Hospital helped mother learn how to breastfeed

Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) Report

New York State excluding New York City, 2013

Maternal Characteristics	Respondents	Estimated Population Affected	Prevalence (%)	95% C.I.
Total	934	69,351	80.8	77.1 - 84.5
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	508	45,686	81.0	76.5 - 85.6
Non-Hispanic Black	154	7,593	88.7	78.3 - 99.1
Non-Hispanic Other	73	4,852	79.4	65.3 - 93.5
Hispanic	199	11,220	75.9	65.9 - 85.9
Maternal Age
Less than 20 years old	259	3,610	87.8	76.9 - 98.7
20-24 years old	131	14,097	81.8	73.1 - 90.5
25-34 years old	388	37,288	79.0	73.8 - 84.2
35 years old or more	156	14,356	83.0	75.2 - 90.8
Education
Less than high school	222	8,940	76.3	65.0 - 87.7
High school graduate	206	15,176	78.6	69.8 - 87.3
More than high school	502	45,224	82.9	78.6 - 87.2
Marital Status
Married	460	42,046	80.1	75.5 - 84.8
Not Married	474	27,305	81.9	75.6 - 88.1
Medicaid Status
Not on Medicaid	495	42,752	83.2	78.8 - 87.6
On Medicaid	439	26,599	77.2	70.7 - 83.7

This report excludes respondents who never breastfed their baby and respondents whose baby was not born in the hospital.

Note: NYS (excluding NYC) data are not available prior to 2009.

Detailed definition of indicator

Technical Notes

• Respondents - The number of mothers who responded to this question.
• Estimated Population Affected - Number of mothers/infants with characteristic or condition.