Table 3.

Summary of reporting countries and proportion of breastfeeding practices in the WHO European Region (data from 1998 to 2013)

	Reporting countries
Indicator	n	%	Minimum–maximum (%)	Median (%)
Breastfeeding within 1 h after birth*	21	40	5–84	43
EBF under 4 months (0–3·9 months)	13	25	6–66	33
EBF under 6 months (0–5·9 months)	24	45	2–56	23
EBF at 6 months†	21	40	1–49	13
Continued breastfeeding at 1 year (12–15·9 months)‡	25	47	1–78	28

EBF, exclusive breastfeeding.

^*Data for Austria are included and reported on breastfeeding within 1–2 h after birth.

^†Austria was the only country that reported data on both EBF under 6 months and EBF at 6 months.

^‡Data reported at 12 months are included in this category.