Figure 12.2.4: Infants exclusively fed breast milk at the hospital or midwifery practice group
Percent of live births, Middlesex-London, Ontario and Peer Group, 2013 to 2017
Source:
BORN Public Health Cube, BORN Information System, BORN Ontario. Extracted: 2019 Feb 25. Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (Public Health Ontario). Snapshots: Maternal health Snapshot. Toronto, ON: Queen’s Printer for Ontario; c2018 [updated 2018 Sep 24; cited 2019 Feb 21]. Available from: publichealthontario.ca/en/DataAndAnalytics/Snapshots/Pages/Maternal-health.aspxNote:
Note: Ontario and Peer Group data not available for 2017.
The percent of infants in Middlesex-London exclusively fed breast milk at the hospital or MPG was 62.7% in 2017, up from 56.7% in 2013 (Fig. 12.2.4). In 2016, the most current year for which Ontario data are available, 62.6% of infants in Ontario were exclusively fed breast milk compared to 60.0% in Middlesex-London; however, the difference was not statistically significant.