Table 3C: 2011 Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance(1) New York Summary of Breastfeeding Indicators Children Aged Less Than 5 years(2)

Summary of Breastfeeding Indicators (3)
  New York Prevalence   National Prevalence (Prior Year)
  Number Included in Analysis % Number Included in Analysis %
Breastfeeding Duration (4,5)
Ever Breastfed 126,686 78.7 1,689,615 63.2
 
Breastfed 1 or More Weeks 105,178 74.0 1,377,351 60.6
Breastfed 2 or More Weeks 68,457 72.7 1,047,691 57.9
Breastfed 3 or More Weeks 46,879 70.3 856,066 54.5
Breastfed 4 or More Weeks 35,002 68.0 754,209 51.2
Breastfed 6 or More Weeks 25,045 61.1 655,027 44.1
 
Breastfed 2 or More Months 22,814 57.1 631,752 38.2
Breastfed 3 or More Months 26,511 50.5 686,347 33.3
Breastfed 4 or More Months 32,897 45.7 774,371 29.7
Breastfed 5 or More Months 40,143 42.3 867,746 26.8
Breastfed 6 or More Months 48,133 38.3 908,604 25.1
 
Breastfed 9 or More Months 71,081 27.1 987,191 20.4
Breastfed 12 or More Months 90,913 20.6 1,069,942 16.9
 
Breastfed 18 or More Months 69,437 6.9 794,365 10.9
Exclusive Breastfeeding (6)
Exclusively Breastfed at Least 3 Months 25,776 11.3 363,039 10.7
 
Exclusively Breastfed at Least 6 Months 46,711 6.4 466,279 6.1
(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.
* Percentages are not calculated if < 100 records are available for analysis after exclusions.