Table 7B: 2009 Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance(1) New York Comparison of Breastfeeding, TV Viewing, and Smoking in Household by County(2) Children Aged < 5 Years(3)

Comparison of Breastfeeding, TV Viewing, and Smoking in Household (4,5)
County Breastfeeding (6) Exclusive Breastfeeding (7) ≤2 Hours TV Viewing/Day (8) Smoking in Household
Number % Ever Breastfed (Rank) Number % Breastfed At Least 6 Months (Rank) Number % Breastfed At Least 12 Months (Rank) Number % Breastfed At Least 3 Months (Rank) Number % Breastfed At Least 6 Months (Rank) Number % (Rank) Number % (Rank)
Albany 1,375 64.7 (33) 529 18.7 (33) 967 11.3 (23) 290 13.8 (15) 495 4.8 (33) 2,539 69.6 (57) 5,281 5.5 (29)
Allegany 292 71.2 (14) 120 22.5 (21) 216 11.6 (21) 63 * * 119 9.2 (10) 630 82.9 (24) 1,224 11.1 (58)
Bronx 17,157 83.1 (4) 5,861 44.1 (7) 12,395 23.3 (9) 2,768 2.5 (34) 5,522 1.0 (52) 33,456 65.5 (60) 67,225 3.2 (13)
Broome 1,215 65.6 (32) 460 19.3 (28) 917 10.3 (26) 254 15.4 (12) 451 3.8 (39) 2,431 81.3 (32) 4,882 6.7 (37)
Cattaraugu 514 67.1 (28) 198 18.2 (38) 385 9.6 (32) 108 15.7 (11) 195 4.1 (37) 1,077 67.8 (59) 2,167 7.8 (45)
Cayuga 459 63.2 (39) 208 17.8 (39) 360 7.8 (45) 120 13.3 (17) 205 10.2 (7) 867 86.4 (13) 1,818 8.9 (51)
Chautauqua 484 59.5 (51) 199 13.1 (49) 349 3.4 (58) 112 13.4 (16) 188 3.2 (41) 940 81.2 (33) 1,932 6.6 (36)
Chemung 682 57.5 (54) 267 16.1 (42) 504 8.1 (42) 140 10.7 (20) 263 4.2 (36) 1,504 85.2 (18) 2,894 6.9 (40)
Chenango 570 67.5 (25) 260 14.2 (47) 447 8.9 (36) 141 10.6 (22) 250 6.0 (25) 1,375 85.6 (16) 2,635 12.6 (60)
Clinton 443 66.8 (30) 172 19.2 (29) 338 5.9 (54) 78 * * 164 3.0 (44) 936 81.0 (34) 1,840 4.3 (22)
Columbia 295 62.4 (40) 104 28.8 (15) 215 10.7 (25) 49 * * 100 1.0 (52) 595 79.8 (38) 1,199 6.7 (37)
Cortland 368 70.7 (16) 137 25.5 (18) 280 11.8 (19) 70 * * 134 3.0 (44) 698 92.1 (5) 1,425 10.5 (57)
Delaware 271 70.5 (17) 101 14.9 (45) 195 10.3 (26) 54 * * 96 * * 648 90.3 (6) 1,220 4.4 (23)
Dutchess 1,044 73.3 (11) 403 35.2 (13) 770 20.3 (12) 214 15.4 (12) 394 7.4 (14) 1,753 72.5 (54) 3,846 4.1 (19)
Erie 4,906 46.0 (61) 1,510 12.6 (52) 3,087 5.7 (55) 775 10.7 (20) 1,434 5.5 (26) 7,906 87.2 (11) 17,395 3.2 (13)
Essex 191 73.3 (11) 93 * * 175 7.4 (49) 47 * * 93 * * 434 94.2 (2) 853 3.6 (16)
Franklin 328 60.1 (48) 170 24.7 (20) 262 11.8 (19) 88 * * 165 9.1 (11) 660 72.6 (53) 1,365 7.0 (41)
Fulton 269 47.6 (60) 117 12.0 (54) 217 6.9 (50) 58 * * 113 4.4 (35) 554 69.9 (56) 1,135 14.1 (61)
Genesee 514 58.4 (52) 188 19.1 (32) 387 10.3 (26) 106 25.5 (2) 186 5.4 (27) 1,031 87.1 (12) 2,077 5.9 (31)
Greene 199 63.3 (37) 83 * * 153 11.1 (24) 64 * * 83 * * 391 76.0 (47) 823 9.7 (55)
Hamilton 23 * * 13 * * 14 * * 4 * * 10 * * 38 * * 81 * *
Herkimer 384 59.9 (50) 124 13.7 (48) 241 10.0 (30) 62 * * 123 4.1 (37) 769 70.9 (55) 1,501 7.7 (44)
Jefferson 1,164 68.0 (24) 506 20.6 (24) 762 9.4 (34) 349 17.5 (5) 498 6.2 (23) 2,107 75.1 (49) 4,562 5.4 (27)
Kings 27,515 78.3 (8) 9,773 52.8 (2) 19,145 32.6 (2) 5,084 10.1 (24) 9,520 6.1 (24) 54,160 81.8 (28) 108,193 1.8 (7)
Lewis 235 70.2 (18) 113 18.6 (34) 167 9.6 (32) 64 * * 113 10.6 (6) 493 77.9 (42) 988 15.0 (62)
Livingston 256 71.1 (15) 120 28.3 (16) 171 15.2 (15) 65 * * 120 10.8 (5) 523 83.9 (21) 1,074 5.4 (27)
Madison 438 61.0 (46) 150 22.0 (23) 329 10.0 (30) 74 * * 149 9.4 (9) 906 74.3 (51) 1,800 9.1 (54)
Monroe 3,688 64.3 (34) 1,224 19.2 (29) 2,587 8.1 (42) 624 10.6 (22) 1,100 4.5 (34) 6,799 82.3 (25) 14,417 4.2 (20)
Montgomery 362 55.5 (56) 152 18.4 (36) 298 6.4 (51) 71 * * 149 5.4 (27) 750 65.2 (61) 1,542 9.0 (53)
Nassau 3,854 80.3 (7) 1,346 41.8 (8) 2,688 20.3 (12) 751 3.3 (33) 1,315 2.1 (50) 5,365 72.9 (52) 12,783 1.3 (4)
New York 12,858 75.6 (9) 4,391 41.7 (9) 9,042 25.6 (8) 2,157 4.5 (31) 4,261 2.7 (46) 24,493 76.2 (46) 49,231 2.2 (8)
Niagara 1,233 51.5 (59) 422 12.8 (51) 857 5.6 (56) 217 11.1 (19) 391 4.9 (32) 2,249 87.7 (9) 4,715 6.3 (34)
Oneida 1,432 54.1 (58) 644 12.9 (50) 682 8.8 (37) 342 7.0 (27) 585 2.1 (50) 2,669 84.0 (20) 5,753 3.6 (16)
Onondaga 2,782 56.9 (55) 1,047 15.5 (44) 1,891 8.7 (38) 509 16.1 (10) 961 7.0 (18) 5,180 87.7 (9) 10,738 6.2 (33)
Ontario 473 70.0 (20) 181 20.4 (25) 314 7.6 (48) 105 19.0 (4) 177 5.1 (31) 865 81.4 (30) 1,875 4.9 (25)
Orange 2,243 72.4 (13) 929 47.6 (4) 1,684 27.6 (6) 518 16.2 (9) 878 9.0 (12) 4,684 81.4 (30) 9,425 2.7 (11)
Orleans 245 60.0 (49) 89 * * 175 8.0 (44) 56 * * 87 * * 471 83.7 (22) 967 12.5 (59)
Oswego 867 61.1 (45) 334 18.6 (34) 526 11.4 (22) 157 16.6 (8) 332 6.6 (20) 1,828 83.4 (23) 3,651 7.8 (45)
Otsego 248 68.5 (23) 101 32.7 (14) 211 14.2 (16) 58 * * 101 17.8 (3) 591 80.0 (37) 1,132 6.3 (34)
Putnam 229 84.7 (3) 110 47.3 (5) 193 28.0 (5) 63 * * 106 8.5 (13) 499 85.4 (17) 1,005 0.9 (2)
Queens 16,351 82.7 (5) 5,506 46.6 (6) 11,348 28.5 (4) 2,756 4.2 (32) 5,284 3.2 (41) 28,513 84.1 (19) 60,438 1.1 (3)
Rensselaer 893 54.9 (57) 339 14.7 (46) 600 6.0 (53) 170 7.6 (26) 316 3.8 (39) 1,664 80.7 (36) 3,492 8.1 (50)
Richmond 2,122 69.2 (21) 654 36.2 (11) 1,419 23.0 (10) 341 5.9 (28) 648 2.5 (47) 3,694 62.6 (62) 7,824 1.3 (4)
Rockland 2,249 88.1 (1) 944 68.6 (1) 1,881 48.1 (1) 504 45.0 (1) 921 34.9 (1) 5,383 94.8 (1) 10,254 0.2 (1)
Saratoga 551 64.1 (35) 231 16.0 (43) 427 7.7 (46) 138 10.1 (24) 225 7.1 (17) 979 81.9 (27) 2,174 3.9 (18)
Schenectad 873 61.3 (43) 313 19.8 (26) 631 9.0 (35) 165 17.0 (7) 295 6.8 (19) 1,664 82.0 (26) 3,490 4.4 (23)
Schoharie 171 61.4 (42) 73 * * 146 5.5 (57) 33 * * 70 * * 369 81.8 (28) 725 8.0 (48)
Schuyler 93 * * 49 * * 85 * * 31 * * 48 * * 235 92.8 (3) 441 6.1 (32)
Seneca 119 67.2 (27) 51 * * 82 * * 29 * * 50 * * 218 75.7 (48) 486 8.0 (48)
St. Lawren 374 62.3 (41) 156 19.2 (29) 264 10.2 (29) 85 * * 144 11.8 (4) 792 68.3 (58) 1,566 7.2 (42)
Steuben 607 66.2 (31) 211 17.1 (41) 413 8.5 (40) 137 17.5 (5) 203 6.4 (21) 1,182 88.9 (8) 2,386 7.4 (43)
Suffolk 6,333 75.2 (10) 2,033 35.8 (12) 4,106 20.4 (11) 1,013 5.0 (30) 1,799 2.2 (49) 7,981 75.1 (49) 20,217 2.2 (8)
Sullivan 516 66.9 (29) 196 25.0 (19) 367 13.6 (17) 92 * * 148 5.4 (27) 1,013 80.8 (35) 2,091 3.0 (12)
Tioga 293 68.9 (22) 142 22.5 (21) 224 13.4 (18) 92 * * 140 10.0 (8) 718 77.6 (43) 1,379 10.3 (56)
Tompkins 386 81.3 (6) 145 37.9 (10) 247 28.7 (3) 88 * * 138 18.1 (2) 693 86.3 (14) 1,487 2.5 (10)
Ulster 622 63.3 (37) 212 25.9 (17) 411 15.6 (14) 135 19.3 (3) 208 6.3 (22) 864 78.9 (40) 2,075 3.2 (13)
Warren 381 63.5 (36) 148 17.6 (40) 278 8.3 (41) 68 * * 127 2.4 (48) 702 89.5 (7) 1,561 5.6 (30)
Washington 402 60.2 (47) 169 18.3 (37) 299 7.7 (46) 85 * * 165 7.3 (15) 886 92.3 (4) 1,741 5.1 (26)
Wayne 465 57.8 (53) 184 19.6 (27) 343 8.7 (38) 107 15.0 (14) 184 5.4 (27) 915 79.0 (39) 1,952 6.8 (39)
Westcheste 4,724 84.8 (2) 1,900 50.1 (3) 3,815 27.2 (7) 913 5.4 (29) 1,832 3.2 (41) 10,734 76.9 (45) 20,440 1.5 (6)
Wyoming 157 70.1 (19) 50 * * 78 * * 32 * * 48 * * 294 86.1 (15) 596 4.2 (20)
Yates 114 67.5 (25) 27 * * 59 * * 18 * * 27 * * 168 77.4 (44) 383 8.9 (51)
Unknown Counties 649 61.3 (43) 258 12.4 (53) 446 6.3 (52) 133 11.3 (18) 247 7.3 (15) 1,239 78.9 (40) 2,556 7.9 (47)
New York 131,550 74.4 46,940 38.8 92,565 22.8 24,094 9.7 44,893 4.9 246,764 78.7 508,423 3.0
Nation (Prior Year) 1,719,083 62.0 848,761 26.9 1,038,203 19.1 144,421 12.9 206,416 7.2 744,697 74.8 3,277,352 10.9

Footnotes

  • 1: Reporting period is January 1 through December 31.
  • 2: TV Viewing and Smoking in Household data are not reported by all contributors.
  • 3: Analyses based on one record per child.
  • 4: Excludes records with unknown data or errors.
  • 5: Rank compares this county's rate to other counties. Rank 1 = best rate.
  • 6: Infants born during the reporting period included in the Ever Breastfed analysis. Infants who turned 6 months of age during the reporting period by/on their date of visit included in the Breastfed At Least 6 Months analysis. Children who turned 12 months of age during the reporting period by/on their date of visit included in the Breastfed At Least 12 Months analysis.
  • 7: The analysis includes infants who were ever breastfed and who turned that age during the reporting period by/on their date of visit.
  • 8: Children aged 2 years and older included in the analyses.
  • * Percentages and ranks are not calculated if < 100 records are available for analysis after exclusions.