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2008-2009 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 2,672 1,475 52.5 50.1-55.0 771 30.8 28.5-33.2 426 16.7 14.9-18.6
REGION
Eastern NC 737 463 59.9 55.0-64.6 179 26.5 22.3-31.1 95 13.6 10.6-17.4
Piedmont 1,475 793 51.2 48.0-54.4 456 32.8 29.8-36.0 226 16.0 13.7-18.5
Western NC 460 219 44.4 38.7-50.2 136 29.3 24.2-35.1 105 26.3 21.3-32.0

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*Asked only for those children who were breastfed.

^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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