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Table 1 Breastfeeding rates (%) at four months from cohort studies, P.R. China

From: Breastfeeding in China: a review

Study details

Months of age

Exclusive breastfeeding

95%CI

Any breastfeeding

95%CI

Beijing [33]

n = 100

Survey year: 1997

1

54.0

44.2

63.8

84.0

76.8

91.2

 

2

46.0

36.2

55.8

80.0

72.2

87.8

 

3

37.0

27.5

46.5

77.0

68.8

85.2

 

4

37.0

27.5

46.5

76.0

67.6

84.4

Chongqing [34]

n = 627

Survey year: 1999.

0b

80.5

77.4

83.6

93.5

91.6

95.4

 

1

64.3

60.5

68.1

83.3

80.4

86.2

 

2

52.3

48.4

56.2

71.6

68.1

75.1

 

3

46.6

42.7

50.5

63.6

59.8

67.4

 

4

42.9

39.0

46.8

59.2

55.4

63.0

Wuhana [35, 36]

n = 520

Survey year: 1994–1997.

0

89.2

86.5

91.9

97.7

96.4

99.0

 

1

82.3

79.0

85.6

93.7

91.6

95.8

 

2

70.6

66.7

74.5

87.4

84.5

90.3

 

3

65.0

60.9

69.1

85.8

82.8

88.8

 

4

55.6

51.3

59.9

84.0

80.8

87.2

Nanjing [37]

n = 699

Survey year: 1995–1996

0

76.1

72.9

79.3

96.4

95.0

97.8

 

1

65.5

61.8

69.2

94.2

92.4

96.0

 

2

64.4

60.6

68.2

92.6

90.5

94.7

 

3

65.9

61.7

70.1

90.4

87.8

93.0

 

4

60.6

56.1

65.1

87.0

83.9

90.1

Nanning [38]

n = 250

Survey year: 1995–1996

0

94.4

91.5

97.3

100

100.0

100.0

 

1

91.2

87.7

94.7

100

100.0

100.0

 

2

78.4

73.3

83.5

95.6

93.1

98.1

 

3

60.8

54.7

66.9

93.2

90.1

96.3

 

4

50.4

44.2

56.6

87.6

83.5

91.7

Guangzhou [39]

n = 1323

Survey year: 1998–1999

0

94.0

92.7

95.2

96.4

95.4

97.4

 

1

90.5

88.9

92.1

95.7

94.6

96.8

 

2

83.3

81.3

85.3

93.9

92.6

95.2

 

3

75.7

73.4

78.0

93.2

91.8

94.6

 

4

56.6

53.9

59.3

92.8

91.4

94.2

 

Total

80.0

77.8

82.2

94.4

93.2

95.6

Shenzhen [40]

n = 505

Survey year: 1997.

1

66.5

62.4

70.6

76.8

73.1

80.5

 

2

65.7

61.6

69.8

74.7

70.9

78.5

 

3

62.0

57.8

66.2

71.5

67.6

75.4

 

4

56.0

51.7

60.3

65.4

61.3

69.5

Zhuhaic [25]

n = 148

Survey year: 1995

0

97.3

94.7

99.9

98.6

96.7

100.5

 

1

88.5

83.4

93.6

95.9

92.7

99.1

 

2

81.6

75.4

87.8

95.3

91.9

98.7

 

3

75.0

68.0

82.0

92.1

87.8

96.4

 

4

70.9

63.6

78.2

92.1

87.8

96.4

Qiqihar [41]

n = 66

Survey year: 2002.

1

63.6

52.0

75.2

72.7

62.0

83.4

 

2

42.4

30.5

54.3

66.7

55.3

78.1

 

3

31.8

20.6

43.0

56.1

44.1

68.1

 

4

27.3

16.6

38.0

53.0

41.0

65.0

Shunde [42]

n = 660

Survey year: 2000.

1

78.5

75.4

81.6

92.4

90.4

94.4

 

3

69.1

65.6

72.6

86.7

84.1

89.3

 

4

62.0

58.3

65.7

83.3

80.5

86.1

Luzhou [43]

n = 203

Survey year: 2002

1

89.6

85.4

93.8

97.5

95.4

99.6

 

2

87.7

83.2

92.2

97.1

94.8

99.4

 

3

83.7

78.6

88.8

93.1

89.6

96.6

 

4

79.8

74.3

85.3

90.1

86.0

94.2

Duan [44]

n = 186

Survey year: 1997–1998.

0

94.1

90.7

97.5

100

100.0

100.0

 

1

79.6

73.8

85.4

98.4

96.6

100.2

 

2

60.8

53.8

67.8

94.1

90.7

97.5

 

4

40.9

33.8

48.0

91.9

88.0

95.8

Chenyang [45]

n = 149

Survey year: 2000.

1

92.6

88.4

96.8

98.7

96.9

100.5

 

2

85.2

79.5

90.9

98.7

96.9

100.5

 

3

80.5

74.1

86.9

98.0

95.8

100.2

 

4

71.8

64.6

79.0

96.6

93.7

99.5

Shengzhou [46]

n = 128

Survey year: 1997–1998.

0

96.9

93.9

99.9

100.0

100.0

100.0

 

1

93.8

89.6

98.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

 

2

84.4

78.1

90.7

96.9

93.9

99.9

 

3

78.1

70.9

85.3

95.3

91.6

99.0

 

4

76.6

69.3

83.9

91.4

86.5

96.3

Xinjiang [47]

n = 578

Survey year: 2003–2004.

0

78.0

74.6

81.4

88.5

85.9

91.1

 

1

33.9

29.9

37.9

85.6

82.6

88.6

 

2

29.4

25.5

33.3

84.5

81.4

87.6

 

3

24.0

20.3

27.7

83.1

79.9

86.3

 

4

10.9

8.2

13.6

82.0

78.6

85.4

  1. a: The data of Wuhan city were from two sources.
  2. b: 0 month refers to the period before discharge from hospital, generally in one week after delivery or 0.5 month of age.
  3. c. 'Exclusive breastfeeding' include 'full breastfeeding'
  4. Chongqing: a large city (municipality directly under the Central Government), in Southwest China.
  5. Wuhan, a large city (municipality directly under the Central Government), in Central China.
  6. Nanjing, the capital city of Jangsu province, East China.
  7. Nanning, the capital city of Guangxi province, South China.
  8. Guangzhou, the capital city of Guangdong province, South East China.
  9. Shenzhen, a medium-sized city in Guangdong province, Southeast China.
  10. Zhuhai, a medium-sized city in Guangdong province, Southeast China.
  11. Qiqihar: a medium-sized city in Heilongjiang province, Northeast China.
  12. Shunde: a medium-sized city in Guangdong Province, Southeast China.
  13. Luzhou: a medium-sized city in Cichuan Province, Southwest China.
  14. Duan, a county town, Guangxi province, South China.
  15. Chenyang, a small town in Jiangsu province, East China.
  16. Shengzhou, a small city in Zhejiang province, East China.
  17. Xinjiang(Han Chinese), Uygur Autonomous Region, West China.
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