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I think it is a shame that the CDC did such a sloppy sampling job,
given that it is supposed to care about the health of this nation and
the practice of breastfeeding.
Nicole Bernshaw
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> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:47:11 EDT
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Statistics....
>
> According to the News in "Birth", the June 2008 issue reports that
> according
> to the Ross Mothers survey for 2006, in-hospital breastfeeding rates
> declined from 66.3% in 2005 to 63.6% in 2006, and the 6 month rates
> declined
> from 32.9% to 30%. This is a survey of over 250,000 women nation-
> wide.
>
> Now, in the Sept 2008 issue -- also the News -- they report the CDC
> rates
> (the sample size is 424 women for that 2 year period of time) which
> is 77%
> initiated bf in the hospital in 2005-2006.
>
> So -- my question is -- what is the REAL bf initiation rate? 63.6%
> according to Ross, or 77% according to the CDC? Which is more
> accurate --
> a biased
> industry based report with a sample base of around 250,000 women/
> year, or a
> non-biased government report based on 424 women over a 2 year period
> of time?
>
> I'm really struggling with this because it is SUCH a disparity in
> numbers.
>
> Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA
>
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