Table 3: Breastfeeding Rates by Age among Children Born in 2003 (Percent +/- half 95% Confidence Interval)

U.S. National Breastfeeding Rates, 2003

  US National Number
Ever breastfeeding 72.7±0.9 29256
Breastfeeding at 7 days 71.2±0.9 29256
Breastfeeding at 14 days 69.5±0.9 29256
Breastfeeding at 21 days 67.1±0.9 29256
Breastfeeding at 28 days 65.9±0.9 29256
Breastfeeding at 42 days 61.3±0.9 29256
Breastfeeding at 1 Month 65.3±0.9 29256
Breastfeeding at 2 Months 58.6±0.9 29256
Breastfeeding at 3 Months 53.7±1.0 29256
Breastfeeding at 4 Months 46.5±1.0 29256
Breastfeeding at 5 Months 41.8±0.9 29256
Breastfeeding at 6 Months 39.1±0.9 29256
Breastfeeding at 9 Months 26.2±0.8 29256
Breastfeeding at 12 Months 19.6±0.8 29256
Breastfeeding at 18 Months 7.0±0.5 29256

Figure 4. Breastfeeding rates by age among children born in 2003. For data, see above.

Source: National Immunization Survey, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services

Sample sizes appearing in the NIS breastfeeding tables are slightly smaller than the numbers published in other NIS publications due to the fact that in the DNPA breastfeeding analyses, the sample was limited to records with valid responses to the breastfeeding questions.