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Table 26
Breastfeeding on Discharge by Race
and Age of Mother: Indiana, 1999
AGE OF MOTHER Births Breastfeeding Percent Breastfeeding
Total Race Total Race Total Race
White Black White Black White Black
10-14 165 88 74 33 18 14 20.0 20.5 18.9
15-17 3,528 2,684 798 1,260 1,046 198 35.7 39.0 24.8
18-19 7,608 6,173 1,349 3,293 2,794 449 43.3 45.3 33.3
20-24 24,264 20,707 3,303 11,892 10,589 1,128 49.0 51.1 34.2
25-29 24,833 22,315 2,034 15,180 13,952 848 61.1 62.5 41.7
30-34 16,794 15,313 1,075 11,310 10,516 462 67.3 68.7 43.0
35-39 7,029 6,377 499 4,759 4,421 219 67.7 69.3 43.9
40-44 1,183 1,054 105 816 753 45 69.0 71.4 42.9
45+ 55 50 4 44 39 4 80.0 78.0 100.0
Unknown 30 26 3 2 2 0 6.7 7.7 0.0
Total 85,489 74,787 9,244 48,589 44,130 3,367 56.8 59.0 36.4
SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team

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