | 62.1±8.4 | 38.9±8.0 |
| PENNSYLVANIA | 506 | 70.7±5.0 | 36.3±5.4 | 16.2±3.9 |
| PA-Philadelphia | 189 | 57.0±8.3 | 34.6±7.8 | 11.3±5.0 |
| RHODE ISLAND | 195 | 70.9±8.4 | 49.3±8.6 | 21.9±6.9 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA | 323 | 66.8±6.4 | 33.7±5.8 | 15.6±4.4 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA | 221 | 70.1±8.1 | 38.1±8.0 | 12.2±5.0 |
| TENNESSEE | 241 | 56.9±8.2 | 24.1±6.1 | 12.6±4.6 |
| TEXAS | 1265 | 77.9±4.1 | 43.8±5.0 | 23.7±4.4 |
| TX-Bexar County | 284 | 65.6±7.1 | 32.9±6.8 | 17.6±6.0 |
| TX-City of Houston | 291 | 79.6±5.6 | 45.3±6.5 | 21.1±5.2 |
| TX-Dallas County | 218 | 81.4±6.2 | 49.6±8.0 | 24.8±7.0 |
| TX-El Paso County | 205 | 70.8±7.1 | 32.6±7.2 | 14.7±5.1 |
| UTAH | 258 | 90.3±3.9 | 60.4±7.1 | 25.7±6.3 |
| VERMONT | 185 | 77.6±7.6 | 53.8±8.5 | 32.6±7.8 |
| VIRGINIA | 291 | 75.8±6.5 | 42.7±6.9 | 18.7±5.2 |
| WASHINGTON | 422 | 90.1±4.0 | 57.3±6.5 | 33.4±5.9 |
| WA-Western WA | 205 | 88.6±4.8 | 57.4±7.8 | 35.3±7.2 |
| WEST VIRGINIA | 221 | 57.7±7.6 | 22.5±5.9 | 12.0±4.8 |
| WISCONSIN | 209 | 67.9±8.1 | 39.2±7.9 | 16.4±6.1 |
| WYOMING | 211 | 81.8±6.4 | 46.6±7.9 | 20.6±6.1 |
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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 DNPAO breastfeeding analyses, the sample was limited to records with valid responses to the breastfeeding questions. Counties and cities not sampled or with sample size <100 (Alabama's Jefferson County; Arizona's Maricopa County; California's San Fresno, San Diego and Santa Clara Counties and Northern California; Denver, Colorado; Florida's Duval County; Georgia's Fulton/Dekalb Counties; Eastern Kansas; Louisiana's Orleans Parish; Baltimore City, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; Detroit, Michigan; Missouri's St. Louis County and City; Nevada's Clark County; Newark, New Jersey; Southern New Mexico; Ohio's Cuyahoga and Franklin Counties; Pennsylvania's Allegheny County; Tennessee's Davidson's and Shelby Counties; Washington's King County and Eastern Washington and Wisconsin's Milwaukee County) are not reported on in this table. |
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