Table 4.1a: Separation of mother & infant during postpartum transition by facility type, size, NICU level, and region
CDC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) -- 2013
  How many minutes are mothers & infants separated following vaginal birth in transition to recovery room
  No separation <30 minutes 31-60 minutes 61-90 minutes >90 minutes N
All 73.8 6.1 9.7 3.1 7.3 2621
Type of facility
Birth center 97.6 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 165
Government hospital 64.8 11.7 11.5 4.0 8.1 480
Non-profit hospital 76.9 4.8 9.2 2.6 6.4 1609
Private hospital 57.8 6.7 15.0 6.2 14.4 341
Military hospital 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 26
Teaching hospital
Yes 74.5 1.6 9.8 4.3 9.8 184
No 72.0 6.8 10.4 3.3 7.6 2272
Size of facility 76.1 13.0 6.7 1.5 2.7 585
1-249
250-499 74.6 8.8 8.8 2.2 5.6 465
500-999 71.9 3.5 11.1 3.9 9.5 566
1000-1999 73.7 2.5 10.7 4.5 8.6 513
2000-4999 71.3 2.5 11.6 3.7 10.9 432
5000 or more 80.0 0.0 10.0 3.3 6.7 60
Level of Neonatal Care
Healthy newborn only 75.6 9.2 8.2 2.4 4.7 1138
Level 2 special care 72.7 4.8 10.7 3.6 8.2 840
Level 3 NICU 70.3 2.3 11.5 4.0 11.9 556
Level 4 Regional NICU 81.6 3.4 8.0 3.4 3.4 87
Census region
Pacific 88.6 3.1 5.1 1.4 1.7 352
Mountain 75.8 11.3 8.3 1.3 3.3 240
West North Central 79.2 11.0 7.9 1.4 0.6 355
East North Central 82.2 6.6 7.0 1.6 2.6 426
West South Central 58.8 4.2 13.9 4.8 18.2 330
East South Central 51.5 5.3 15.8 7.0 20.5 171
New England 89.0 3.9 3.9 2.4 0.8 127
Middle Atlantic 58.4 6.5 17.3 6.9 10.8 231
South Atlantic 71.5 3.3 10.3 3.9 11.1 389
Table 4.2a: Separation of mother & infant at night by facility type, size, NICU level, and region
CDC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) -- 2013
  How many hours are breastfeeding mother-infant pairs separated at night
  No separation 1-2 hours 3-4 hours 5-7 hours 8 or more hours N
All 86.9 3.8 4.7 3.9 0.7 2506
Type of facility
Birth center 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 162
Government hospital 85.2 4.9 4.0 5.3 0.7 452
Non-profit hospital 86.3 3.9 5.2 4.0 0.6 1547
Private hospital 84.8 4.0 6.2 3.7 1.2 323
Military hospital 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22
Teaching hospital
Yes 92.1 1.1 3.4 3.4 0.0 177
No 85.5 4.3 5.2 4.2 0.8 2167
Size of facility
1-249 89.9 3.4 3.9 2.7 0.0 557
250-499 86.1 4.7 3.4 5.2 0.7 446
500-999 82.3 5.5 6.1 5.2 0.9 542
1000-1999 86.7 3.3 5.3 3.1 1.6 488
2000-4999 89.1 1.9 5.1 3.6 0.2 413
5000 or more 93.3 1.7 1.7 3.3 0.0 60
Level of Neonatal Care
Healthy newborn only 88.5 3.8 3.8 3.2 0.7 1088
Level 2 special care 83.1 4.5 6.4 5.5 0.5 799
Level 3 NICU 88.4 3.0 4.5 3.4 0.8 533
Level 4 Regional NICU 93.0 2.3 2.3 1.2 1.2 86
Census region
Pacific 98.2 1.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 340
Mountain 94.1 2.3 0.9 2.7 0.0 221
West North Central 83.0 4.4 6.1 6.4 0.0 342
East North Central 86.6 3.2 6.3 3.4 0.5 410
West South Central 85.1 4.9 4.5 4.2 1.3 309
East South Central 69.6 8.1 11.2 8.1 3.1 161
New England 88.6 4.9 3.3 3.3 0.0 123
Middle Atlantic 81.0 3.1 8.0 7.5 0.4 226
South Atlantic 88.2 4.5 3.5 2.4 1.3 374
Table 4.3a: Rooming in at least 23 hours a day by facility type, size, NICU level, and region
CDC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) -- 2013
  What percent of healthy full-term infants room with their mothers at least 23 hours a day
  <10% 10-49% 50-89% 90% or more N
All 28.6 15.1 11.5 44.9 2604
Type of facility
Birth center 0.6 0.6 0.0 98.8 162
Government hospital 35.4 14.3 10.7 39.6 477
Non-profit hospital 28.7 17.7 13.1 40.6 1605
Private hospital 33.2 11.7 10.8 44.3 334
Military hospital 11.5 3.8 7.7 76.9 26
Teaching hospital
Yes 22.0 23.1 19.2 35.7 182
No 31.1 15.5 11.7 41.7 2260
Size of facility
1-249 23.5 13.0 8.3 55.3 579
250-499 31.9 13.9 12.1 42.1 461
500-999 34.3 14.2 9.6 41.9 565
1000-1999 27.7 17.1 12.6 42.6 509
2000-4999 26.5 17.2 14.2 42.1 430
5000 or more 20.0 21.7 26.7 31.7 60
Level of Neonatal Care
Healthy newborn only 26.4 12.3 9.8 51.6 1127
Level 2 special care 32.0 16.5 11.3 40.2 835
Level 3 NICU 28.5 18.6 13.2 39.7 554
Level 4 Regional NICU 25.0 14.8 25.0 35.2 88
Census region
Pacific 6.3 3.4 8.8 81.5 352
Mountain 18.1 8.0 9.3 64.6 237
West North Central 32.6 23.0 13.5 30.9 356
East North Central 29.9 23.8 18.3 28.0 421
West South Central 34.4 9.6 7.7 48.3 323
East South Central 50.9 18.7 8.2 22.2 171
New England 22.8 15.0 24.4 37.8 127
Middle Atlantic 42.2 21.6 7.3 28.9 232
South Atlantic 29.1 12.5 8.8 49.6 385
Table 4.4a: Reasons for removing healthy full-term breastfed infants from mother's room by facility type, size, NICU level, and region
  CDC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) -- 2013
  Pediatric rounds Change of shift Visiting hours Hearing test Heel stick Infant photos Infant's bath Mother bathing Mother out of room N
All 48.6 11.2 1.3 76.5 78.1 33.7 55.4 46.6 72.4 2634
Type of facility
Birth center 12.5 0.0 0.0 25.0 37.5 0.0 37.5 37.5 25.0 166
Government hospital 50.4 12.8 1.2 80.7 79.9 46.0 62.7 53.0 79.1 481
Non-profit hospital 45.6 9.9 1.4 76.5 76.4 31.3 51.4 45.0 70.4 1618
Private hospital 62.8 16.5 1.4 71.8 84.8 31.5 67.2 48.0 76.2 343
Military hospital 34.8 4.3 0.0 82.6 87.5 4.3 30.4 16.7 45.5 26
Teaching hospital
Yes 40.2 6.2 3.9 63.5 65.5 7.6 44.7 42.8 70.9 184
No 49.4 11.7 1.1 77.9 79.4 36.0 56.4 46.9 72.7 2284
Size of facility
1-249 42.1 6.7 1.1 93.1 88.4 54.9 67.2 62.9 83.2 588
250-499 56.0 13.4 1.5 90.9 87.1 57.0 64.5 52.7 80.5 466
500-999 55.0 17.5 1.0 80.6 81.9 40.8 55.9 45.8 72.7 571
1000-1999 48.1 10.7 1.3 70.4 73.6 17.1 46.4 39.9 66.5 516
2000-4999 40.6 6.7 2.0 52.7 63.0 4.8 45.7 35.0 60.7 433
5000 or more 38.2 3.6 1.8 41.8 54.5 1.8 49.1 40.7 70.4 60
Level of Neonatal Care
Healthy newborn only 47.8 11.1 1.3 87.9 85.1 50.1 62.0 54.0 78.3 1144
Level 2 special care 50.6 12.7 1.0 77.7 79.9 33.6 53.6 44.1 71.3 842
Level 3 NICU 48.1 10.6 1.9 59.0 67.4 10.1 49.3 38.6 64.8 560
Level 4 Regional NICU 41.2 2.4 1.2 55.3 56.6 9.4 40.5 41.7 67.5 88
Census region
Pacific 17.3 0.8 0.0 56.9 58.4 19.8 33.7 28.5 52.9 353
Mountain 30.2 4.7 0.0 71.8 75.9 32.9 53.6 43.5 73.0 241
West North Central 48.9 10.3 1.5 91.3 85.6 43.7 62.6 60.9 84.0 357
East North Central 47.8 5.3 1.0 86.4 81.6 39.9 52.1 51.1 74.0 426
West South Central 65.2 19.8 0.8 64.5 79.5 33.2 68.0 42.4 75.2 332
East South Central 80.4 32.3 2.5 79.8 87.2 45.9 76.9 57.6 81.1 173
New England 23.1 3.4 0.0 80.0 74.2 16.7 31.6 31.4 66.7 127
Middle Atlantic 57.5 14.4 3.2 81.1 78.9 29.6 61.5 56.8 77.7 233
South Atlantic 57.7 14.5 2.5 71.3 78.6 30.2 54.3 39.2 66.3 392
Table 4.5a: Nighttime feedings for non-rooming-in infants by facility type, size, NICU level, and region
CDC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) -- 2013
  How many breastfeeding infants who do not room-in are brought to the mother for breastfeeding at night
  Few Some Many Most Not sure NA-all room in N
All 1.0 2.0 8.3 54.3 0.7 33.7 2270
Type of facility
Birth center 0.0 0.0 0.0 37.5 0.0 62.5 8
Government hospital 0.5 1.9 8.1 55.3 1.2 33.1 432
Non-profit hospital 1.1 2.0 8.6 55.3 0.6 32.4 1503
Private hospital 1.0 2.6 8.2 52.3 0.3 35.5 304
Military hospital 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 23
Teaching hospital
Yes 1.7 2.8 15.0 42.2 0.6 37.8 180
No 0.9 2.0 7.8 55.4 0.7 33.3 2082
Size of facility
1-249 0.0 0.5 5.3 63.4 0.5 30.2 377
250-499 0.7 1.7 4.1 60.0 0.2 33.3 418
500-999 1.0 1.3 8.0 54.8 1.0 34.0 526
1000-1999 1.2 2.9 10.5 50.0 0.4 35.0 486
2000-4999 1.5 3.4 12.5 45.2 0.7 36.6 407
5000 or more 3.6 3.6 14.3 48.2 3.6 26.8 56
Level of Neonatal Care
Healthy newborn only 0.5 1.3 5.2 56.9 0.5 35.7 877
Level 2 special care 1.2 2.0 9.2 55.1 0.5 32.0 782
Level 3 NICU 1.0 3.2 11.8 50.8 0.6 32.7 526
Level 4 Regional NICU 4.7 2.4 10.6 41.2 4.7 36.5 85
Census region
Pacific 1.9 2.2 3.4 21.3 0.4 70.8 267
Mountain 0.6 3.0 5.3 44.4 0.6 46.2 169
West North Central 0.6 0.6 7.2 72.6 0.3 18.7 332
East North Central 1.2 2.5 7.7 67.3 0.5 20.8 404
West South Central 0.8 2.0 8.6 51.2 1.2 36.3 256
East South Central 0.6 1.8 11.0 69.5 1.2 15.9 164
New England 1.7 1.7 7.6 55.1 0.0 33.9 118
Middle Atlantic 1.4 2.3 16.2 59.5 0.9 19.8 222
South Atlantic 0.3 2.4 9.2 42.9 0.9 44.4 338