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3 Capitol Hill, Room 302
Providence, RI 02908-5097
Phone: (401) 222-4605
Fax: (401) 222-1442
Emily Eisenstein, MPH
State Breastfeeding Coordinator |
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Breastfeeding
Rhode Island Breastfeeding Data
- The national Healthy People 2010 Objectives for breastfeeding are that 75% of women leave the hospital breastfeeding, 50% continue to breastfeed for 6 months, 25% continue to breastfeed for 12 months, 40% exclusively breastfeed at 3 months, and 17% exclusively breastfeed at 6 months by the year 2010.
- In 2006, 74.5% of women reported that they had ever breastfed their infants (RI Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System).
- In 2007, 71.6% of prenatal women intended to breastfeed and 58.1% intended to exclusively breastfeed at hospital discharge (RI Newborn Developmental Risk Assessment Screening).
- Breastfeeding is more common among higher income, educated, older, white and married women.
CDC National Immunization Survey
(Percent plus or minus half 95% confidence interval)
2005 births (provisional data) |
Ever |
6 months |
12 months |
Exclusive 3 months |
Exclusive 6 months |
CT |
74.5 ± 7.4 |
42.9 ± 7.4 |
18.8 ± 5.5 |
36.4 ± 7.1 |
12.3 ± 4.5 |
MA |
78.1 ± 7.6 |
43.3 ± 8.5 |
21.7 ± 6.6 |
35.5 ± 8.2 |
14.0 ± 6.0 |
ME |
71.7 ± 7.5 |
41.2 ± 7.6 |
22.5 ± 6.0 |
39.0 ± 7.7 |
12.3 ± 5.1 |
NH |
75.3 ± 7.7 |
46.8 ± 8.6 |
23.9 ± 7.2 |
35.5 ± 8.2 |
9.8 ± 4.8 |
RI |
70.9 ± 8.4 |
49.3 ± 8.6 |
21.9 ± 6.9 |
35.6 ± 7.9 |
15.3 ± 5.5 |
VT |
77.6 ± 7.6 |
53.8 ± 8.5 |
32.6 ± 7.8 |
49.0 ± 8.5 |
23.9 ± 6.7 |
United States |
74.2 ± 1.2 |
43.1 ± 1.3 |
21.4 ± 1.1 |
31.5 ± 1.3 |
11.9 ± 0.9 |
Healthy People
2010 Goals |
75.0 |
50.0 |
25.0 |
40.0 |
17.0 |
HEALTH Information Line
1-800-942-7434
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