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Table A-11.2 Initial breastfeeding: Districts<br />

Among last-born children who were born in the 2 years before the survey, percentage who were ever breastfed and percentages who started<br />

breastfeeding within one hour and within one day of birth; and among last-born children born in the 2 years before the survey who were ever<br />

breastfed, the percentage who received a prelacteal feed, according to district, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

District<br />

Percentage ever<br />

breastfed<br />

Among last-born children born in the past 2 years:<br />

Percentage who<br />

started<br />

breastfeeding<br />

within 1 hour of<br />

birth<br />

Percentage who<br />

started<br />

breastfeeding<br />

within 1 day of<br />

birth 1<br />

Number of lastborn<br />

children<br />

Among last-born children born in the<br />

past 2 years who were ever<br />

breastfed:<br />

Percentage who<br />

received a<br />

prelacteal feed 2<br />

Number of lastborn<br />

children ever<br />

breastfed<br />

Northern<br />

Chitipa 99.2 85.3 97.2 68 3.5 67<br />

Karonga 99.5 78.6 99.2 126 1.0 126<br />

Likoma 97.7 70.3 97.2 4 2.8 4<br />

Mzimba 97.4 80.6 97.1 392 4.3 382<br />

Nkhata Bay 99.1 80.5 98.0 90 1.7 89<br />

Rumphi 98.1 75.8 94.9 87 5.1 85<br />

Total 98.2 80.1 97.3 767 3.5 753<br />

Central<br />

Dedza 98.1 75.2 94.9 287 2.6 282<br />

Dowa 99.2 82.5 97.7 271 4.1 269<br />

Kasungu 94.0 67.7 91.7 285 2.4 268<br />

Lilongwe 98.1 58.8 96.8 968 2.7 949<br />

Mchinji 97.3 76.1 95.3 211 2.0 205<br />

Nkhotakota 97.5 81.4 96.7 171 1.7 <strong>16</strong>7<br />

Ntcheu 98.3 85.0 97.6 277 1.2 273<br />

Ntchisi 99.5 90.7 99.5 132 0.7 131<br />

Salima 98.8 73.2 97.4 223 1.8 220<br />

Total 97.8 71.5 96.3 2,826 2.4 2,765<br />

Southern<br />

Balaka 99.0 87.2 98.3 173 1.5 171<br />

Blantyre 97.9 65.8 93.7 475 2.3 465<br />

Chikhwawa 95.8 77.1 95.0 210 3.6 201<br />

Chiradzulu 98.0 86.2 95.9 135 2.7 132<br />

Machinga 97.2 79.8 96.7 327 4.0 317<br />

Mangochi 97.8 81.5 95.9 494 3.8 483<br />

Mulanje 97.3 70.6 95.5 284 2.3 276<br />

Mwanza 98.5 92.9 98.2 49 3.2 48<br />

Neno 99.7 82.7 99.3 70 3.1 70<br />

Nsanje 100.0 85.3 96.5 117 1.7 117<br />

Phalombe 97.8 86.7 97.3 186 2.9 182<br />

Thyolo 94.8 78.4 94.8 236 6.6 224<br />

Zomba 97.1 91.4 96.8 344 4.7 334<br />

Total 97.5 79.7 95.9 3,099 3.4 3,021<br />

Total 97.7 76.3 96.2 6,693 3.0 6,540<br />

Note: Table is based on last-born children born in the 2 years before the survey regardless of whether the children are living or dead at the<br />

time of interview.<br />

1<br />

Includes children who began breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth.<br />

2<br />

Children given something other than breast milk during the first 3 days of life.<br />

378 • Appendix A

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