Table 8.1a: Percent of hospitals with recommended policies and practices consistent with the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, by facility type, size, NICU level, and region*
CDC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC)-2007
	Model policy	Assess staff competency	Prenatal breastfeeding education	Early initiation	Teach breastfeeding techniques	Limit supplements	Rooming-in	Teaching feeding cues	Limit pacifiers	Discharge support
All	11.7	44.6	92.5	43.5	87.9	20.6	30.8	77.3	25.5	26.8
Type of facility
Birth center	8.5	41.9	89.8	92.4	93.4	87.2	94.2	91.8	92.4	81.7
Government hospital	8.8	39.6	85.7	38.6	82.8	17.7	34.8	70.8	21.6	22.6
Non-profit hospital	12.9	45.0	95.2	44.0	88.7	18.6	25.3	78.8	23.6	26.3
Private hospital	9.9	53.2	89.7	31.1	89.9	9.9	25.6	75.2	13.6	14.3
Military hospital	29.2	34.6	100.0	23.1	88.5	20.0	74.1	73.1	61.5	30.8
Size of facility
0-249	5.5	27.7	83.4	55.4	86.9	36.3	43.6	75.7	36.8	38.0
250-499	8.7	37.0	90.9	46.9	88.4	17.4	29.5	76.4	20.2	24.8
500-999	12.6	45.1	95.4	41.7	88.2	17.4	28.1	76.3	18.9	26.5
1000-1999	13.4	54.9	96.7	38.4	89.1	15.8	23.5	80.7	22.5	23.6
2000-4999	19.5	59.8	97.4	35.5	87.3	12.6	26.9	79.4	26.3	18.5
5000 or more	17.1	55.7	97.0	20.3	84.5	7.5	27.1	65.7	30.4	16.9
Teaching hospital
Yes	22.0	57.6	96.0	37.4	87.7	16.3	20.3	79.0	27.5	23.2
No	11.1	43.7	92.4	41.4	87.6	17.5	28.3	76.5	22.0	24.2
Birth center	8.5	41.9	89.8	92.4	93.4	87.2	94.2	91.8	92.4	81.7
Level of Neonatal Care
Unknown	10.0	50.0	95.8	34.8	100.0	23.1	3.4	78.6	9.1	25.0
Healthy newborn only	7.2	33.9	87.5	50.2	86.3	28.1	38.5	76.4	31.7	31.9
Level 1 or 2 NICU	12.5	48.8	95.9	39.9	89.0	15.4	27.2	76.9	18.7	23.7
Level 3 NICU	20.2	59.0	96.3	36.4	88.7	14.2	22.7	80.4	27.0	21.8
Census region
Pacific	14.0	42.3	91.2	49.1	87.1	25.4	66.8	74.3	37.4	27.3
Mountain	8.3	40.9	89.4	52.5	86.3	22.7	48.6	68.9	23.3	19.9
West North Central	12.3	27.9	93.9	40.0	88.3	21.4	17.9	75.9	16.0	35.3
East North Central	11.7	43.0	98.0	45.9	90.2	20.6	18.4	82.6	22.3	35.6
West South Central	7.1	48.6	85.9	29.9	83.1	14.0	34.0	70.5	23.9	17.0
East South Central	9.3	58.2	90.9	35.5	81.6	11.5	15.9	74.7	15.3	15.9
New England	22.8	58.9	98.4	69.0	98.4	40.5	26.0	92.1	50.0	38.1
Middle Atlantic	16.0	52.7	95.5	44.6	90.9	20.7	16.3	80.4	27.9	27.1
South Atlantic	9.3	46.8	89.8	39.3	87.7	17.3	31.1	79.6	25.8	20.7
*Sample sizes vary slighty for each of the ten indicators, ranging from n=2547–2661. Estimates may vary slightly from other reports of mPINC data. †Birth centers are excluded from teaching hospital categorizations.

Table 8.2a: Percent of hospitals by number of recommended policies and practices by facility type, size, NICU level, and region
CDC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC)-2007
	Number of ideal practices
	0-2	3-5	6-8	9-10	N
All	10.9	60.5	26.3	2.3	2181
Type of facility
Birth center	1.3	0.0	73.4	25.3	79
Government hospital	15.0	60.6	22.8	1.6	434
Non-profit hospital	9.9	62.2	26.4	1.6	1401
Private hospital	12.7	72.2	14.3	0.8	245
Military hospital	9.1	36.4	54.5	0.0	22
Size of facility
0-249	11.1	53.0	30.9	4.9	485
250-499	12.2	62.2	24.1	1.6	370
500-999	10.7	62.9	25.0	1.3	448
1000-1999	10.8	62.5	25.0	1.7	464
2000-4999	8.7	62.5	27.0	1.7	355
5000 or more	15.3	64.4	18.6	1.7	59
Teaching hospital
Yes	11.0	57.9	28.3	2.8	145
No	11.2	63.1	24.3	1.4	1957
Birth center	1.3	0.0	73.4	25.3	79
Level of Neonatal Care
Unknown	14.3	71.4	14.3	0.0	7
Healthy newborn only	12.7	55.4	28.4	3.6	892
Level 1 or 2 NICU	10.3	64.7	23.6	1.4	885
Level 3 NICU	8.1	62.2	28.0	1.8	397
Census region
Pacific	8.3	51.1	36.0	4.7	278
Mountain	13.0	58.0	27.2	1.8	169
West North Central	11.0	68.3	20.3	0.3	300
East North Central	8.6	61.8	27.0	2.6	382
West South Central	17.4	62.3	18.2	2.0	247
East South Central	13.6	67.5	18.2	0.6	154
New England	1.8	40.4	50.5	7.3	109
Middle Atlantic	7.7	60.6	30.8	1.0	208
South Atlantic	13.2	62.9	21.6	2.4	334