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

Table 3.

Breastmilk production and value estimates in the three cohorts

Cohort 1 (1999) Cohort 2 (2007) Cohort 3 (2016)
Volume (million litres) Value (million USD) Volume (million litres) Value (million USD) Volume (million litres) Value (million USD)
Total for 3 years
 Actual production 0.11 10.85 0.08 7.13 0.06 5.66
 Potential production 0.36 36.62 0.17 15.97 0.11 10.06
 Lost breastmilk 0.24 22.77 0.09 8.84 0.05 4.40
 Percent lost 67.7% 55.4% 43.7%
Total 1st year
 Actual production 0.11 10.29 0.06 5.77 0.04 4.10
 Potential production 0.17 16.44 0.08 7.81 0.05 4.92
 Lost breastmilk 0.07 6.15 0.02 2.04 0.01 0.82
 Percent lost 37% 26% 17%