Table 2.

Breastfeeding Rate (%) in Han Ethnic, Uygur and 'Other Minority' Groups, Xinjiang, PR China, 2003–2004

Ethnic	Month	n	Exclusive breastfeeding	Full breastfeeding	Any Breastfeeding
Han	0*	578	78.0	83.7	88.5
	0.5	534	61.0	71.7	87.2
	1.5	530	33.9	60.2	85.6
	2.5	523	29.4	55.1	84.5
	3.5	516	24.0	43.9	83.1
	4.5	502	10.9	14.8	82.0
	6	472	4.8	5.8	76.7
Uygur	0*	360	34.5	90.3	94.3
	0.5	341	12.6	47.2	93.4
	1.5	336	5.6	35.3	91.9
	2.5	317	4.5	22.1	90.0
	3.5	305	3.7	11.2	88.6
	4.5	302	1.9	3.4	84.8
	6	260	0.4	1.1	54.7
Others	0*	281	83.1	95.0	97.1
	0.5	272	65.9	79.9	96.7
	1.5	270	54.1	72.1	96.0
	2.5	265	46.2	61.5	96.0
	3.5	254	42.4	51.7	95.6
	4.5	251	31.9	37.9	95.2
	6	232	16.8	21.3	87.6

0 month refers to the time at discharge from hospital, which generally in one week postpartum.

The 'other ethnic' group (n = 281) included 199 were Kazakh, 56 were Xibe and 26 Hui babies.