FIGURE 1
PERCENT CHILDREN BREASTFED AT 12 MONTHS BY STATE (2004)
AND
STATE INFANT MORTALTY RATE (2004) N = 51: 2007 FD
< 15 %
15-19 %
20-24 %
>25 %
N =
10
N =
15
N = 14
N = 12
M:
2258
6518
4477
1314
F:
2178
6187
4196
1297
å:
4436
12705
8673
2611; Total: = 28425
%:
15
45
31
9
90%
(9/10) States With Less Than 15% of Children
Breastfeeding At 12 Months Have Highest Infant Mortality Rates
83%
(10/12) States With Greater Than 25% of Children
Breastfeeding At 12 Months Have Lowest
Infant Mortality Rates
60%
(9/15) States With Second Lowest Breastfeeding At 12
Months (15-19%) Have Higher Infant Mortality Rates.
57%
(8/14) States With Second Highest Breastfeeding At 12 Months
(20-24%) Have Lower Infant Mortality Rates .
CDC (2008). Breastfeeding
Practices—Results from the National Immunization Survey. Center for
Disease Control. http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/NIS_data/index.htm
Minino, A.M , et al (2007) Deaths: Final Data for 2004. CDC. National Vital Statistics Report. V55(19).
Table 32.. Hyattsville, MD http://www.cdc.gov/nchs August 21.
Table 1. PERCENT
CHILDREN BREASTFED AT 12 MONTHS BY STATE (2004)
AND STATE INFANT MORTALTY RATE (2004) N = 51 –CDC
2007
< 15 %
15-19 %
20-24 %
>25 %
>30%
N =
10
N =
15
N = 14
N =
12
N = 6
IMR
IMR
IMR
IMR
DE
8.62
FL
7.05
AZ 6.73
AK 6.67
AK
AR
8.27
IA
5.07
DC
11.42
CA 5.16
HI
KY
6.78*
IL
7.48
ID
6.17
CO 6.34
OR
LA
10.46
IN
8.03
MD
8.44
ME 5.67
VT
MS
9.81
KS
7.16
ME
5.67
MT 4.51
WA
OH 7.67 MI 7.58 MN 4.70 NH 5.56
OK 8.01 MA 4.84 NC 8.79 NY 6.07
SC
9.28
MO
7.51
NE
6.57
OR 5.49
WV
7.57
ND
5.62
NJ
5.65
UT 5.21
PA
7.25
NM
6.31
WA 5.52
RI
5.32
NV
6.39
VT 4.55
TN
8.63
SD 8.20
TX
6.31
VA 7.47
WI 5.99
M
2258
6518
4477
1314
/// 2293
F
2178
6187
4196
1297
/// 2189
SUM
4436
12705
8673
2611
/// 4482
TOTAL = 28425
%
15
45
31
9
/16/
Median
Infant Mortality Rate = 6.67
90%
(9/10) States With Less Than 15% of
Children Breastfeeding At 12 Months Have
Highest
Infant Mortality Rates
83%
(10/12) States With Greater Than 25% of Children
Breastfeeding At 12 Months Have
Lowest Infant Mortality Rates
60% (9/15)
States With Second Lowest Breastfeeding At 12 Months
(20-24%) Have Higher Infant Mortality Rates
57% (8/14)
States With Second Highest Breastfeeding At 12 Months
(20-24%) Have Lower Infant
Mortality
Rates.
CDC (2008). Breastfeeding
Practices—Results from the National Immunization Survey. Center
for Disease Control. http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/NIS_data/index.htm
Minino, A.M , et al (2007) Deaths: Final Data for 2004. CDC. National Vital Statistics Report. V55(19).
Table 32.. Hyattsville, MD http:www.cdc.gov/nchs August 21.
table 2
Infant Mortality Ranks
DEATHS
PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS
2004/8.21.07 FD*
FD
01
02
03
04
Massachus
4.80 4.84
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12 New
Hamp
4.93 5.56
13 N.
Dakota
6.48 5.62
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34 W.
35
36
*
Minino, A.M., et al. (2007) Deaths:
Final Data for 2004. National Vital Statistics Reports V55 (19). August 21.
Centers For Disease Control. DHHS.
table 2. cont.
Infant Mortality Ranks
DEATHS
PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS
2004/8.21.07 FD*
FINAL
Data
37
Oklahoma
7.95 8.01
38
Indiana
7.78 8.03
39 S.
Dakota
7.11 8.20
40
Arkansas
8.47 8.27
41
Maryland
8.09 8.44
42
Georgia
8.65 8.51
43
Delaware
8.88 8.62
44
Tennessee
9.05 8.63
45
Alabama
8.82 8.67
46 N.
Carolina
8.35 8.79
47
Wyoming
6.99 8.81
48 S.
Carolina
8.98 9.28
49
Mississippi
10.32 9.81
50 Louisiana
9.95 10.46
51 District C.
11.42 11.98
*
Minino, A.M., et al. (2007) Deaths:
Final Data for 2004. National Vital Statistics Reports V55 (19). August 21.
Centers For Disease Control. DHHS.
“More
than one-half (55 percent) of all infant deaths in the
Matthews, T.J. and MacDorman, M.F. (2007). Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2004 Period Linked Birth/Infant
Death Data Set. Division of Vital Statistics, National Vital
Statistics Report, Centers For Disease Control and Prevention. V55 (14): 1-32.
May 2.