Prevalence and determinants of cessation of exclusive breastfeeding in the early postnatal period in Sydney, Australia

Ogbo, Felix A.; Eastwood, John; Page, Andrew; Arora, Amit; McKenzie, Anne; Jalaludin, Bin; Tennant, Elaine; Miller, Erin; Kohlhoff, Jane; Noble, Justine; Chaves, Karina; Jones, Jennifer M.; Smoleniec, John; Chay, Paul; Smith, Bronwyn; Oei, Ju-Lee; Short, Kate; Collie, Laura; Kemp, Lynn; Raman, Shanti; Woolfenden, Sue; Clark, Trish; Blight, Victoria; Eapen, Valsamma

doi:10.1186/s13006-017-0110-4

International Breastfeeding Journal

Table 1 Prevalence of breastfeeding practices by socio-demographic and maternal health characteristics of infant’s mothers from South Western Sydney and Sydney Local Health Districts in 2014 (N = 17,564)

From: Prevalence and determinants of cessation of exclusive breastfeeding in the early postnatal period in Sydney, Australia

	Breastfeeding intention			Skin-to-skin contact			EBF at delivery			EBF at discharge			EBF at 1–4 week
	N	n	%	N	n	%	N	n	%	N	n	%	N	n	%
SES category	14,752			15,668			14,260			16,073			8459
High		5487	40.6		5095	40.3		5059	39.5		5791	40.7		1301	15.4
Middle		6190	45.8		5838	46.2		5965	46.6		6479	45.5		4106	48.5
Low		1840	13.6		1703	13.5		1772	13.9		1969	13.9		3052	36.1
Australian born	15,227			16,162			14,698			16,600			8755
No		6200	44.3		6168	47.3		6129	46.4		6387	43.3		3964	45.3
Yes		7779	55.7		6874	52.7		7084	53.6		8357	56.7		4791	54.7
Maternal age group	15,232			16,169			14,699			16,604			8756
20–39 years		13,015	93.1		12,129	93.0		12,298	93.1		13,707	92.9		8195	93.6
> 40 years		187	1.3		245	1.9		214	1.6		194	1.3		477	5.5
< 20 years		782	5.6		669	5.1		703	5.3		847	5.7		84	1.0
BMI	14,216			13,382			12,188			13,850			7442
Underweight		812	6.2		720	6.6		708	6.5		767	6.2		458	6.2
Normal weight		7415	56.9		6282	57.9		6340	57.7		7172	58.1		4512	60.6
Overweight		2900	22.2		2357	21.7		2416	22.0		2704	21.9		1606	21.6
Obese		1915	14.7		1489	13.7		1517	13.8		1702	13.8		866	11.6
Pre-existing maternal health problems	13,838			14,976			13,550			15,250			8122
No		8815	69.4		9076	74.5		8872	72.9		9777	72.2		5898	72.6
Yes		3886	30.6		3103	25.5		3297	27.1		3759	27.8		2224	27.4
Intimate partner violence	13,972			13,136			11,964			13,576			7280
No		12,634	98.6		10,526	98.6		10,628	98.8		11,932	98.8		7200	98.9
Yes		175	1.4		147	1.4		134	1.3		146	1.2		80	1.1
Type of delivery	15,195			16,127			14,660			16,565			8732
Normal vaginal		8720	62.5		10,017	77.0		9111	69.2		9301	63.2		5640	64.6
Assisted vaginal		1516	10.9		1472	11.3		1450	11.0		1604	10.9		991	11.4
Caesarean section		3711	26.6		1514	11.6		2615	19.9		3806	25.9		2101	24.0
Alcohol consumption	14,606			13,795			12,567			14,292			7668
No		13,186	98.5		11,026	98.3		11,160	98.5		12,549	98.4		7537	98.3
Yes		205	1.5		189	1.7		174	1.5		203	1.6		131	1.7
Smoking status	15,226			14,538			13,239			15,097			8085
No		13,104	93.7		10,948	92.5		11,212	93.6		12,727	94.2		7769	96.1
Yes		874	6.3		892	7.5		764	6.4		781	5.8		316	3.9
Supportive partner	13,952			13,104			11,941			13,550			7316
Yes		12,444	97.0		10,308	96.8		10,464	97.1		11,735	97.1		7132	97.5
Not sure		126	1.0		107	1.0		99	0.9		122	1.0		55	0.7
No		252	2.0		230	2.2		209	1.9		235	1.9		129	1.8
Antenatal depressive symptoms	13,368			12,549			11,450			12,963			6976
EPDS <13		11,524	94.0		9586	94.3		9702	94.3		10,840	94.1		6581	94.4
EPDS ≥13		732	6.0		576	5.7		586	5.7		682	5.9		395	5.6

N Sample size, n positive cases; pre-existing maternal health problems included diabetes mellitus and/or hypertension
EBF at delivery was defined as infants who received only breast milk within the first 24 h post-delivery
EBF at discharge was measured as infants who received only breast milk in the 24 h preceding discharge from the maternity unit

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