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Table 5 Savings due to lower prevalence of four diseases associated with changes exclusive breastfeeding

From: The economic benefits of increasing breastfeeding rates in Spain

2014, €

Otitis Media

Gastroenteritis

Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Respiratory Infections

Overall sum

EBF (%)

Six months / hospital discharge

40 / 90

69,668,780.93

35,570,466.54

229,822

35,672,865

141,141,934

50 / 95

97,536,293.30

49,798,653.15

459,643

49,942,010

197,736,601

70 / 98

153,271,318.04

78,255,026.38

597,537

78,480,302

310,604,183

100 / 100

236,873,855.15

120,939,586.23

689,466

121,287,739

479,790,646

  1. Note: we obtained the number of children born in 2014 in Spain from the Spanish National Statistical Institute data. In this table EBF refers to exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life except for necrotizing enterocolitis, for which EBF refers to the prevalence at the times of hospital discharge