Literature review for - Flourish Paediatrics

Results At hospital discharge, 93.8% of mothers
in 2002/3 were breastfeeding
Table 2 Percentage of children breastfed, Australia and by State, 1992–95
At discharge
from hospital %
(95% CI)
Exclusively
breastfed at 13
weeks % (95%
CI)
Exclusively and
partially
breastfed at 13
weeks % (95%
CI)
Exclusively
breastfed at 25
weeks % (95%
CI)
Australia
81.8 (80.3, 83.3)
57.1 (55.4, 58.9)
62.6 (60.8, 64.4)
18.6 (17.1, 20.1)
Exclusively and
partially breastfed
at 25 weeks %
(95% CI)
46.2 (44.4, 47.9)
At 16 weeks (n=486) 63% were classified
as any breastfeeding and 11.4% were
fully breastfeeding
At 22 weeks (n=483) 51.3% were
classified as any breastfeeding and 4.3%
were fully breastfeeding
At 52 weeks (n=455) 22.1 % were
classified as any breastfeeding
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
Tasmania
NT
ACT
78.4 (72.5, 84.3)
82.2 (80.3, 84.1)
84.1 (80.9, 87.3)
82.2 (79.6, 84.9)
87.0 (83.7, 90.3)
78.1 (73.2, 83.1)
88.5 (84.8, 92.1)
90.1 (86.9, 93.3)
56.6 (52.9, 60.4)
56.0 (53.1, 58.9)
56.3 (52.5, 60.1)
53.3 (49.9, 56.8)
62.8 (58.3, 67.3)
60.2 (52.9, 67.4)
70.9 (64.9, 77.0)
63.8 (59.3, 68.3)
60.0 (56.4, 63.5)
61.7 (58.9, 64.6)
63.8 (60.0, 67.6)
62.2 (59.0, 65.5)
69.0 (64.5, 73.5)
63.0 (55.9, 70.1)
76.3 (70.6, 81.9)
68.7 (64.2, 73.2)
17.2 (14.1, 20.4)
18.3 (15.9, 20.7)
19.2 (15.7, 22.6)
18.4 (15.0, 21.8)
21.9 (17.8, 25.9)
22.3 (16.4, 28.2)
24.6 (20.1, 29.0)
17.0 (14.1, 20.0)
44.2 (40.1, 48.4)
45.0 (42.2, 47.7)
47.7 (43.3, 52.0)
46.1 (42.3. 49.9)
50.6 (46.1, 55.1)
43.9 (36.9, 50.8)
64.7 (57.6, 71.8)
53.8 (48.3, 59.4)
635