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Increase the proportion of infants who are breastfed at 1 year — MICH‑16 Data

Most Recent Data:
37.6 percent (2020)

Target:
54.1 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
35.9 percent of infants born in 2015 were breastfed to any extent at 1 year

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Infants breastfed at 1 year, 2015-2020
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Total
35.9
CI 34.6 / 37.2
SE 0.672
36.2
CI 34.7 / 37.7
SE 0.764
35.3
CI 33.9 / 36.6
SE 0.695
35.0
CI 33.9 / 36.2
SE 0.576
35.9
CI 34.7 / 37.1
SE 0.609
37.6
CI 36.4 / 38.7
SE 0.591