Table 1.
Healthy People 2020 breastfeeding targets and rates of any and exclusive breastfeeding by socio-demographics among children born in 2011
| Any breastfeeding | Exclusive breastfeedinga |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever breastfed (%) |
Breastfed at 6 months (%) |
Breastfed at 12 months (%) |
Through 6 months (%) |
|
| Healthy People 2020 target3 | 81.9 | 60.6 | 34.1 | 25.5 |
| US National | 79.2 | 49.4 | 26.7 | 18.8 |
| Maternal education | ||||
| Less than high school | 69.1 | 34.4 | 19.7 | 13.5 |
| High school graduate | 69.2 | 38.2 | 19.6 | 15.8 |
| Some college or technical school | 81.0 | 46.1 | 23.6 | 16.5 |
| College graduate | 91.2 | 68.3 | 38.1 | 25.5 |
| Poverty income ratiob | ||||
| Less than 100 | 70.5 | 37.8 | 20.3 | 14.2 |
| 100–199 | 77.9 | 45.5 | 24.7 | 18 |
| 200–399 | 85.8 | 57.7 | 32.1 | 22 |
| 400–599 | 87.1 | 61.9 | 34.9 | 25.2 |
| 600 or greater | 90.6 | 67.9 | 33.5 | 23.1 |
| Receiving WIC | ||||
| Yes | 71.8 | 37.8 | 19.7 | 13.9 |
| No but eligible | 83.4 | 56.1 | 32.8 | 26.5 |
| Ineligible | 89.9 | 66.0 | 36.2 | 24.9 |
Data from Breastfeeding rates based on samples from the 2012 and 2013 National Immunization Survey, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services6
a
Exclusive breastfeeding is defined as only breast milk
b
Poverty income ratio is defined as the ratio of self-reported family income to the federal poverty threshold value depending on the number of people in the household
Abbreviation: WIC, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children