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% | |||