Table 3D
2010 Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance⁽¹⁾
National
Summary of Breastfeeding Indicators
Children Aged Less Than 5 years ⁽²⁾

Summary of Breastfeeding Indicators (3)
	National Prevalence
	Number Included in Analysis	Prevalence %
Breastfeeding Duration (4,5)
Ever Breastfed	1,689,615	63.2
Breastfed 1 or More Weeks	1,377,351	60.6
Breastfed 2 or More Weeks	1,047,691	57.9
Breastfed 3 or More Weeks	856,066	54.5
Breastfed 4 or More Weeks	754,209	51.2
Breastfed 6 or More Weeks	655,027	44.1
Breastfed 2 or More Months	631,752	38.2
Breastfed 3 or More Months	686,347	33.3
Breastfed 4 or More Months	774,371	29.7
Breastfed 5 or More Months	867,746	26.8
Breastfed 6 or More Months	908,604	25.1
Breastfed 9 or More Months	987,191	20.4
Breastfed 12 or More Months	1,069,942	16.9
Breastfed 18 or More Months	794,365	10.9
Exclusive Breastfeeding (6)
Exclusively Breastfed at Least 3 Months	363,039	10.7
Exclusively Breastfed at Least 6 Months	466,279	6.1
(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.