Table 7B: 2007-2009 Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance(1) New York Comparison of Breastfeeding, TV Viewing, and Smoking in Household by County(2) Children Aged < 5 Years(3)
| County | Breastfeeding (6) | 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 | 4,355 | 62.6 | (39) | 2,774 | 23.2 | (21) | 3,072 | 12.9 | (18) | 2,466 | 9.0 | (49) | 2,651 | 4.3 | (40) | 7,138 | 72.6 | (54) | 8,723 | 5.5 | (24) |
| Allegany | 969 | 70.4 | (14) | 620 | 19.7 | (40) | 679 | 9.7 | (37) | 571 | 14.2 | (22) | 609 | 6.6 | (13) | 1,907 | 84.6 | (14) | 2,070 | 11.4 | (60) |
| Bronx | 55,597 | 82.2 | (4) | 33,864 | 48.9 | (5) | 39,227 | 28.3 | (7) | 29,082 | 2.6 | (60) | 32,256 | 0.7 | (62) | 94,634 | 66.9 | (63) | 110,197 | 2.7 | (11) |
| Broome | 3,932 | 66.0 | (28) | 2,521 | 21.0 | (30) | 2,908 | 11.0 | (28) | 2,292 | 13.3 | (26) | 2,469 | 3.3 | (51) | 6,939 | 80.0 | (34) | 7,944 | 7.7 | (40) |
| Cattaraugu | 1,764 | 62.5 | (40) | 1,207 | 17.2 | (47) | 1,318 | 8.8 | (46) | 1,082 | 15.8 | (14) | 1,165 | 4.5 | (37) | 3,126 | 70.2 | (59) | 3,630 | 9.5 | (54) |
| Cayuga | 1,465 | 60.3 | (45) | 962 | 16.6 | (49) | 1,113 | 7.8 | (52) | 857 | 13.0 | (30) | 925 | 7.9 | (8) | 2,554 | 81.3 | (28) | 2,985 | 10.5 | (55) |
| Chautauqua | 2,328 | 58.4 | (53) | 1,650 | 12.7 | (61) | 1,899 | 4.6 | (62) | 1,401 | 8.3 | (50) | 1,523 | 3.9 | (44) | 4,792 | 78.0 | (41) | 5,500 | 8.8 | (52) |
| Chemung | 2,177 | 59.0 | (49) | 1,525 | 15.4 | (55) | 1,710 | 8.8 | (46) | 1,343 | 11.2 | (38) | 1,472 | 4.4 | (38) | 4,346 | 87.0 | (9) | 4,641 | 6.4 | (29) |
| Chenango | 1,956 | 64.2 | (35) | 1,353 | 16.3 | (53) | 1,475 | 9.0 | (45) | 1,217 | 12.6 | (31) | 1,302 | 5.8 | (23) | 3,852 | 85.2 | (11) | 4,188 | 11.2 | (58) |
| Clinton | 1,462 | 70.3 | (15) | 939 | 22.4 | (23) | 1,078 | 10.4 | (32) | 821 | 13.3 | (26) | 886 | 3.5 | (50) | 2,660 | 79.4 | (38) | 2,929 | 4.5 | (19) |
| Columbia | 1,013 | 61.2 | (44) | 663 | 26.5 | (14) | 764 | 12.7 | (21) | 590 | 12.0 | (32) | 634 | 5.0 | (32) | 1,847 | 75.3 | (48) | 2,176 | 7.2 | (35) |
| Cortland | 1,139 | 68.4 | (23) | 724 | 21.1 | (29) | 840 | 10.0 | (34) | 657 | 14.0 | (24) | 701 | 3.0 | (53) | 2,042 | 89.5 | (5) | 2,339 | 11.3 | (59) |
| Delaware | 880 | 69.2 | (19) | 619 | 21.5 | (28) | 674 | 13.2 | (16) | 539 | 16.1 | (13) | 597 | 6.2 | (18) | 1,761 | 90.5 | (4) | 1,887 | 5.6 | (25) |
| Dutchess | 3,415 | 72.4 | (12) | 2,118 | 33.0 | (13) | 2,382 | 18.4 | (13) | 1,906 | 9.9 | (46) | 2,063 | 4.0 | (42) | 4,717 | 74.9 | (49) | 6,343 | 3.8 | (16) |
| Erie | 16,043 | 45.9 | (62) | 9,304 | 12.6 | (62) | 10,725 | 6.0 | (61) | 8,313 | 9.3 | (47) | 9,000 | 4.0 | (42) | 24,247 | 89.1 | (6) | 30,989 | 2.2 | (9) |
| Essex | 650 | 68.6 | (22) | 440 | 21.6 | (27) | 495 | 9.1 | (44) | 403 | 17.9 | (7) | 432 | 7.2 | (11) | 1,226 | 88.2 | (7) | 1,358 | 4.9 | (21) |
| Franklin | 1,086 | 60.2 | (46) | 743 | 20.9 | (32) | 851 | 10.8 | (29) | 650 | 18.3 | (5) | 720 | 6.5 | (15) | 1,984 | 79.3 | (39) | 2,249 | 8.5 | (50) |
| Fulton | 969 | 47.4 | (61) | 634 | 14.7 | (56) | 710 | 6.3 | (59) | 585 | 10.3 | (44) | 625 | 5.4 | (27) | 1,675 | 73.8 | (52) | 1,939 | 13.4 | (62) |
| Genesee | 1,737 | 59.7 | (47) | 1,073 | 20.3 | (35) | 1,215 | 10.0 | (34) | 984 | 17.3 | (9) | 1,059 | 4.8 | (33) | 2,902 | 79.5 | (36) | 3,503 | 6.7 | (32) |
| Greene | 655 | 61.7 | (41) | 422 | 22.0 | (25) | 448 | 10.7 | (30) | 380 | 15.5 | (15) | 406 | 5.7 | (26) | 1,062 | 74.8 | (50) | 1,315 | 8.3 | (48) |
| Hamilton | 67 | * | * | 36 | * | * | 39 | * | * | 31 | * | * | 30 | * | * | 114 | 70.2 | (59) | 142 | 7.7 | (40) |
| Herkimer | 1,224 | 61.3 | (43) | 777 | 19.9 | (37) | 867 | 10.5 | (31) | 690 | 11.6 | (35) | 748 | 3.6 | (47) | 2,307 | 71.7 | (57) | 2,592 | 6.8 | (33) |
| Jefferson | 4,394 | 69.0 | (20) | 2,670 | 20.5 | (33) | 2,705 | 9.4 | (41) | 2,503 | 16.9 | (10) | 2,602 | 6.0 | (19) | 6,283 | 74.4 | (51) | 8,751 | 7.2 | (35) |
| Kings | 88,994 | 77.4 | (8) | 53,877 | 53.0 | (3) | 61,638 | 33.3 | (2) | 46,365 | 5.2 | (55) | 51,585 | 3.8 | (46) | 152,020 | 81.1 | (30) | 173,753 | 1.5 | (7) |
| Lewis | 968 | 62.7 | (38) | 643 | 22.4 | (23) | 671 | 13.0 | (17) | 579 | 14.7 | (21) | 633 | 5.8 | (23) | 1,876 | 76.7 | (45) | 2,128 | 16.6 | (63) |
| Livingston | 856 | 70.3 | (15) | 570 | 25.6 | (17) | 577 | 12.0 | (25) | 511 | 18.2 | (6) | 550 | 6.4 | (16) | 1,516 | 80.7 | (32) | 1,828 | 6.8 | (33) |
| Madison | 1,471 | 64.3 | (34) | 980 | 24.2 | (19) | 1,086 | 13.3 | (15) | 904 | 16.7 | (11) | 964 | 5.1 | (31) | 2,724 | 72.1 | (55) | 3,069 | 9.1 | (53) |
| Monroe | 12,202 | 63.5 | (36) | 7,361 | 19.8 | (38) | 8,406 | 9.6 | (40) | 6,368 | 8.3 | (50) | 6,789 | 3.6 | (47) | 19,546 | 79.5 | (36) | 24,112 | 3.7 | (15) |
| Montgomery | 1,317 | 55.3 | (56) | 848 | 13.9 | (58) | 967 | 6.5 | (57) | 791 | 8.1 | (52) | 834 | 4.1 | (41) | 2,208 | 68.7 | (61) | 2,672 | 8.6 | (51) |
| Nassau | 12,458 | 79.6 | (7) | 7,065 | 46.1 | (8) | 7,986 | 23.4 | (11) | 6,377 | 2.4 | (62) | 6,758 | 1.4 | (61) | 14,470 | 71.9 | (56) | 21,431 | 1.4 | (3) |
| New York | 42,507 | 73.3 | (10) | 25,184 | 43.8 | (9) | 29,274 | 27.6 | (8) | 21,840 | 4.0 | (56) | 24,176 | 1.7 | (59) | 71,532 | 77.5 | (42) | 82,601 | 1.9 | (8) |
| Niagara | 3,846 | 49.7 | (60) | 2,390 | 13.8 | (59) | 2,707 | 6.2 | (60) | 2,106 | 10.2 | (45) | 2,241 | 3.9 | (44) | 6,456 | 82.3 | (23) | 7,648 | 5.6 | (25) |
| Oneida | 4,707 | 53.7 | (57) | 3,122 | 16.4 | (52) | 2,860 | 9.2 | (43) | 2,641 | 6.6 | (54) | 2,892 | 2.1 | (56) | 7,862 | 81.8 | (25) | 9,428 | 4.6 | (20) |
| Onondaga | 9,162 | 52.7 | (59) | 5,624 | 14.0 | (57) | 6,147 | 6.8 | (56) | 4,882 | 10.7 | (40) | 5,204 | 6.0 | (19) | 15,020 | 82.1 | (24) | 18,067 | 7.2 | (35) |
| Ontario | 1,549 | 67.7 | (24) | 986 | 20.3 | (35) | 1,083 | 9.9 | (36) | 906 | 15.0 | (18) | 967 | 5.4 | (27) | 2,469 | 81.5 | (27) | 3,116 | 4.9 | (21) |
| Orange | 7,525 | 71.9 | (13) | 4,735 | 48.1 | (7) | 5,158 | 31.4 | (5) | 4,004 | 11.6 | (35) | 4,397 | 9.1 | (5) | 12,492 | 81.7 | (26) | 14,656 | 2.8 | (12) |
| Orleans | 765 | 57.0 | (55) | 526 | 16.3 | (53) | 563 | 7.5 | (54) | 482 | 10.4 | (42) | 517 | 2.9 | (54) | 1,330 | 77.5 | (42) | 1,529 | 11.7 | (61) |
| Oswego | 2,778 | 58.7 | (51) | 1,923 | 17.0 | (48) | 2,004 | 9.3 | (42) | 1,711 | 11.9 | (33) | 1,885 | 4.6 | (35) | 5,480 | 83.6 | (19) | 5,960 | 8.4 | (49) |
| Otsego | 921 | 69.9 | (17) | 607 | 25.7 | (16) | 694 | 12.7 | (21) | 553 | 21.7 | (3) | 584 | 11.5 | (3) | 1,665 | 84.3 | (15) | 1,886 | 7.2 | (35) |
| Putnam | 810 | 82.7 | (3) | 533 | 48.2 | (6) | 575 | 32.3 | (3) | 497 | 10.9 | (39) | 513 | 6.6 | (13) | 1,353 | 84.3 | (15) | 1,580 | 1.4 | (3) |
| Queens | 54,162 | 81.9 | (5) | 31,257 | 49.0 | (4) | 35,873 | 29.4 | (6) | 27,259 | 2.5 | (61) | 29,712 | 1.6 | (60) | 77,214 | 83.0 | (20) | 98,355 | 1.0 | (2) |
| Rensselaer | 2,878 | 53.4 | (58) | 1,817 | 13.6 | (60) | 2,015 | 6.5 | (57) | 1,573 | 8.0 | (53) | 1,682 | 3.1 | (52) | 4,834 | 83.7 | (18) | 5,805 | 7.9 | (45) |
| Richmond | 6,844 | 67.2 | (26) | 3,885 | 40.1 | (12) | 4,486 | 24.3 | (10) | 3,512 | 3.4 | (58) | 3,767 | 2.1 | (56) | 10,782 | 67.0 | (62) | 13,250 | 1.4 | (3) |
| Rockland | 7,264 | 88.8 | (1) | 4,969 | 66.0 | (1) | 5,604 | 47.1 | (1) | 4,009 | 34.2 | (1) | 4,601 | 30.3 | (1) | 13,873 | 92.8 | (1) | 14,636 | 0.3 | (1) |
| Saratoga | 1,927 | 65.9 | (29) | 1,179 | 18.1 | (45) | 1,273 | 8.6 | (49) | 1,074 | 14.2 | (22) | 1,133 | 6.0 | (19) | 2,763 | 84.1 | (17) | 3,784 | 4.4 | (18) |
| Schenectad | 2,961 | 59.1 | (48) | 1,841 | 20.5 | (33) | 2,074 | 11.3 | (27) | 1,631 | 11.5 | (37) | 1,748 | 4.7 | (34) | 4,840 | 76.5 | (46) | 5,912 | 5.0 | (23) |
| Schoharie | 587 | 58.9 | (50) | 392 | 16.6 | (49) | 444 | 7.7 | (53) | 353 | 13.3 | (26) | 381 | 9.7 | (4) | 1,065 | 86.3 | (10) | 1,248 | 7.9 | (45) |
| Schuyler | 341 | 72.7 | (11) | 239 | 21.8 | (26) | 261 | 10.3 | (33) | 219 | 15.1 | (17) | 231 | 5.2 | (30) | 636 | 92.3 | (2) | 697 | 7.7 | (40) |
| Seneca | 407 | 65.1 | (31) | 262 | 22.5 | (22) | 288 | 12.2 | (23) | 240 | 15.0 | (18) | 257 | 5.8 | (23) | 654 | 80.7 | (32) | 832 | 7.5 | (39) |
| St. Lawren | 1,245 | 58.2 | (54) | 823 | 18.8 | (43) | 889 | 9.7 | (37) | 745 | 14.8 | (20) | 787 | 7.4 | (9) | 2,265 | 73.1 | (53) | 2,578 | 7.8 | (43) |
| Steuben | 2,002 | 65.9 | (29) | 1,283 | 18.2 | (44) | 1,438 | 8.8 | (46) | 1,176 | 16.3 | (12) | 1,241 | 4.4 | (38) | 3,444 | 88.2 | (7) | 4,094 | 8.2 | (47) |
| Suffolk | 20,273 | 74.8 | (9) | 10,575 | 41.2 | (10) | 11,839 | 23.4 | (11) | 8,926 | 3.2 | (59) | 9,351 | 1.9 | (58) | 19,875 | 70.3 | (58) | 33,448 | 2.2 | (9) |
| Sullivan | 1,772 | 64.8 | (32) | 1,120 | 23.8 | (20) | 1,286 | 12.8 | (19) | 832 | 9.3 | (47) | 927 | 5.9 | (22) | 2,924 | 77.1 | (44) | 3,572 | 4.3 | (17) |
| Tioga | 1,026 | 68.7 | (21) | 738 | 21.0 | (30) | 782 | 12.1 | (24) | 672 | 17.9 | (7) | 716 | 7.4 | (9) | 2,058 | 82.6 | (21) | 2,281 | 10.5 | (55) |
| Tompkins | 1,271 | 81.4 | (6) | 799 | 40.7 | (11) | 857 | 26.5 | (9) | 699 | 26.0 | (2) | 769 | 14.4 | (2) | 2,110 | 84.9 | (13) | 2,577 | 3.6 | (14) |
| Ulster | 2,134 | 64.6 | (33) | 1,144 | 26.2 | (15) | 1,260 | 14.5 | (14) | 1,084 | 13.7 | (25) | 1,112 | 6.3 | (17) | 2,340 | 75.9 | (47) | 3,654 | 3.3 | (13) |
| Warren | 1,222 | 67.3 | (25) | 807 | 19.1 | (42) | 879 | 8.6 | (49) | 681 | 10.4 | (42) | 742 | 3.6 | (47) | 2,154 | 85.0 | (12) | 2,530 | 6.3 | (28) |
| Washington | 1,292 | 62.8 | (37) | 897 | 16.5 | (51) | 962 | 7.4 | (55) | 800 | 10.5 | (41) | 874 | 4.6 | (35) | 2,578 | 91.7 | (3) | 2,781 | 6.4 | (29) |
| Wayne | 1,529 | 58.5 | (52) | 1,006 | 18.1 | (45) | 1,093 | 8.1 | (51) | 930 | 13.2 | (29) | 982 | 5.4 | (27) | 2,637 | 81.3 | (28) | 3,176 | 7.8 | (43) |
| Westcheste | 15,573 | 84.9 | (2) | 10,490 | 54.3 | (2) | 12,128 | 31.6 | (4) | 9,121 | 3.7 | (57) | 10,203 | 2.2 | (55) | 30,390 | 79.9 | (35) | 31,935 | 1.4 | (3) |
| Wyoming | 501 | 69.5 | (18) | 304 | 25.3 | (18) | 298 | 12.8 | (19) | 282 | 19.9 | (4) | 296 | 8.8 | (6) | 864 | 82.5 | (22) | 1,033 | 6.0 | (27) |
| Yates | 308 | 67.2 | (26) | 173 | 19.7 | (40) | 191 | 12.0 | (25) | 149 | 15.4 | (16) | 168 | 8.3 | (7) | 514 | 81.1 | (30) | 626 | 10.5 | (55) |
| Unknown Counties | 1,196 | 61.5 | (42) | 591 | 19.8 | (38) | 589 | 9.7 | (37) | 557 | 11.8 | (34) | 556 | 7.2 | (11) | 1,247 | 79.1 | (40) | 1,603 | 6.5 | (31) |
| New York | 430,828 | 73.4 | 261,203 | 40.6 | 296,399 | 24.3 | 227,404 | 6.7 | 248,600 | 3.6 | 696,195 | 78.5 | 834,261 | 3.0 | |||||||
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.
