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Variation between quartiles of hospital rates of breastmilk feeding in very low birth weight infants vs. overall hospital breastfeeding rates.
| Very low birth weight infant rates of breastmilk feeding at discharge home | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom quartile (rate < 50.0%) | Middle quartiles (rate 50.0–82.8%) | Upper quartile (rate > 82.8%) | ||
| Overall hospital breastfeeding rates | Bottom quartile (rate < 83.2%) | 17 | 7 | 3 |
| Middle quartiles (rate 83.2–92.4%) | 11 | 34 | 13 | |
| Upper quartile (rate >92.4%) | 0 | 14 | 12 | |
