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Statistics on children, youth and families in Rhode Island from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
Breastfeeding rate
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Note: Non-consecutive years appear adjacent in the trend line
because one or more years have been deselected.
because one or more years have been deselected.
Definition and Source
PROVIDER
Definition
The percentage of newborn infants who are exclusively breastfed at the time of hospital discharge.
Data Source
Rhode Island Department of Health, Center for Health and Data Analysis, Newborn Developmental Risk Screening Program Database and Maternal and Child Health Database.
Notes
The year indicated is the mid-year of a five-year period of data.
Last Updated
October 2017