MLHU - Health Status Resource

Figure 12.2.10: Duration of any and exclusive breastfeeding

Percent of infants, Middlesex-London, 2017 birth cohort

Figure 12.2.10: Duration of any and exclusive breastfeeding
Source: 
Middlesex-London Infant Feeding Surveillance System. BFI Online. Extracted: 2019 Feb 25.

For mothers who gave birth in 2017 and participated in the Middlesex-London Infant Feeding Surveillance System (MLIFSS), 13.7% reported having exclusively fed their infant breast milk for the first six months after birth (Fig. 12.2.10). The percent of infants who were fed any breast milk up to six months after birth was 63.1%.