TABLE 26 |
Breastfeeding on Discharge by Race |
and Age of Mother: Indiana, 2000 |
Births | Breastfeeding | Percent Breastfeeding | |||||||
Age of Mother | All Races | White | Black | All Races | White | Black | All Races | White | Black |
10-14 | 127 | 72 | 53 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 23.6 | 29.2 | 15.1 |
15-17 | 3,357 | 2,585 | 727 | 1,289 | 1,066 | 203 | 38.4 | 41.2 | 27.9 |
18-19 | 7,484 | 6,136 | 1,288 | 3,352 | 2,917 | 404 | 44.8 | 47.5 | 31.4 |
20-24 | 25,442 | 21,700 | 3,430 | 12,973 | 11,573 | 1,221 | 51.0 | 53.3 | 35.6 |
25-29 | 25,094 | 22,486 | 2,164 | 15,592 | 14,287 | 951 | 62.1 | 63.5 | 43.9 |
30-34 | 17,351 | 15,778 | 1,139 | 11,546 | 10,691 | 517 | 66.5 | 67.8 | 45.4 |
35-39 | 7,407 | 6,719 | 498 | 5,108 | 4,714 | 235 | 69.0 | 70.2 | 47.2 |
40-44 | 1,364 | 1,215 | 121 | 943 | 871 | 53 | 69.1 | 71.7 | 43.8 |
45+ | 57 | 50 | 1 | 42 | 36 | 1 | 73.7 | 72.0 | 100.0 |
Unknown | 14 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21.4 | 16.7 | - |
Total | 87,697 | 76,753 | 9,421 | 50,878 | 46,178 | 3,593 | 58.0 | 60.2 | 38.1 |
SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team, February 2002 |