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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Hum Lact. 2014 Feb;30(1):31–40. doi: 10.1177/0890334413515948

Table 3.

States Most Frequently Meeting the Benchmarks for Their Peer Group and Those Furthest from the Benchmarks across 11 Indicators of Maternity Care, CDC Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) Survey, 2011.

West Large
(No. of
Indicators)		 West Small
(No. of
Indicators)		 Midwest Large
(No. of
Indicators)		 Midwest Small
(No. of
Indicators)		 South Large
(No. of
Indicators)		 South Small
(No. of
Indicators)		 Northeast
(No. of
Indicators)
Meets benchmark on 4–5 indicators Washington (4) Idaho (4), Alaska (4), Hawaii (4) Ohio (4), Wisconsin (4) North Dakota (4) Virginia (5), Florida (4) Washington, DC (5), Delaware (5) Maine (4), New Hampshire (5), Rhode Island (4)
Furthest from benchmark on 4–7 indicators Utah (5) Nevada (5) Illinois (4), Michigan (4) North Dakota (4) — Missouri (7) Vermont (4)
At least 1 indicator at the benchmark and 1 furthest from the benchmark Washington, Oregon, Arizona Alaska, Wyoming, Hawaii Minnesota, Michigan Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota Texas, Louisiana — New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont

Excludes overall mPINC score indicator; states with overall mPINC score benchmark in each category were Oregon (West large): 80; Arkansas (West small): 78; Wisconsin (Midwest large): 76; North Dakota (Midwest small): 72; Florida (South large): 69; Washington, DC (South small): 79; New Hampshire (Northeast): 88.