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2012 North Carolina Statewide CHAMP Survey Results

Breast Feeding

After you left the hospital, did you receive any help or encouragement for breastfeeding your baby?1

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  Total
Respond2		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 757 422 56.8 51.3-62.1 335 43.2 37.9-48.7
GENDER
Male 376 197 50.4 42.5-58.4 179 49.6 41.6-57.5
Female 381 225 62.4 55.1-69.3 156 37.6 30.7-44.9
RACE
White 488 272 55.2 48.8-61.4 216 44.8 38.6-51.2
Other 267 148 58.9 49.2-67.8 119 41.1 32.2-50.8
AGE GROUPS
Birth through 10 417 265 64.0 57.3-70.3 152 36.0 29.7-42.7
11 through 17 340 157 43.4 35.3-51.9 183 56.6 48.1-64.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology, results from 2011 and 2012 are NOT comparable to results from 2010 and earlier.

***This estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards; see N.C. CHAMP Technical Notes for more details.

Some sub-group estimates have been suppressed because they do not meet statistical reliability standards.

1Asked only of biological mother.

2Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

39th-12th grade includes those in college or other post high school education.

4Health Insurance categories: PRIVATE = State Employee Health Plan, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of NC, or other private health insurance plan purchased from an employer or directly from insurance company.
PUBLIC = Medicaid, Carolina ACCESS, Health Check, or NC Health Choice. OTHER = the military, CHAMPUS, TRI CARE, Indian Health Servcies or other type not otherwise listed.

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