Table 26 Breastfeeding on Discharge by Race and Age of Mother Indiana, 1998 |
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AGE OF MOTHER |
Births | Breastfeeding | Percent Breastfeeding | ||||||
Total | Race | Total | Race | Total | Race | ||||
White | Black | White | Black | White | Black | ||||
10-14 | 168 | 91 | 76 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 22.0 | 29.7 | 13.2 |
15-17 | 3,752 | 2,836 | 873 | 1,330 | 1,062 | 244 | 35.4 | 37.4 | 27.9 |
18-19 | 7,810 | 6,326 | 1,406 | 3,285 | 2,792 | 457 | 42.1 | 44.1 | 32.5 |
20-24 | 23,946 | 20,473 | 3,221 | 11,456 | 10,219 | 1,084 | 47.8 | 49.9 | 33.7 |
25-29 | 24,750 | 22,218 | 2,002 | 15,027 | 13,785 | 845 | 60.7 | 62.0 | 42.2 |
30-34 | 16,602 | 15,207 | 1,035 | 11,016 | 10,242 | 493 | 66.4 | 67.4 | 47.6 |
35-39 | 6,760 | 6,087 | 500 | 4,533 | 4,217 | 194 | 67.1 | 69.3 | 38.8 |
40-44 | 1,207 | 1,083 | 100 | 857 | 797 | 44 | 71.0 | 73.6 | 44.0 |
45+ | 48 | 43 | 3 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 66.7 | 67.4 | 33.3 |
Unknown | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 33.3 | 30.0 | - |
Total | 85,055 | 74,374 | 9,216 | 47,577 | 43,173 | 3,372 | 55.9 | 58.0 | 36.6 |
SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team |