I need help turning a statistic around so that it reads correctly (i.e.
breastfeeding is the norm).  I am horrible at math (stats was a struggle to
pass), so if anyone would like to take pity on a struggling author, I'd
appreciate it!

"If women who do not breastfeed or breasfed for 3 months or less were to do
so for 4 to 12 months, breast cancer among parous pre-menopausal women could
be reduced by 11 percent; if all women with children lactated for 24 months
or longer, the incidence might be reduced by nearly 25 percent"

I want to frame it the 'other way' around showing that formula feeding
increases the rates of breast cancer...but can't figure out how to do it.
Maybe it can't?  I know there is a step by step process to obtain that
number.  If anyone wouldn't mind giving me the answer, but *also* explaining
how to arrive at it (so I can do it on my own next time!), I'd appreciate
it.

Robyn Roche-Paull

BS, IBCLC, LLLL
US Navy Vet  1991-1997
Author and Founder-Breastfeeding in Combat Boots

Visit my website http://www.breastfeedingincombatboots.com 
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