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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Clin North Am. 2012 Nov 3;60(1):31–48. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2012.09.010

Table 1.

Healthy People Targets 2010 1 and 2020 2 and recent national statistics (%)
20103 2010 Target 20114 2020 Target
Any breastfeeding
 Ever 75 75 74.6 81.9
 At 6 months 43 50 44.3 60.6
 At 1 year 22.4 25 23.8 34.1
Exclusive breastfeeding
 To 3 months 33 40 35 46.2
 To 6 months 13.3 17 14.8 25.5
1

US Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010 midcourse review. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services; 2005. [cited Aug 14 2012]; Available from: http://www.heaIthypeople.gov/2010/data/rnidcourse/pdf/fa16.pdf

2

US Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2020. Washington D.C.; [cited Aug 8, 2012]; Available from: www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/objectiveslist.aspx?topicid=26.

3

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Breastfeeding Report Card — United States 2010. Atlanta, GA; 2010 [cited Aug 8, 2012]; Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/pdf/BreastfeedingReportCard2010.pdf

4

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Breastfeeding Report Card — United States 2011. Atlanta, GA; 2011 [cited Aug 8, 2012]; Available from: www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/pdf/2011breastfeedingreportcard.pdf