Table 3.

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

	Children born in 2014			€	€
EBF (%)	EBF	no EBF	Total cases	Total Costs	Saving
15	63,945	362,358	150,059	418,561,610
40	170,521	255,782	137,270	382,888,746	35,672,865
50	213,152	213,152	132,154	368,619,600	49,942,010
70	298,412	127,891	121,923	340,081,308	78,480,302
100	426,303	0	106,576	297,273,871	121,287,739

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 respiratory infections (RIs) among EBF children and children fed with AF were 0.25 and 0.37, respectively. The unitary cost was €2789.32