Breastfeeding trends by race/ethnicity among US children born from 2009 to 2015
JAMA Pediatrics Oct 21, 2019
Li R, et al. - Using data from 167,842 infants (mean [SD] age was 2.33 [0.45] years) from the National Immunization Survey–Child (NIS-Child), researchers analyzed breastfeeding trends by race/ethnicity from 2009 to 2015 and changes in breastfeeding gaps comparing racial/ethnic subgroups with white infants from 2009-2010 to 2014-2015. They analyzed data obtained from January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2017, for children born between 2009 and 2015. Notwithstanding improvements in breastfeeding among each race/ethnicity group, breastfeeding inequalities among black and white infants increased as improvements in breastfeeding between black infants continued to decline in 2014-2015. Among all other nonwhite groups, the decreased breastfeeding gaps may be linked to greater increases among white infants. Further efforts to improve breastfeeding rates among black infants tend to be required.
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