The CDC is indeed collecting data on breastfeeding rates in the US as part of their national immunization survey. The results will be posted to their web site this summer. http://www.cdc.gov/nip The description of the sampling design says: "Breastfeeding is believed to provide children with antibodies and other factors that help protect against invasive forms of some diseases such as Haemophilus influenzae b. However, some parents may think breastfeeding lessens the need for timely vaccinations. Knowledge of the prevalence of breastfeeding in the U.S. and whether it is linked to vaccination status is important for maternal and child health programs to plan and improve campaigns to increase this healthy practice while maintaining high age-appropriate vaccine coverage." The questions about breastfeeding ask if the child was ever breastfed or fed breast milk, for how long, and then there are categories of under 1 month, 1-6 months, 6-12 months, and over 1 year. Then there is a question about how old the child was the first time they had anything other than breast milk or water. That's it. Kathy Dettwyler _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html