U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of infants who are breastfed exclusively through age 6 months — MICH‑15 Data

Most Recent Data:
27.2 percent (2021)

Target:
42.4 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
24.9 percent of infants born in 2015 were breastfed exclusively through 6 months of age

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Infants breastfed exclusively through 6 months, 2015-2021
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total
24.9
CI 23.8 / 26.1
SE 0.595
25.4
CI 24.1 / 26.7
SE 0.667
25.6
CI 24.3 / 26.8
SE 0.637
25.8
CI 24.8 / 26.8
SE 0.526
24.9
CI 23.9 / 26.0
SE 0.558
25.4
CI 24.3 / 26.5
SE 0.542
27.2
CI 26.2 / 28.2
SE 0.510