Table 1.
% Race/ethnicity | |||||||||||
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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 ).