Infant Feeding in Leicester City - East Midlands Public Health ...

10Local Variation.Fig.3Breastfeeding in Leicestershire City PCT by WardHumberstone and HamiltonAylestoneBeaumont LeysThurncourtAbbeyFreemenEyres MonsellBraunstone Park and Rowley FieldsPercent ofeligible maternities:Spinney HillsStoneygateEvingtonKnightonBelgraveColemanCastleWestern ParkLatimerRushey MeadWestcotesCharnwoodFosseNew ParksSix Week PrevalenceInitiation0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%As shown in fig.3 there is variation in both measures; initiation varies from 37% in New Parks to 83% inSpinney Hills. Prevalence varies from 19% in both New Parks and Eyres Monsell to 57% in Spinney Hills.There is a general tendency for wards with higher initiation rates to have a higher prevalence ofbreastfeeding at six-weeks, although there is a lot of variation in drop-off within the PCT, as shown overpage.An Excel book with full details of initiation, prevalence, drop-off, levels of deprivation, and the percent ofmothers who exclusively breast feed at six to eight weeks, is available at www.empho.org.uk.The reasons for variation between wards will include differences in the underlying risk factors forbreastfeeding (including demographic differences), as well as differences in performance.