Table 3.

Breastfeeding rates at hospital discharge in 89 Italian Maternity Hospitals among healthy term newborns with normal birth weight

	Neonates (N)	Percentage
Exclusive breastfeeding	23,054	69.1%
o Only mother’s milk	22,447	67.3%
o Mother’s milk and/or donor human milk	607	1.8%
Predominant breastfeeding	704	2.1%
Complementary feeding	8,033	24.1%
No breastfeeding	1,576	4.7%
Total	33,367	100%