>At least for the initiation category, my understanding is that it 
>reflects even just one feed at the breast, or attempted feed.


Yes - no problem with that! That's the accepted definition of initiation.

It's the exclusive bf that I was wondering about.

Heather Welford Neil

NCT bfc, tutor, UK

>
>Sent from my phone
>
>
>>  On Oct 22, 2014, at 8:50 AM, heather <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>  A colleague has sent this:
>>
>>  http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/pdf/2014breastfeedingreportcard.pdf
>>
>>  How robust is the collection of the data?
>>
>>  I ask, because the exclusive breastfeeding figures seem very high indeed.
>>
>>  We know US mothers have much shorter maternity leave than we do in 
>>Europe, and would find it hard to maintain excl breastfeeding.
>>
>>  Our (UK) initiation stats are about the same (latest survey 
>>indicates 81 per cent) but our exclusive rates are much *much* 
>>lower.
>>
>>  Any comments?
>>
>>  Heather Welford Neil
>>  NCT bfc, tutor, UK
>  > --
>

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