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Table 4 Prevalence and confidence interval (95% CI) of food indicators according 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

Foods

Decades

Age group (month)

0

1

2

3

4

5

Prevalence (95% CI)

Water

1990

17.9(15.1,21.3)

23.1(19.8,26.7)

33.3(29.6,37.2)

34.8(31.0,38.7)

38.2(34.5,42.1)

41.3(37.6,44.9)

2000

21.1(18.2,24.6)

28.6(25.0,32.5)

35.4(32.0,38.9)

43.8(40.0,47.7)

45.8(42.6,49.1)

53.0(49.5,56.4)

2010

18.7(15.4,22.6)

23.3(19.6,27.4)

34.5(30.9,38.1)

42.1(38.0,46.2)

47.5(43.7,51.4)

55.6(51.6,59.5)

Liquids

1990

21.6(18.3,25.2)

27.9(24.1,31.9)

36.6(32.8,40.4)

40.2(36.5,43.9)

52.4(48.3,56.4)

58.5(54.9,62.0)

2000

7.9(6.3,10.1)

9.6(7.8,11.9)

13.3(11.3,15.5)

21.3(18.5,24.3)

32.1(29.3,35.1)

49.1(45.7,52.5)

2010

5.5(3.8,8.1)

5.9(4.1,8.6)

9.4(7.6,11.7)

12.2(9.7,15.1)

21.9(18.9,25.4)

38.7(34.8,42.8)

Milk

1990

10.0(7.9,12.7)

13.1(10.5,16.4)

18.5(15.9,21.4)

19.7(16.9,22.9)

25.2(22.1,28.6)

31.9(28.6,35.50

2000

5.3(4.0,7.0)

6.5(4.9,8.6)

10.5(8.7,12.6)

12.7(10.6,15.2)

18.9(16.5,21.5)

23.4(20.7,26.4)

2010

4.0(2.5,6.4)

3.1(1.9,4.8)

7.4(5.7,9.7)

6.9(5.3,9.2)

10.9(8.8,13.5)

16.3(13.4,19.6)

Formula

1990

13.4(11.0,16.3)

19.2(15.8,23.1)

17.6(15.2,20.4)

18.6(15.7,21.8)

16.3(13.4,19.6)

14.3(11.9,17.0)

2000

22.1(19.1,25.5)

23.3(19.9,26.9)

28.3(25.1,31.7)

28.6(25.3,32.2)

24.5(21.9,27.5)

23.7(20.7,26.8)

2010

21.2(17.5,25.3)

21.2(17.8,25.1)

26.9(23.7,30.5)

26.7(23.1,30.6)

27.3(23.8,31.0)

27.9(24.3,31.7)

Semi-solids/solids

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)