Conor Stewart
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Get in touch with us now| Characteristic | Percentage of infants who were breastfed |
|---|---|
| Oregon | 94.8% |
| Washington | 94.6% |
| Alaska | 92.9% |
| Colorado | 92.8% |
| Idaho | 92.2% |
| Vermont | 91.3% |
| New Hampshire | 90.8% |
| Montana | 90.6% |
| Minnesota | 89.7% |
| Kansas | 89.6% |
| Hawaii | 89.6% |
| Maine | 89.4% |
| Arizona | 88.9% |
| Nebraska | 88.6% |
| Texas | 88.5% |
| Massachusetts | 88.4% |
| New York | 87.9% |
| Connecticut | 87.4% |
| Florida | 87.2% |
| Maryland | 87.1% |
| Virginia | 86.2% |
| Utah | 86.2% |
| New Mexico | 86.1% |
| North Dakota | 85% |
| DC | 84.2% |
| Wyoming | 83.9% |
| Georgia | 83.1% |
| Illinois | 83.1% |
| Iowa | 83.1% |
| Indiana | 82.9% |
| Pennsylvania | 82.2% |
| Oklahoma | 81.8% |
| North Carolina | 81.6% |
| Tennessee | 81.1% |
| Wisconsin | 81.1% |
| South Dakota | 80.7% |
| Delaware | 80.5% |
| Nevada | 80% |
| New Jersey | 79.7% |
| Missouri | 79.7% |
| South Carolina | 78.1% |
| Ohio | 76% |
| Arkansas | 73.7% |
| Kentucky | 71.7% |
| Louisiana | 71% |
| Alabama | 69.6% |
| Rhode Island | 67.7% |
| West Virginia | 64.8% |
| Mississippi | 64.7% |
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Release date
May 2021
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Region
United States
Survey time period
2019
Supplementary notes
"Birth data from NVSS are a census of all live births in the
United States collected by using the U.S. Standard Certificate
of Live Birth. Birth certificate data include an infant nutrition
item, determined from medical records, that indicates whether
an infant received any breast milk or colostrum during the
period between delivery and hospital discharge."
Data excludes infants transferred to another facility within 24 hours of delivery and those who died before completion of the birth certificate.
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