Table 6.1a: Breastfeeding education of new staff by facility type, size, NICU level, and region
CDC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) -- 2015
	How many hours of breastfeeding education do new nurses/birth attendants receive
	None	<1	1-3	4-7	8-17	18 or more	Not sure	N
All	4.6	7.3	22.5	17.1	19.2	24	5.3	2485
Type of facility
Birth center	13.8	6.6	18.6	7.8	10.2	18	25.1	167
Government hospital	7.3	12.5	22.5	13.8	13	27	3.9	463
Non-profit hospital	2.6	6.2	21.5	18.7	21.8	26	3.2	1527
Private hospital	4.5	5.8	29.5	20.1	19.8	13	7.1	308
Military hospital	20	5	25	0	30	20	0	20
Teaching hospital
Yes	0	1.6	7.3	9.4	27.6	53.6	0.5	192
No	4.3	7.9	24.2	18.5	19.1	21.8	4.1	2126
Size of facility
1-249	10.9	15.6	27.2	13.5	9.6	10.9	12.3	570
250-499	6.3	8.5	33.7	15.2	14.1	16.7	5.4	460
500-999	3.5	7.5	25.5	17.3	20	21.5	4.6	479
1000-1999	1.2	3.3	16	22.8	26.3	28.2	2.1	486
2000-4999	0.2	0.2	10.5	17.3	27.5	43.4	0.9	440
5000 or more	0	2	8	14	24	52	0	50
Level of Neonatal Care
Healthy newborn only	7.5	11.7	28.4	14.4	13.7	15.8	8.6	1113
Level 2 special care	3.5	5.5	22	20	20.7	24.2	4	744
Level 3 NICU	1.1	1.9	13	18.7	28.8	35.6	0.9	539
Level 4 Regional NICU	0	1.1	11.2	15.7	18	53.9	0	89
Census region
Pacific	4.9	6.1	16.4	12.5	16.4	37.1	6.7	329
Mountain	9.4	6.4	21.4	15.8	20.1	20.9	6	234
West North Central	4.2	15	31.4	18	13.8	12.9	4.8	334
East North Central	1.7	5.2	25.2	17.8	20.7	24.4	4.9	405
West South Central	8.2	7	21.2	16.5	22.2	18.7	6.3	316
East South Central	7.6	11.5	25.5	21	15.9	15.9	2.5	157
New England	0.8	3.4	12.6	13.4	24.4	41.2	4.2	119
Middle Atlantic	1.8	4.1	17	18.3	24.3	29.8	4.6	218
South Atlantic	3.5	6.2	24.1	19.6	18.5	22.8	5.4	373

Table 6.2a: Annual breastfeeding education of current staff by facility type, size, NICU level, and region
CDC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) -- 2015
	How many hours of breastfeeding education current nurses/birth attendants received in past year
	None	<1	1-2	3-4	5 or more	Not sure	N
All	3.4	11.1	33	20	25.6	6.9	2488
Type of facility
Birth center	6.6	6.6	22.8	17.4	24.6	22.2	167
Government hospital	5	14.5	29	16.2	28.1	7.1	462
Non-profit hospital	2.5	10.7	35.3	21.6	24.8	5.1	1530
Private hospital	3.2	10.4	34	19.1	26.2	7.1	309
Military hospital	15	10	25	20	25	5	20
Teaching hospital
Yes	1.6	5.2	37	20.8	31.8	3.6	192
No	3.3	12	33.5	20.2	25.1	6	2129
Size of facility
1-249	6.7	15.1	27.1	16.2	20.4	14.6	569
250-499	5.4	13.9	30.3	17.7	25.8	6.9	462
500-999	2.5	10.6	36.3	20.5	24.6	5.4	479
1000-1999	1.4	8.6	36.9	25.6	24.4	3.1	488
2000-4999	0.7	7.3	34.8	20.7	33.4	3.2	440
5000 or more	0	2	42	20	34	2	50
Level of Neonatal Care
Healthy newborn only	4.9	13.3	31.9	17.3	22.3	10.3	1112
Level 2 special care	3.5	10.6	35.1	20.9	25	5	747
Level 3 NICU	0.7	7.6	32.5	24.7	31.5	3	539
Level 4 Regional NICU	0	8.9	33.3	18.9	34.4	4.4	90
Census region
Pacific	1.5	7.9	35.3	17.6	29.5	8.2	329
Mountain	7.7	8.5	32.9	20.9	21.4	8.5	234
West North Central	4.2	18.3	32	18.3	17.4	9.9	334
East North Central	1.5	14.8	36.5	20.7	22	4.4	405
West South Central	5.7	8.5	28.7	18.3	30.9	7.9	317
East South Central	5.1	12.1	26.1	21.7	31.2	3.8	157
New England	2.5	5	34.2	24.2	26.7	7.5	120
Middle Atlantic	1.4	8.3	32.1	23.4	31.2	3.7	218
South Atlantic	2.7	10.4	35	19.8	25.4	6.7	374

Table 6.3a: Coverage of breastfeeding education by facility type, size, NICU level, and region
CDC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) -- 2015
	How many nurses/birth attendants received breastfeeding education in past year
	Few	Some	Many	Most	Not sure	N
All	10.1	12.9	12.5	61.4	3.1	2487
Type of facility
Birth center	13.2	9	13.2	51.5	13.2	167
Government hospital	16.4	14.5	14.9	51.2	3	463
Non-profit hospital	7.5	12.8	12.2	65.6	2	1528
Private hospital	10.7	12.3	11.3	62.5	3.2	309
Military hospital	25	25	0	40	10	20
Teaching hospital
Yes	2.6	6.8	10.4	79.2	1	192
No	10.5	13.7	12.7	60.5	2.5	2128
Size of facility
1-249	22.2	18.7	13.4	38.7	7	568
250-499	14.3	16.7	10.6	55.4	3	462
500-999	7.5	13.6	10.9	65.6	2.5	479
1000-1999	3.1	7.8	14.5	73.8	0.8	488
2000-4999	1.8	7	12.7	76.6	1.8	440
5000 or more	0	6	16	78	0	50
Level of Neonatal Care
Healthy newborn only	15.7	17.7	12.4	49.4	4.8	1112
Level 2 special care	8.6	10.6	11.9	66.5	2.4	747
Level 3 NICU	2.2	6.3	13.9	76.5	1.1	540
Level 4 Regional NICU	0	11.4	11.4	76.1	1.1	88
Census region
Pacific	8.5	14.3	16.1	58.1	3	329
Mountain	13.3	14.6	10.3	56.2	5.6	233
West North Central	17.4	16.8	17.4	45.5	3	334
East North Central	5.9	11.6	9.1	71.2	2.2	406
West South Central	11	11.7	12.3	59.6	5.4	317
East South Central	12.7	12.7	8.9	61.8	3.8	157
New England	5	10.8	11.7	71.7	0.8	120
Middle Atlantic	6.9	9.2	12.4	70.5	0.9	217
South Atlantic	9.1	12.3	12.3	63.6	2.7	374

Table 6.4a: Competency testing by facility type, size, NICU level, and region
CDC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) -- 2015
	How often are nurses/birth attendants assessed for competency in breastfeeding management & support
	At least once a year	Less than once a year	Not assessed	N
All	59.6	12.1	28.3	2486
Type of facility
Birth center	51.2	6.5	42.3	168
Government hospital	51.4	11.9	36.7	463
Non-profit hospital	62.2	13	24.8	1527
Private hospital	64.3	10.4	25.3	308
Military hospital	50	15	35	20
Teaching hospital
Yes	70.8	12.5	16.7	192
No	59.3	12.5	28.3	2126
Size of facility
1-249	41.2	10.7	48.1	568
250-499	51.2	15.2	33.6	461
500-999	63	13.2	23.8	479
1000-1999	71.3	11.5	17.2	488
2000-4999	74.5	9.5	15.9	440
5000 or more	68	16	16	50
Level of Neonatal Care
Healthy newborn only	49.9	12.1	37.9	1112
Level 2 special care	62.6	12.6	24.8	745
Level 3 NICU	73.5	10.9	15.6	540
Level 4 Regional NICU	71.9	13.5	14.6	89
Census region
Pacific	58.1	15.5	26.4	329
Mountain	51.1	12.9	36.1	233
West North Central	38.6	16.5	44.9	334
East North Central	65.9	11.9	22.2	405
West South Central	63.6	9.8	26.6	316
East South Central	59.9	8.9	31.2	157
New England	67.5	10.8	21.7	120
Middle Atlantic	70.2	9.6	20.2	218
South Atlantic	66	9.9	24.1	374