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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