Table 8.1b: Percent of hospitals with recommended policies and practices consistent with the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding by state
CDC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) -- 2013
	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	26.2	60.2	91.1	64.8	92.2	26.4	44.7	87.3	45.0	32.2
State
AK	18.8	44.4	88.9	83.3	88.9	61.1	88.2	88.9	55.6	38.9
AL	7.9	66.7	94.9	55.0	85.0	12.8	10.0	92.5	25.6	20.0
AR	4.3	53.6	71.4	53.6	75.0	23.1	29.6	75.0	42.3	21.4
AZ	23.7	45.9	97.3	57.9	89.5	13.2	81.6	89.5	45.9	15.8
CA	42.8	71.2	90.4	75.8	94.2	24.3	79.3	89.8	67.3	30.3
CO	27.3	68.2	95.5	72.7	90.9	20.9	53.5	79.1	39.0	34.1
CT	50.0	83.3	100.0	79.2	100.0	4.8	20.8	95.8	54.2	12.5
DC	33.3	83.3	100.0	83.3	100.0	20.0	33.3	100.0	60.0	83.3
DE	50.0	83.3	100.0	83.3	100.0	16.7	66.7	100.0	66.7	50.0
FL	30.6	74.5	97.0	59.8	91.2	27.7	74.0	91.1	48.0	29.4
GA	24.3	70.0	82.9	53.6	90.0	11.4	35.7	81.4	34.3	20.0
HI	18.2	54.5	100.0	72.7	100.0	27.3	72.7	90.9	54.5	18.2
IA	8.1	44.6	97.3	56.8	97.3	16.7	6.8	91.9	21.9	55.4
ID	7.7	61.5	92.6	61.5	88.9	46.2	76.0	85.2	40.7	37.0
IL	28.6	75.5	97.8	53.2	90.4	14.9	34.4	84.0	45.2	28.7
IN	37.6	56.3	90.8	70.1	90.8	24.1	24.1	87.4	36.0	35.6
IT*	16.7	33.3	83.3	66.7	50.0	0.0	100.0	66.7	83.3	83.3
KS	5.0	38.7	95.2	71.0	91.9	34.4	48.4	74.2	27.4	35.5
KY	18.2	67.4	86.0	63.6	95.5	20.5	25.0	90.9	22.7	20.5
LA	27.9	79.5	93.3	52.3	86.7	15.9	27.3	93.3	45.5	26.7
MA	40.9	75.0	100.0	72.7	100.0	20.5	34.1	97.7	56.8	27.3
MD	25.0	60.7	92.9	50.0	89.3	25.0	46.4	82.1	50.0	25.0
ME	33.3	54.2	100.0	83.3	95.8	70.8	33.3	91.7	75.0	70.8
MI	24.6	52.9	93.0	51.4	87.3	21.4	24.6	77.5	26.8	29.6
MN	20.0	43.0	94.3	67.8	89.7	44.2	39.1	79.3	51.2	54.0
MO	11.7	43.3	91.5	58.3	96.7	27.1	27.1	90.0	38.3	33.3
MS	14.7	65.7	85.7	57.6	85.7	11.4	17.6	77.1	23.5	28.6
MT	27.6	55.2	82.1	72.4	89.7	50.0	75.9	96.6	58.6	55.2
NC	26.2	60.6	90.6	53.0	95.5	15.4	48.5	93.8	40.9	18.2
ND	28.6	62.5	75.0	50.0	87.5	25.0	25.0	87.5	50.0	37.5
NE	13.6	32.6	90.9	65.1	97.7	21.4	38.6	81.4	16.7	31.8
NH	52.2	66.7	100.0	87.0	100.0	56.5	65.2	100.0	78.3	60.9
NJ	37.8	76.1	95.7	68.9	97.8	17.4	28.3	97.8	52.2	28.3
NM	26.9	50.0	86.2	72.4	96.6	32.1	75.9	86.2	64.3	13.8
NV	37.5	68.8	81.3	53.3	81.3	43.8	62.5	81.3	50.0	0.0
NY	54.5	74.3	95.1	68.6	96.1	27.3	31.4	91.2	57.0	42.2
OH	25.5	60.4	100.0	61.1	91.7	21.3	25.5	88.5	34.0	43.8
OK	11.4	52.2	91.1	52.2	84.8	32.6	51.1	78.3	28.3	23.9
OR	26.9	55.8	92.2	78.8	96.2	60.0	73.1	94.2	57.7	30.8
PA	24.4	57.5	92.0	65.5	97.7	28.7	25.6	88.4	33.3	28.7
PR	15.4	61.5	61.5	61.5	84.6	7.7	25.0	76.9	100.0	0.0
RI	60.0	83.3	100.0	50.0	100.0	33.3	50.0	100.0	66.7	16.7
SC	36.1	70.3	97.4	63.2	92.1	27.0	54.1	86.8	50.0	47.4
SD	33.3	50.0	79.2	70.8	95.8	26.1	25.0	78.3	21.7	54.2
TN	15.5	72.4	89.7	51.8	93.1	19.0	31.6	89.5	29.3	17.2
TX	23.8	61.6	80.5	64.7	88.1	20.8	54.7	83.9	46.3	22.5
UT	17.9	41.0	85.0	80.5	82.9	35.9	47.5	80.0	36.6	19.5
VA	27.9	55.6	95.6	64.4	93.3	25.0	32.6	86.7	46.7	17.8
VT	44.4	66.7	88.9	88.9	100.0	77.8	44.4	100.0	88.9	55.6
WA	16.9	45.9	78.3	73.8	96.7	48.3	95.1	93.4	57.4	32.8
WI	19.8	47.0	96.4	69.0	98.8	34.9	28.6	90.5	57.3	48.8
WV	8.0	48.0	88.0	52.0	88.0	24.0	29.2	92.0	48.0	28.0
WY	11.8	38.9	72.2	66.7	83.3	22.2	38.9	77.8	16.7	66.7
*State abbreviation 'IT' is Island Territories, and includes American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and US Virgin Islands. Sample sizes vary slightly for each of the ten indicators, ranging from n=2606-2667.

Table 8.2b: Percent of hospitals by number of recommended policies and practices by state
CDC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) -- 2013
	Number of ideal practices
	0-2	3-5	6-8	9-10	N
All	4.6	41.5	45.8	8.1	2470
State
AK	0.0	26.7	60.0	13.3	15
AL	5.7	57.1	37.1	0.0	35
AR	21.1	42.1	36.8	0.0	19
AZ	2.9	48.6	42.9	5.7	35
CA	1.0	26.0	59.5	13.5	200
CO	5.0	30.0	62.5	2.5	40
CT	0.0	38.1	61.9	0.0	21
DC	0.0	50.0	0.0	50.0	4
DE	0.0	33.3	16.7	50.0	6
FL	0.0	39.6	46.2	14.3	91
GA	10.1	50.7	34.8	4.3	69
HI	0.0	30.0	70.0	0.0	10
IA	2.8	59.2	36.6	1.4	71
ID	0.0	28.6	66.7	4.8	21
IL	4.6	46.0	46.0	3.4	87
IN	8.3	38.1	46.4	7.1	84
IT*	0.0	33.3	66.7	0.0	6
KS	5.1	50.8	44.1	0.0	59
KY	4.8	52.4	40.5	2.4	42
LA	9.3	39.5	44.2	7.0	43
MA	0.0	38.6	50.0	11.4	44
MD	0.0	60.7	32.1	7.1	28
ME	4.2	12.5	58.3	25.0	24
MI	9.0	56.7	26.9	7.5	67
MN	6.1	35.4	46.3	12.2	82
MO	7.0	47.4	42.1	3.5	57
MS	12.9	41.9	41.9	3.2	31
MT	3.6	25.0	42.9	28.6	28
NC	1.6	45.9	50.8	1.6	61
ND	14.3	28.6	57.1	0.0	7
NE	2.6	65.8	31.6	0.0	38
NH	0.0	9.5	57.1	33.3	21
NJ	4.5	31.8	52.3	11.4	44
NM	0.0	40.0	52.0	8.0	25
NV	0.0	53.3	33.3	13.3	15
NY	1.1	33.7	53.7	11.6	95
OH	5.7	47.7	42.0	4.5	88
OK	4.8	52.4	40.5	2.4	42
OR	0.0	28.6	55.1	16.3	49
PA	3.6	56.0	33.3	7.1	84
PR	8.3	50.0	41.7	0.0	12
RI	0.0	20.0	60.0	20.0	5
SC	8.8	20.6	52.9	17.6	34
SD	4.8	52.4	42.9	0.0	21
TN	5.4	58.9	32.1	3.6	56
TX	7.7	42.1	44.6	5.6	195
UT	8.8	41.2	47.1	2.9	34
VA	7.5	42.5	42.5	7.5	40
VT	0.0	0.0	77.8	22.2	9
WA	3.5	28.1	52.6	15.8	57
WI	2.6	38.5	48.7	10.3	78
WV	8.3	45.8	41.7	4.2	24
WY	5.9	64.7	23.5	5.9	17
*State abbreviation 'IT' is Island Territories, and includes American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and US Virgin Islands.