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Breastfeeding Initiation and Continuation by Infant Age and Birth Year, New Jersey, 2009 to 2020

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Year2009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920200.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%80.0%100.0%Percentage of InfantsBreastfeeding Initiation and Continuation by Infant Age and Birth Year, New Jersey, 2009 to 2020EverExclusively Through 3 MonthsExclusively Through 6 Months
Breastfeeding DurationYearPercentage of Infants95% Confidence Interval, Lower Limit95% Confidence Interval, Upper Limit

Ever

 1Ever2009200980.5%75.6%84.6%
 1Ever2010201077.1%70.6%82.5%
 1Ever2011201181.6%75.2%86.7%
 1Ever2012201282.0%75.3%87.1%
 1Ever2013201382.0%75.5%87.1%
 1Ever2014201483.9%78.0%88.4%
 1Ever2015201582.8%77.6%87.1%
 1Ever2016201688.8%84.2%92.2%
 1Ever2017201788.7%84.4%91.9%
 1Ever2018201881.7%75.0%87.0%
 1Ever2019201982.5%76.0%87.6%
 1Ever2020202086.6%82.1%91.1%

Exclusively Through 3 Months

 2Exclusively Through 3 Months2009200937.0%31.7%42.5%
 2Exclusively Through 3 Months2010201034.2%27.9%41.2%
 2Exclusively Through 3 Months2011201139.6%32.8%46.8%
 2Exclusively Through 3 Months2012201238.1%31.2%45.7%
 2Exclusively Through 3 Months2013201341.4%34.8%48.3%
 2Exclusively Through 3 Months2014201447.1%40.8%53.6%
 2Exclusively Through 3 Months2015201540.6%34.9%46.5%
 2Exclusively Through 3 Months2016201643.7%37.7%49.8%
 2Exclusively Through 3 Months2017201746.9%40.8%53.1%
 2Exclusively Through 3 Months2018201836.8%30.2%44.0%
 2Exclusively Through 3 Months2019201941.2%34.6%48.2%
 2Exclusively Through 3 Months2020202043.3%37.0%49.6%

Exclusively Through 6 Months

 3Exclusively Through 6 Months2009200914.0%10.8%18.1%
 3Exclusively Through 6 Months2010201013.0%9.1%18.1%
 3Exclusively Through 6 Months2011201122.3%16.7%29.1%
 3Exclusively Through 6 Months2012201216.7%12.0%22.9%
 3Exclusively Through 6 Months2013201323.1%17.7%29.5%
 3Exclusively Through 6 Months2014201424.8%19.6%30.8%
 3Exclusively Through 6 Months2015201524.4%19.7%29.7%
 3Exclusively Through 6 Months2016201622.8%18.1%28.4%
 3Exclusively Through 6 Months2017201727.7%22.4%33.7%
 3Exclusively Through 6 Months2018201822.5%17.2%28.8%
 3Exclusively Through 6 Months2019201923.5%18.1%29.8%
 3Exclusively Through 6 Months2020202025.1%19.5%30.7%

Why Is This Important?

Breastfeeding is the best source of nutrition for most infants. It can also reduce the risk for some short- and long-term health conditions for both infants and mothers.1

Definition

Proportion of infants who are breastfed at certain ages

Data Notes

This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 Objective MCH-7.

Data Source

Breastfeeding Report Card, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/reportcard.htm)

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    Number of infants who are breastfed at certain ages

  • Denominator:

    Total number of infants of a certain age

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Health Topic Pages Related to: Breastfeeding Initiation and Continuation

Indicator Data Last Updated On 08/01/2023, Published on 07/30/2024
Maternal and Child Health, Division of Family Health Services, New Jersey Department of Health, PO Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625-0360, email: https://www.nj.gov/health/fhs/maternalchild/contact.shtml (https://www.nj.gov/health/fhs/maternalchild/mchepi/)