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Health Inequities in Manitoba: Is the Socioeconomic Gap

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Chapter 4: Child <strong>Health</strong><br />

Figure 4.25: Breastfeed<strong>in</strong>g Initiation Rates Over Time by Rural Income Qu<strong>in</strong>tile<br />

Adjusted by (2005/06-2007/08) Figure maternal 4.25: age, annual Breastfeed<strong>in</strong>g percent of newborns Initiation breastfed Rates at hospital Over Time discharge by Rural Income Qu<strong>in</strong>tile<br />

100%<br />

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80%<br />

60%<br />

40%<br />

20%<br />

Breastfeed<strong>in</strong>g Initiation Rates<br />

0%<br />

T1: 1987/88- T2: 1990/91- T3: 1993/94- T4: 1996/97- T5: 1999/00- T6: 2002/03- T7: 2005/06-<br />

1989/90 1992/93 1995/96 1998/99 2001/02 2004/05 2007/08<br />

NF (Not displayed) 69.67 77.47 82.43 70.00 79.35 71.56 69.19<br />

R1 (lowest <strong>in</strong>come) 63.15 64.33 64.83 64.62 67.35 66.78 62.51<br />

R2 71.76 75.29 76.89 77.74 79.10 78.73 76.06<br />

R3 78.07 77.08 81.27 82.34 82.80 84.24 85.70<br />

R4 76.87 78.10 83.65 87.11 86.91 87.90 85.46<br />

R5 (highest <strong>in</strong>come) 76.97 78.81 83.10 84.21 86.48 86.78 88.29<br />

Disparity Rate Ratios (R1/R5) 0.82<br />

0.82 0.78 0.77 0.78<br />

0.77<br />

0.71<br />

Disparity Rate Differences -13.83 -14.48 -18.27 -19.59 -19.13 -19.99<br />

-25.78<br />

(R1-R5)<br />

Time Period (fiscal years)<br />

Comparison of Disparity Rate Ratios T7 to T1: 0.86 (95% CI 0.79 , 0.95 ) p< .01<br />

Comparison of Disparity Rate Differences T7 to T1: 1.86 , p< .001<br />

Source: <strong>Manitoba</strong> Centre for <strong>Health</strong> Policy, 2010

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