Table 1. Prevalence of breastfeeding in Brazil, by the national survey, between 1986 and 2013.
| Year | 1986 a | 1996 b | 2006 c | 2013 d |
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| Characteristic | Prevalence (95%CI)h | Prevalence (95%CI)h | Prevalence (95%CI) e | Prevalence (95%CI) e |
| EBF<4m f | 4.7 (1.7–12.0) | 29.2 (24.0–35.0) | 45.0 (35.7–54.6) | - |
| EBF<6m g | 2.9 (1.1–7.4) | 23.9 (19.8–28.5) | 37.1 (29.7–45.2) | 36.6 (30.4–42.9) |
| BFh | 37.4 (31.5–43.6) | 44.8 (42.2–47.4) | 56.3 (52.4–60.1) | 52.1 (50.0–54.2) |
| BF1yeari | 22.7 (12.9–36.8) | 37.5 (31.1–44.2) | 47.2 (36.5–58.2) | 45.4 (39.4–51.3) |
| BF2yearsj | 24.5 (11.7–44.4) | 24.7 (20.0–30.2) | 23.3 (15.2–33.9) | 31.8 (25.4–38.1) |
a National Survey on Maternal and Child Health and Family Planning of 1986.
b National Demography and Health Survey of 1996.
c National Survey on Demography and Children and Women’s Health of 2006.
d National Health Survey of 2013.
e Prevalence (95%CI): Point prevalence and 95% confidence interval estimated considering the complex design of the sample.
f EBF<4m: prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among children younger than 4 months of age.
g EBF<6m: prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among children younger than 6 months of age.
h BF: prevalence of breastfeeding among children younger than 24 months of age.
i BF1year: prevalence of breastfeeding among children 12 to 14 months of age.
j BF2years: prevalence of breastfeeding among children 21 to 23 months of age.