Chapter 3. Infant Feeding |
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Table 3.7. Percent of babies who were given the following in vitamin or mineral drops or pills at least 3 days a week in the past 2 weeks by infant age1,2 Infant Feeding Practices Study II |
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| Infant age in months | N | Fluoride | Iron | Vitamin D | Other vitamins | None of these |
| Neonatal | 2,990 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 93.0 |
| 2 | 2,526 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 92.0 |
| 3 | 2,375 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 91.1 |
| 4 | 2,227 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 91.3 |
| 5 | 2,169 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 90.6 |
| 6 | 2,081 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 88.9 |
| 7 | 2,007 | 8.7 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 84.2 |
| 9 | 1,931 | 10.2 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 83.2 |
| 10 | 1,800 | 11.0 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 8.2 | 82.0 |
| 12 | 1,798 | 11.5 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 10.5 | 79.2 |
1Table is based on variables: N45A-E, M2A3A-E, M3A3A-E, M4A3A-E, M5A3A-E, M6A3A-E, M7A3A-E, M9A3A-E, MXA3A-E, MWA3A-E 2Row percentages do not add up to 100% because mothers could choose all that apply |
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