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) -- 2015
  Model policy Assess staff competency Prenatal breast-feeding education Early initiation Teach breast-feeding techniques Limit supplements Rooming-in Teaching feeding cues Limit pacifiers Discharge support N
All 32.4 59.9 91.3 69.3 93.4 27.0 54.7 89.4 52.4 33.7 2582
State
AK 23.8 47.6 70.0 70.0 85.7 57.1 76.2 95.2 65.0 57.1 21
AL 20.0 70.7 97.2 46.3 90.2 17.5 23.7 80.5 31.7 24.4 41
AR 10.7 58.8 87.5 44.1 79.4 2.9 40.0 70.6 32.4 15.2 34
AZ 20.0 53.7 92.5 70.7 87.8 34.1 80.0 90.2 47.4 24.4 41
CA 44.2 67.3 89.7 74.1 94.5 27.3 83.2 91.0 74.0 28.0 200
CO 34.0 70.2 89.4 72.3 100.0 27.7 78.7 93.6 66.0 31.9 47
CT 52.2 78.3 100.0 82.6 100.0 9.1 47.8 95.7 47.8 17.4 23
DC 25.0 75.0 100.0 75.0 75.0 0.0 75.0 100.0 25.0 25.0 4
DE 85.7 85.7 100.0 42.9 100.0 42.9 71.4 100.0 100.0 28.6 7
FL 38.1 63.3 95.2 74.1 93.5 25.7 77.4 89.0 52.8 33.9 109
GA 12.1 66.7 83.3 55.0 91.7 18.3 51.7 88.3 36.2 18.6 60
HI 25.0 50.0 100.0 81.8 100.0 41.7 75.0 100.0 83.3 25.0 12
IA 13.0 38.9 98.6 69.0 93.1 30.6 20.0 88.9 28.2 66.7 72
ID 22.2 37.9 88.5 78.6 89.7 51.7 77.8 93.1 59.3 51.7 29
IL 44.8 80.5 96.6 63.2 97.7 15.1 56.5 92.0 51.8 23.0 87
IN 34.8 64.0 95.5 71.6 94.4 23.9 39.1 95.5 40.9 38.2 89
IT* 33.3 66.7 50.0 50.0 83.3 16.7 100.0 66.7 83.3 0.0 6
KS 17.7 37.5 93.3 79.4 92.2 51.7 59.0 84.4 43.8 43.8 64
KY 16.2 73.0 100.0 70.3 94.6 16.2 20.6 94.6 30.6 21.6 37
LA 41.7 70.8 93.6 50.0 93.8 22.9 34.8 91.7 59.6 25.0 48
MA 52.4 69.0 97.6 83.3 97.6 24.4 52.4 95.1 73.8 35.7 42
MD 29.0 67.7 93.3 71.0 93.5 25.8 66.7 86.7 69.0 29.0 31
ME 22.2 48.1 96.2 92.6 100.0 53.8 50.0 100.0 70.4 66.7 27
MI 32.9 60.3 94.4 75.0 93.1 14.1 55.2 87.5 35.7 32.9 73
MN 37.5 44.6 97.3 69.3 86.7 37.8 52.9 82.7 58.7 56.0 75
MO 28.3 49.1 89.6 73.6 92.5 26.4 35.8 88.7 50.9 24.5 53
MS 10.7 30.0 82.1 48.3 93.3 13.3 28.6 90.0 27.6 20.7 30
MT 37.0 46.4 92.6 74.1 100.0 57.1 75.0 92.9 42.9 46.4 28
NC 33.9 65.0 89.5 55.9 95.0 18.6 61.4 86.7 52.5 21.7 60
ND 18.2 18.2 90.9 72.7 100.0 27.3 27.3 90.9 27.3 27.3 11
NE 6.5 20.8 87.0 71.7 85.4 29.2 52.4 81.3 21.7 29.2 48
NH 66.7 66.7 100.0 83.3 100.0 55.6 58.8 100.0 77.8 55.6 18
NJ 56.4 92.3 94.6 69.2 100.0 12.8 31.6 100.0 65.8 20.5 39
NM 46.2 55.6 84.0 76.9 88.9 22.2 88.9 88.9 55.6 33.3 27
NV 33.3 58.3 83.3 33.3 75.0 27.3 54.5 83.3 45.5 25.0 12
NY 46.5 71.4 96.8 68.8 93.8 17.3 40.0 92.8 68.8 39.2 99
OH 28.9 72.2 97.7 64.4 98.9 19.1 33.0 88.9 38.2 41.1 90
OK 31.0 69.8 90.7 60.5 95.3 23.3 53.5 86.0 55.8 23.3 43
OR 38.6 55.6 91.1 91.3 93.5 66.7 84.8 91.3 64.4 37.0 46
PA 36.0 60.9 97.6 56.5 96.5 17.6 32.1 87.1 43.7 31.0 87
PR 27.8 83.3 47.1 70.6 94.4 5.6 37.5 83.3 100.0 22.2 18
RI 100.0 100.0 100.0 80.0 100.0 80.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 80.0 5
SC 46.7 65.6 89.7 75.0 93.8 25.0 54.8 96.9 53.1 43.8 32
SD 33.3 52.6 100.0 63.2 94.7 31.6 35.3 89.5 36.8 42.1 19
TN 31.6 59.6 92.7 58.9 87.7 10.5 27.8 87.7 39.3 19.3 57
TX 32.3 62.1 79.5 67.5 90.1 22.6 60.9 85.1 58.0 31.0 204
UT 14.3 36.1 88.2 80.6 86.5 27.8 48.4 83.8 29.7 24.3 37
VA 41.3 68.8 95.8 74.5 95.8 25.0 45.7 91.7 47.9 20.8 48
VT 9.1 72.7 90.9 80.0 100.0 72.7 81.8 100.0 90.9 54.5 11
WA 15.3 36.2 80.7 77.2 98.3 46.6 93.2 89.7 60.3 40.7 59
WI 29.1 50.6 97.5 80.5 96.3 45.7 38.8 93.9 53.8 43.9 82
WV 13.0 47.8 86.4 59.1 91.3 18.2 40.0 78.3 47.8 26.1 23
WY 17.6 43.8 68.8 82.4 94.1 35.3 81.3 100.0 25.0 70.6 17

*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=2483-2576.

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) -- 2015
  Number of ideal practices
0-2 3-5 6-8 9-10 N
All 3.6 34.1 50.5 11.8 2273
State
AK 0.0 44.4 44.4 11.1 18
AL 12.1 48.5 33.3 6.1 33
AR 13.6 50.0 36.4 0.0 22
AZ 8.3 36.1 38.9 16.7 36
CA 2.2 20.1 62.5 15.2 184
CO 2.1 21.3 61.7 14.9 47
CT 0.0 30.0 60.0 10.0 20
DC 0.0 25.0 75.0 0.0 4
DE 0.0 14.3 42.9 42.9 7
FL 3.2 21.1 62.1 13.7 95
GA 1.9 56.6 39.6 1.9 53
HI 0.0 10.0 80.0 10.0 10
IA 0.0 49.3 44.8 6.0 67
ID 10.0 15.0 60.0 15.0 20
IL 1.2 32.9 60.0 5.9 85
IN 2.4 40.5 46.4 10.7 84
IT* 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 6
KS 5.6 37.0 46.3 11.1 54
KY 3.2 51.6 35.5 9.7 31
LA 6.7 40.0 44.4 8.9 45
MA 0.0 27.5 50.0 22.5 40
MD 11.1 18.5 59.3 11.1 27
ME 0.0 20.0 56.0 24.0 25
MI 1.7 41.7 43.3 13.3 60
MN 4.7 29.7 46.9 18.8 64
MO 8.3 37.5 45.8 8.3 48
MS 8.3 62.5 29.2 0.0 24
MT 3.8 26.9 42.3 26.9 26
NC 1.9 42.3 46.2 9.6 52
ND 9.1 54.5 36.4 0.0 11
NE 13.9 58.3 22.2 5.6 36
NH 0.0 5.9 64.7 29.4 17
NJ 0.0 28.6 62.9 8.6 35
NM 8.3 20.8 54.2 16.7 24
NV 11.1 44.4 44.4 0.0 9
NY 2.2 31.1 47.8 18.9 90
OH 2.5 43.8 48.8 5.0 80
OK 0.0 40.5 52.4 7.1 42
OR 0.0 17.1 56.1 26.8 41
PA 2.6 44.9 50.0 2.6 78
PR 0.0 35.7 57.1 7.1 14
RI 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 4
SC 3.8 19.2 57.7 19.2 26
SD 0.0 26.7 73.3 0.0 15
TN 6.0 50.0 38.0 6.0 50
TX 6.2 33.3 48.6 11.9 177
UT 3.8 46.2 46.2 3.8 26
VA 2.3 29.5 52.3 15.9 44
VT 0.0 0.0 70.0 30.0 10
WA 3.7 27.8 51.9 16.7 54
WI 0.0 31.0 56.3 12.7 71
WV 5.9 41.2 52.9 0.0 17
WY 0.0 26.7 60.0 13.3 15

*State abbreviation 'IT' is Island Territories, and includes American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and US Virgin Islands.

Note: Ideal maternity care practices are listed in Table 8.1