Newborns being breastfed in Kentucky

Definitions: Percent of newborns who were being breastfed at time of hospital discharge.

Data Source: Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Office of Vital Statistics, processed by the Kentucky State Data Center.

Footnotes: Data are reported by mother’s place of residence, not infant’s place of birth. For cases where the information for this variable was missing, the case was excluded from the total number of live births. The numerator for the rate calculation is the sum of three years.  

Updated 11/19/2019

Indicator will be updated soon.

Definitions: Percent of newborns who were being breastfed at time of hospital discharge.

Data Source: Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Office of Vital Statistics, processed by the Kentucky State Data Center.

Footnotes: Data are reported by mother’s place of residence, not infant’s place of birth. For cases where the information for this variable was missing, the case was excluded from the total number of live births. The numerator for the rate calculation is the sum of three years.  

Updated 11/19/2019

Indicator will be updated soon.