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. 2024 Feb 8;19:11. doi: 10.1186/s13006-024-00618-z

Table 2.

Prevalence (%) of any breastfeeding by month of age in the three cohorts

Age in months Cohort 1 (1999) Cohort 2 (2007) Cohort 3 (2016)
0 (at birth) 97% (793/818) 98% (388/396) 95% (240/252)
1 89% (739/830) 91% (261/287) 96% (242/252)
2 81% (669/826)
3 73% (605/829) 82% (217/265) 89% (225/252)
4 67% (542/809)
5 61% (483/791) 86% (223/252)
6 56% (447/798) 70% (165/235)
7 50% (395/790)
8 42% (338/805) 71% (163/231)
9 37% (295/798) 56% (97/173)
10 31% (246/793)
11 26% (204/784)
12 21% (167/796) 39% (64/165) 59% (135/229)
18 20% (29/143) 35% (78/224)
24 12% (16/132) 25% (55/224)
36 7% (16/224)