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Table 3 'Any breastfeeding' and 'exclusive breastfeeding' rates from 1–6 months in city, suburban and rural Zhejiang Province, PR China

From: A cohort study of infant feeding practices in city, suburban and rural areas in Zhejiang Province, PR China

Location

Age months

'Any breastfeeding'

'Exclusive breastfeeding'

  

n

%

95%CI

n

%

95%CI

City

1~

590

91.7

89.4,93.9

166

24.4

21.0,27.7

 

2~

380

88.6

85.8,91.3

119

18.8

15.6,22.0

 

3~

367

84.0

80.7,87.2

92

13.7

10.8,16.6

 

4~

347

76.2

72.3,80.1

67

5.5

3.5,7.5

 

5~

315

69.7

65.4,74.0

27

1.8

0.7,3.0

 

6~

288

62.8

57.7,67.9

9

0.2

NA

Suburb

1~

325

90.4

87.3,93.5

174

47.0

41.7,52.3

 

2~

311

88.4

85.0,91.8

161

45.8

40.6,51.1

 

3~

304

86.6

83.0,90.2

157

41.7

36.5,46.9

 

4~

290

84.5

80.7,88.3

140

16.1

12.2,20.0

 

5~

283

82.7

78.7,86.7

54

4.5

2.3,6.7

 

6~

277

76.9

71.8,82.0

15

0.5

NA

Rural

1~

499

93.5

91.4,95.6

201

42.7

38.1,47.3

 

2~

486

90.6

88.1,93.1

189

39.8

35.2,44.3

 

3~

471

89.0

86.4,91.7

176

33.1

28.8,37.5

 

4~

456

86.9

84.0,89.8

143

18.3

14.7,21.9

 

5~

445

85.1

82.1,88.2

79

8.1

5.5,10.7

 

6~

436

83.6

80.2,87.0

35

7.2

4.7,9.8