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. 2014 Mar 14;18(2):189–197. doi: 10.1017/S1368980014000238

Table 1.

Characteristics of participating BFHI hospitals (n 13), matched birth facilities (n 19) and women (n 25 327); Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 1999–2009, five US states (AK, ME, NE, OH and WA)

% Race/ethnicity
Date accredited* Annual no. of births* Years PRAMS data available No. of babies born before/after BFHI accreditation White Black Hispanic % Education ≤12 years % Breast-feeding initiation % Any breast-feeding for ≥4 weeks % Exclusive breast-feeding for ≥4 weeks
Alaska 2000–2009
Hospital A Nov 2008 2489 3309/381 61 6 12 46 92 81 55
Two matched facilities 4014 21 1 3 72 88 73 46
Maine 1999–2009
Hospital B Jul 1997 203 0/157 97 0·6 1 49 85 76 69
Hospital C May 2006 821 452/233 96 2 0·7 49 73 59 46
Hospital D Apr 2007 1162 657/264 98 0·2 0·4 52 79 64 53
Hospital E Feb 2008 402 216/38 96 0·4 3 30 87 76 57
Six matched facilities 2461 97 0·9 1 40 78 66 50
Nebraska 2000–2009
Hospital F Jan 2001 3776 207/1790 59 12 6 22 83 71 45
Hospital G Sep 2008 1955 1275/203 50 9 10 37 78 65 45
Two matched facilities 3597 48 11 15 35 82 68 43
Ohio 1999–2009
Hospital H Sep 2003 967 63/70 96 0·8 0·8 50 62 45 35
Hospital I Sep 2003 2130 48/88 69 24 1 38 73 57 44
Hospital J Sep 2008 1918 132/21 66 29 0·7 46 70 57 36
Four matched facilities 725 74 23 1 50 62 48 31
Washington 1999–2009
Hospital K Sep 1996 2692 0/901 33 4 20 22 96 90 60
Hospital L Mar 2004 3149 337/309 23 28 10 58 85 70 49
Hospital M Sep 2009 1833 555/17 13 38 19 53 91 80 53
Five matched facilities 2807 23 15 18 41 91 78 48

BFHI, Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative; PRAMS, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

*Information from Baby-Friendly USA( 11 ).