Press release -

Department of Health (National: Indicators on breastfeeding and smoking - Quarter ending March 2011

The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:

The key points from the latest release are:

  • The breastfeeding initiation rate was 73.7% in 2010/11, a slight improvement on the 2009/10 outturn (72.7%) and 2008/09 outturn (71.7%).
  • The prevalence of breastfeeding at 6-8 weeks in 2010/11 Q4 was 45.2% of all infants due a 6-8 weeks check, which is unchanged from the figure of 45.2% recorded in 2009/10 Q4.
  • The percentage of mothers smoking at delivery in England was 13.5% in 2010/11, lower than the 2009/10 outturn (14.1%) and 2008/09 outturn (14.4%).

Full tables are available here

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Statistics/StatisticalWorkAreas/Statisticalpublichealth/DH_124185

Contacts

 NDS Enquiries 
Phone: For enquiries please contact the issuing dept 
ndsenquiries@coi.gsi.gov.uk 

Topics

  • Government

Categories

  • department of health (national
  • indicators
  • breastfeeding
  • quarter
  • march 2011
  • smoking
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