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2006-2007 North Carolina CHAMP Survey: Regional Results

Breast Feeding

For how many days, weeks, or months was (CHILD) breastfed?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Less than 6 months 6 months to <1 yr 1 year or more
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,439 1,344 54.2 51.8-56.6 721 30.7 28.5-33.0 374 15.1 13.4-16.9
REGION
Eastern NC 713 429 59.6 55.1-63.9 184 26.4 22.6-30.6 100 14.0 11.2-17.4
Piedmont 1,393 746 52.4 49.1-55.6 435 32.6 29.6-35.7 212 15.1 12.9-17.5
Western NC 333 169 52.4 46.0-58.7 102 30.1 24.7-36.2 62 17.5 13.3-22.7

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*Asked only for those children who were breastfed. In 2006, asked only of children ages 12 years and younger.

^Use 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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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