Table 4.
Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding and illness by age of child
Age (months) | Exclusive breastfeeding | Prevalence of diarrhoea | Exclusively breastfed infants with diarrhoea | Prevalence of acute respiratory infection | Exclusively breastfed infants with ARI | |||||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
0 | 184 | 55.1 | 15 | 4.5 | 8 | 4.3 | 56 | 16.8 | 28 | 15.2 |
1 | 159 | 43.2 | 36 | 9.8 | 13 | 8.2 | 103 | 28.0 | 46 | 28.9 |
2 | 117 | 29.5 | 73 | 18.4 | 13 | 11.1 | 131 | 33.1 | 21 | 17.1 |
3 | 104 | 19.4 | 110 | 20.6 | 21 | 20.2 | 219 | 40.9 | 35 | 33.7 |
ARI=Acute respiratory infection