Table 3C: 2010 Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance(1) New York Summary of Breastfeeding Indicators Children Aged Less Than 5 years (2)

Summary of Breastfeeding Indicators(3)
Breastfeeding Duration(4,5) New York Prevalence National Prevalence (Prior Year)
Number % Number %
Ever Breastfed 125,779 76.9 1,769,160 61.7
Breastfed 1 or More Weeks 106,085 72.4 1,499,573 58.7
Breastfed 2 or More Weeks 69,469 71.1 1,164,141 56.4
Breastfed 3 or More Weeks 47,334 69.2 947,758 53.6
Breastfed 4 or More Weeks 34,691 66.8 826,300 50.9
Breastfed 6 or More Weeks 23,652 60.1 704,088 44.6
Breastfed 2 or More Months 20,556 56.7 665,172 39.2
Breastfed 3 or More Months 23,918 50.6 714,931 34.5
Breastfed 4 or More Months 30,199 45.9 806,269 31.0
Breastfed 5 or More Months 37,423 42.0 904,357 28.2
Breastfed 6 or More Months 45,492 38.2 911,779 27.0
Breastfed 9 or More Months 68,769 26.2 1,050,661 21.8
Breastfed 12 or More Months 90,038 19.7 1,092,573 18.5
Breastfed 18 or More Months 68,596 6.3 862,440 10.1
Exclusive Breastfeeding (6)
Exclusively Breastfed at Least 3 Months 23,161 10.5 317,037 9.9
Exclusively Breastfed at Least 6 Months 43,865 5.8 420,655 5.3
  1. Reporting period is January 1 through December 31.
  2. Analyses based on one record per child.
  3. Excludes records with unknown data or errors.
  4. Infants born during the reporting period included in the Ever Breastfed analysis. For each breastfeding duration category, the analysis includes only children who turned that age during the reporting period by/on their date of visit. For example, infants who turned 9 months old during the reporting period by/on their date of visit are included in the 9+ months analysis.
  5. It is possible the analysis will show that slightly more infants are breastfed at older ages, e.g. 1+ week of age, than at younger ages, e.g. at birth (ever breastfed), due to variation in infants included in each breastfeeding analysis category.
  6. The analysis includes infants who were ever breastfed and who turned that age during the reporting period by/on their date of visit.
  7. Percentages are not calculated if < 100 records are available for analysis after exclusions.