Table 26 Breastfeeding on Discharge by Race and Age of Mother: Indiana 2000

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TABLE 26

Breastfeeding on Discharge by Race

and Age of Mother: Indiana, 2000

	Births			Breastfeeding			Percent Breastfeeding
Age of Mother	All Races	White	Black	All Races	White	Black	All Races	White	Black
10-14	127	72	53	30	21	8	23.6	29.2	15.1
15-17	3,357	2,585	727	1,289	1,066	203	38.4	41.2	27.9
18-19	7,484	6,136	1,288	3,352	2,917	404	44.8	47.5	31.4
20-24	25,442	21,700	3,430	12,973	11,573	1,221	51.0	53.3	35.6
25-29	25,094	22,486	2,164	15,592	14,287	951	62.1	63.5	43.9
30-34	17,351	15,778	1,139	11,546	10,691	517	66.5	67.8	45.4
35-39	7,407	6,719	498	5,108	4,714	235	69.0	70.2	47.2
40-44	1,364	1,215	121	943	871	53	69.1	71.7	43.8
45+	57	50	1	42	36	1	73.7	72.0	100.0
Unknown	14	12	0	3	2	0	21.4	16.7	-
Total	87,697	76,753	9,421	50,878	46,178	3,593	58.0	60.2	38.1

SOURCE: Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center, Data Analysis Team, February 2002

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