True story from the UK: last  year, our local hospital revealed its 
bf stats,  and there was much mutual congratulation that the 
supplementation rate was 3.5 per cent.

Hm.

I looked at the stats, and the 3.5 per cent was a percentage of 
*all* mothers, including the ones who had never breastfed at all.

When worked out as a percentage of mothers who initiated 
breastfeeding, the supplementation rate was 26 per cent.

I sent some emails pointing this out, but nothing was done. 'Well, 
they're published now, we can't do anything about it,' was the reply.


Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK

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