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Maternal & Child Health Data
Breastfeeding, 2016
Definition: Breastfeeding gives the percentage of infants born in 2016 who were ever breastfed or fed breast milk.
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. (2018). National Immunization Survey, breastfeeding rates by state. https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/nis_data/results.html