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Percentage of infants totally or partially breastfed - annual (890) Metric type
- Description
- Breastfeeding : defined as an infant receiving any breastmilk at 6-8 weeks. If confers significant short and long term health benefits for both mother and infant beyond the period of breastfeeding itself.Prevalence: defined as the percentage of infants being breastfeed at 6-8 weeks. This data is no longer produced at Local Authority level however it is produced at PCT level this can be found at: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsStatistics/DH_126767
- Help text
- Totally breastfed is defined as infants who are exclusively receiving breast milk (this may be expressed breast milk) at 6 weeks of age - that is, they are NOT receiving formula milk, any other liquids or food. Partially breastfed is defined as infants who are currently receiving breast milk (this may be expressed breast milk) at 6 weeks of age and who are also receiving formula milk or any other liquids or food.
- Modified
- 03 Nov 2021
- Data last updated
- 13 Nov 2023
- Also known as
- 2.02ii - Breastfeeding prevalence at 6-8 weeks after birth - current method
- Short label
- % Infants totally or partially breastfed - annual
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 1
- Polarity
- a high value is good
- Measure
- Per cent
- Dataset
- Breastfeeding at 6-8 weeks (Annual)
- Source
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID)
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