The USA stats finally arrived today on my FAX
ROSS LABS April-Sept. 1995
Current in-hosp. 1 wk. 1st month 2nd mo 3rd mon 4th mon 5th mon 6th
mon
total- BF & Supp-
70.4 68.2 61.1 53.7 45.1 37.3
31.9 28.1
BF only-
59.6 57.8 48.6 38.9 29.5 22.0
18.1 16.4
BF & Supp-
10.8 10.8 12.5 14.7 15.6 15.3
13.8 11.5
# of infants
61,883 61,641 61,693 61,682 61,598 61,360
61,126 54,442
Well, it still looks pretty good. It is the highest initiation rate
in-hospital throughout 70's-90's. The total BF (BF & Supp) at 6 months is
also the highest, but exclusive BF was higher in 1984--16.4%.
Still a long way to 2000 goal, but at least we are moving forward, one step
at a time.
Pat Bull, RN, IBCLC/The Breastfeeding Connection
Naperville, IL 60540
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