Breastfeeding at 12 months (3-year average) in Alaska

Definitions: The percentage of mothers of 3-year-olds born in Alaska who reported breastfeeding for at least twelve months.
Please select the statement that best describes how you fed your child.  
- I never fed any breast milk to my child.
- I fed breast milk to my child for less than 1 month.
- I fed breast milk to my child for 1 month or more.   > ________________
Number of months

Data Source: Alaska Childhood Understanding Behaviors Survey (CUBS) for 2009-2019, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

Footnotes: Breastfeeding indicators are calculated by year of child's birth rather than survey year.
The percentages reported above have been produced by weighting the survey results so that estimates better represent the Alaska population. 

Updated December 2020

Definitions: The percentage of mothers of 3-year-olds born in Alaska who reported breastfeeding for at least twelve months.
Please select the statement that best describes how you fed your child.  
- I never fed any breast milk to my child.
- I fed breast milk to my child for less than 1 month.
- I fed breast milk to my child for 1 month or more.   > ________________
Number of months

Data Source: Alaska Childhood Understanding Behaviors Survey (CUBS) for 2009-2019, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

Footnotes: Breastfeeding indicators are calculated by year of child's birth rather than survey year.
The percentages reported above have been produced by weighting the survey results so that estimates better represent the Alaska population. 

Updated December 2020