Table 2.

Savings due to lower prevalence of gastroenteritis associated with changes in exclusive breastfeeding

	Children born in 2014			€	€
EBF (%)	EBF	No EBF	Total Cases	Total costs	Savings
15	63,945	362,358	121,283	238,112,888
40	170,521	255,782	103,165	202,542,421	35,570,467
50	213,152	213,152	95,918	188,314,235	49,798,653
70	298,412	127,891	81,424	159,857,861	78,255,026
100	426,303	0	59,682	117,173,302	120,939,586

Note: we obtained the number of children born in 2014 in Spain from the Spanish National Statistical Institute data. In this table EBF refers to exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life. The prevalences of gastroenteritis (GE) among EBF children and AF children were 0.14 and 0.31, respectively. The unitary cost was €1963.28