Table 3 Breastfeeding outcomes by race/ethnicity among adolescents ages 17 and younger in North Carolina's Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (n = 389)

n = 389

(100%)

n = 164

(42.2%)

n = 159

(40.9%)

n = 52

(13.4%)

n = 14

(3.6%)

p-value*

196

(52.1)

87

(52.2)

61

(34.6)

44

(88.7)

4

(34.7)

193

(47.9)

77

(47.8)

98

(65.4)

8

(11.3)

10

(65.3)

0.000

193

(48.5)

77

(48.9)

98

(65.7)

8

(11.4)

10

(65.3)

13

(4.4)

7

(6.3)

4

(3.1)

0

(0.0)

2

(17.6)

79

(18.8)

38

(18.8)

25

(14.7)

14

(26.7)

2

(17.0)

97

(28.4)

39

(26.0)

29

(16.5)

29

(61.9)

0

(0.0)

0.000

7

3

3

1

59

(16.9)

29

(19.3)

17

(8.4)

13

(30.3)

0

(0.0)

322

(83.2)

132

(80.7)

139

(91.6)

37

(69.7)

14

(100.0)

0.003

8

3

3

2

356

(93.7)

154

(96.4)

145

(94.7)

44

(83.8)

13

(100.0)

23

(6.3)

8

(3.6)

9

(5.3)

6

(16.2)

0

(0.0)

0.084

10

2

5

2

1