Just received an extract from a report from the Australian Bureau of
Statistics "Australian Social Trends 1997". It includes some
"unpublished" breastfeeding data from the major 1995 National Health
Survey in Australia. This is the first data I have seen from this
survey, which actually had reasonably good questions on
breastfeeding.
Were never breastfed 12.4%
Were breastfed 87.6%
Less than one week 1.9%
Two weeks or more 77.7%
Two months or more 68.1%
Six months or more 47.1%
One year or more 15.3%
Unknown duration 2.3%
Ros Escott BAppSc IBCLC
Tasmania, Australia