Breastfeeding Rates in Kansas

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes state by state breastfeeding rates in its annual Breastfeeding Report Card for the U.S. The 2016 report card offers a snapshot of rates for the most current year (2013) for which data are available and a comparison with other states. [note: from 2014, report cards are released biennially]. Kansas rates are listed in the table below, compared with the breastfeeding goals of Healthy People 2020. To see the complete report, including the rates of other states, visit http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/index.htm.

Breastfeeding Indicator	Kansas CDC 2011*	Kansas CDC 2012*	Kansas CDC 2013*	Kansas CDC 2014*	Kansas CDC 2016*	Healthy People 2020 Goal
Ever breastfed	75.4%	80.2%	72.9%	77.4%	83.8%	81.9%
Breastfeeding at 6 months	41%	45.1%	41.8%	40.3%	50.5%	60.6%
Exclusive breastfeeding at 3 months	33.5%	37.8%	30.5%	37.4%	50.2%	46.2%
Exclusive breastfeeding at 6 months	10.6%	17.4%	15.1%	11.4%	23.4%	25.5%

*Sources:
CDC 2011 Report Card—National Immunization Survey, Provisional Data, 2008 births
CDC 2012 Report Card—National Immunization Survey, Provisional Data, 2009 births
CDC 2013 Report Card—National Immunization Survey, Provisional Data, 2010 births
CDC 2014 Report Card—National Immunization Survey, Provisional Data, 2011 births
CDC 2016 Report Card—National Immunization Survey, Provisional Data, 2013 births

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Current breastfeeding rates
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