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Table 3 Prevalence and confidence interval (95% CI) of breastfeeding indicators according to monthly age group and decade. DHS, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s. ENDES, 2018

From: Evolution of breastfeeding indicators and early introduction of foods in Latin American and Caribbean countries in the decades of 1990, 2000 and 2010

Breastfeeding indicators

Decades

Age group (month)

0

1

2

3

4

5

Prevalence (95% CI)

EBF

1990

58.5(54.5,62.4)

50.1(45.7,54.5)

38.5(34.6,42.5)

37.5(33.7,41.5)

29.4(25.9,33.3)

22.1(19.2,25.4)

2000

65.5(61.9,68.8)

58.6(54.7,62.4)

48.7(45.4,52.0)

40.9(37.4,44.7)

36.2(33.2,39.2)

23.9(21.3,26.9)

2010

67.6(63.0,71.8)

63.2(58.5,67.6)

51.4(47.6,55.2)

45.4(41.3,49.6)

33.9(30.5,37.6)

22.2(19.1,25.6)

PBF

1990

29.6(26.0,33.5)

39.0(34.8,43.3)

50.2(45.9,54.4)

52.7(48.6,56.7)

62.7(58.7,66.6)

68.2(64.6,71.5)

2000

26.9(23.7,30.3)

34.5(30.7,38.5)

41.2(37.7,44.7)

51.5(47.7,55.3)

57.6(54.3,60.7)

69.4(66.1,72.5)

2010

21.5(17.9,25.5)

27.5(23.4,32.0)

37.3(33.7,40.9)

45.1(40.9,49.2)

55.0(51.1,58.8)

68.0(64.2,71.6)

Mixed BF

1990

22.0(18.9,25.4)

30.6(26.7,34.9)

34.7(31.2,38.3)

35.5(31.9,39.2)

38.2(34.5,41.9)

42.3(38.6,46.1)

2000

27.3(24.1,30.9)

29.9(26.3,33.8)

38.5(35.2,41.9)

40.7(37.1,44.5)

41.8(38.7,45.1)

44.9(41.6,48.3)

2010

24.8(20.9,29.2)

23.9(20.3,27.9)

33.2(29.7,36.9)

32.4(28.7,36.4)

36.8(33.2,40.7)

42.7(38.7,46.8)

Supplemented BF

1990

3.8(2.5,5.9)

6.3(4.6,8.6)

12.3(10.1,14.8)

23.2(20.1,26.7)

34.7(31.2,38.4)

54.6(50.7,58.4)

2000

2.9(1.9,4.3)

5.5(3.7,8.1)

9.8(8.2,11.7)

20.5(17.6,23.7)

35.1(32.0,38.4)

55.4(51.9,58.7)

2010

4.9(3.4,7.1)

8.3(6.1,11.2)

14.3(11.9,16.9)

22.4(18.9,26.3)

35.9(32.4,39.6)

58.9(54.8,62.8)

Non-BF

1990

1.3(0.7,2.4)

2.5(1.4,4.2)

4.2(3.0,5.7)

5.7(4.1,7.8)

7.8(5.9,10.4)

9.6(7.7,11.9)

2000

1.6(0.9,2.6)

2.1(1.2,3.9)

5.5(4.1,7.4)

6.8(5.2,8.8)

9.9(8.0,12.2)

11.6(9.7,13.9)

2010

3.7(2.3,5.9)

2.7(1.7,4.5)

6.2(4.5,8.3)

5.6(3.9,7.9)

8.1(6.0,10.7)

13.2(10.4,16.5)

  1. BF breastfeeding, EBF exclusive breastfeeding, PBF predominant breastfeeding