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. 2013 Apr 25;8(4):e62854. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062854

Table 2. The breastfeeding rate (%) within the first 4 months and the prevalence of underweight (%) among children under 5 years old.

Year Mixed feeding and breastfeeding Breastfeeding Underweight
Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total
1998 1.52 (1,096,354) 1.80 (694,187) 1.63 (1,790,541)
1999 1.50 (1,071,397) 1.55 (657,270) 1.52 (1,728,667)
2000 1.39 (1,063,519) 1.53 (628,817) 1.44 (1,692,336)
2001 74.38 (190,964) 74.58 (105,238) 74.45 (296,202) 1.47 (1,069,395) 1.62 (585,684) 1.52 (1,655,079)
2002 85.37 (193,323) 85.15 (99,711) 85.30 (293,034) 1.36 (1,071,911) 1.56 (557,422) 1.43 (1,629,333)
2003 90.27 (196,573) 89.56 (99,846) 90.03 (296,419) 75.19 71.03 73.79 1.31 (1,085,517) 1.50 (541,886) 1.37 (1,627,403)
2004 89.68 (203,678) 90.53 (103,509) 89.97 (307,187) 75.71 72.96 74.79 1.22 (1,101,095) 1.41 (545,091) 1.28 (1,646,186)
2005 89.69 (218,989) 89.56 (116,289) 89.64 (335,278) 73.51 73.30 73.44 1.12 (1,126,266) 1.24 (570,002) 1.16 (1,696,268)
2006 89.67 (207,718) 86.90 (106,633) 88.73 (314,351) 71.67 70.78 71.37 1.08 (1,152,350) 1.13 (590,833) 1.09 (1,743,183)
2007 89.52 (201,020) 87.61 (106,148) 87.61 (307,168) 70.50 68.20 69.71 1.06 (1,016,591) 1.04 (600,893) 0.93(1,617,484)
2008 85.76 (190,996) 83.98 (92,371) 85.18 (283,367) 51.80 58.12 53.86 0.85 (1,186,840) 0.97 (615,261) 0.89 (1,802,101)
2009 87.23 (200,045) 86.19 (95,897) 86.89 (295,942) 56.87 62.60 58.73 0.74 (1,199,364) 0.85 (624,308) 0.78 (1,823,672)
2010 86.73 (199,317) 87.83 (96,539) 87.09 (295,856) 59.10 64.54 60.88 0.60 (1,201,037) 0.74 (650,450) 0.65 (1,851,487)
2011 88.22 (201,543) 88.35 (96,181) 88.26 (297,724) 61.88 64.76 62.81 0.61 (1,189,160) 0.72 (625,026) 0.65 (1,814,186)
Total 87.05 (2,204,166) 86.24 (1,118,362) 86.78 (3,322,528) 54.84 55.25 54.98 1.12 (15,630,796) 1.26 (8,487,130) 1.17 (24,117,926)