WHO/UNICEF states: Breastfeeding can save the lives of over one million babies who die every year from diarrhea and acute respiratory infections Rogan, WJ, 1989 "A risk/benefit analysis by the United States Institute of Environmental Health Sciences estimated that for every 1,000 infants born in the U.S. each year, four will die because they are not breastfed." (This works out to about 80,000 babies a year!)