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. 2018 Aug 8;16:82–89. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2018.07.008

Table 3.

Duration of infant breastfeeding by European geographical region (%).

Geographical region Duration of breastfeeding
4 weeks 5–17 weeks 18–26 weeks 27–52 weeks >1y
Southern Europe 23% (7/30) 27% (8/30) 23% (7/30) 10% (3/30) 17% (5/30)
N = 30
Western Europe A 6% (1/16) 50% (8/16) 25% (4/16) 19% (3/16) 0
N = 16
Western Europe B 0 13% (2/15) 47% (7/15) 40% (6/15) 0
N = 15
Northern Europe 4% (1/24) 21% (5/24) 42% (10/24) 33% (8/24) 0
N = 24
Eastern Europe 0 20% (2/10) 40% (4/10) 30% (3/10) 10% (1/10)
N = 10