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How To... - Interpret Data - Case Studies -
Breastfeeding
Who: Which infants are most likely to be breastfed?
Age and race/ethnicity are the person characteristics included in
PedNSS. The PedNSS Table 9C; Breastfeeding, TV Viewing, and Smoking in
Household by Race/Ethnicity or Age allows us to analyze breastfeeding
prevalences by race and ethnicity.
Sample: PedNSS Table 9C, Breastfeeding, TV Viewing, and Smoking in
Household by Race/Ethnicity or Age
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The percentage of infants ever breastfed is 48.4% for
all racial and ethnic groups and below the target of 75%. The lowest
prevalence (30.8%) is observed among black infants while the highest
(62.7%) is noted among Hispanic infants. |
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The percent of infants breastfed at least 6 and 12
months was highest among Hispanic infants 29.0% and 22.8% and lowest
among black infants 10% and 8.3%, respectively. |
This graph, derived from Table 9C, shows the highest prevalence of
ever breastfeeding and breastfeeding at 6 and 12 months is for Hispanic
infants and the lowest prevalence is among black infants. It also shows that
the prevalence of ever breastfed is much higher than at 6 and 12 months.
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Percentage of infants ever breastfed, and breastfed
at 6 and 12 months
by race and ethnicity
Year 2010 targets: increase the
proportion of mothers who breastfeed their babies a) in the early
postpartum period to 75%, b) at 6 months to 50%, and c) at 1 year to 25%. |
Who? Which infants are most or least likely to be breastfed?
Hispanic infants are more likely to be ever breastfed and be breastfed
at 6 and 12 months. Black infants are the least likely to be ever breastfed and
breastfed at least 6 and 12 months. However, all race/ethnic groups have
breastfeeding prevalences below the Healthy People 2010 targets of
75, 50, and 25 percent.
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