MLHU - Health Status Resource

Figure 12.2.11: Duration of exclusive breastfeeding by urban/rural status

Percent of infants, Middlesex-London, 2017 birth cohort

Figure 12.2.11: Duration of exclusive breastfeeding by urban/rural status
Source: 
Middlesex-London Infant Feeding Surveillance System. BFI Online. Extracted: 2019 Feb 25.

Among the rural participants of the MLIFSS, a higher percent exclusively fed breast milk to their infant and for a longer duration compared to urban participants in 2017, although the difference was not statistically significant (Fig. 12.2.11).