CDC's Pediatric and Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System - Table 3C

Table 3C
2008 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 % Number %
Breastfeeding Duration (4,5)
Ever Breastfed 131,145 73.8 1,747,004 59.8
Breastfed 1 or More Weeks 110,850 69.5 1,441,655 57.7
Breastfed 2 or More Weeks 72,751 68.9 1,143,026 54.6
Breastfed 3 or More Weeks 49,678 66.9 945,918 51.9
Breastfed 4 or More Weeks 36,362 64.6 829,522 49.3
Breastfed 6 or More Weeks 25,123 58.4 703,467 43.4
Breastfed 2 or More Months 22,311 55.1 656,316 38.1
Breastfed 3 or More Months 25,736 50.0 698,226 33.2
Breastfed 4 or More Months 32,085 46.1 781,546 29.4
Breastfed 5 or More Months 39,555 43.7 876,545 26.5
Breastfed 6 or More Months 47,556 41.2 874,434 25.4
Breastfed 9 or More Months 69,911 33.9 956,555 20.2
Breastfed 12 or More Months 91,416 26.1 979,105 17.5
Breastfed 18 or More Months 68,387 5.2 722,829 10.5
Exclusive Breastfeeding (6)
Exclusively Breastfed at Least 3 Months 24,472 8.6 127,047 10.2
Exclusively Breastfed at Least 6 Months 45,288 3.8 182,064 5.2
(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.