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Table 2 Proportion of breastfed babies

From: Japanese trends in breastfeeding rate in baby-friendly hospitals between 2007 and 2010: a retrospective hospital-based surveillance study

Year

Number of healthy newborns born in BFHs

Number of breastfed newborns during hospital stay (%)

Number of breastfed newborns at discharge (%)

Number of breastfed babies at 1 month (%)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

2007

18,178

14,579 (80.2)

16,803 (92.4)

13,810 (76.0)

(79.6 to 80.8)

(92.1 to 92.8)

(75.3 to 76.6)

2008

23,556

17,668 (75.0)

21,352 (90.6)

19,288 (81.9)

(75.5 to 75.5)

(90.3 to 91.0)

(81.4 to 82.4)

2009

24,032

18,277 (76.0)

21,151 (88.0)

18,893 (78.6)

(75.6 to 76.6)

(87.6 to 88.4)

(78.1 to 79.3)

2010

26,247

19,209 (73.2)

19,210 (73.2)

21,246 (80.9)

(72.6 to 73.7)

(72.7 to 73.7)

(80.5 to 81.4)