The address for the ABS "Breastfeeding in Australia" paper gave percentages of children being breastfed up to 2 years of age. The National Health Survey from which the data came actually considered breastfeeding up to 3 years of age though this data was not in the paper on the web. However, I spoke to someone associated with the paper from the ABS and though that other might like to know that the values that they have are that in 1995 0.7% or 3 yo were breastfeeding at all and in 2001 0.5% were breastfeeding (these values are based on small numbers as you would imagine but interesting none-the-less). I've also been told that the misquotation of the WHO recommendations on duration of breastfeeding will be amended shortly (ie from "until 2 years" to "up to two years or beyond" ). Amazing what you can get from a simple telephone call! Karleen Gribble Australia *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html