Receipt of Breast Milk by Gestational Age --- United States, 2017

Published on June 6, 2019

Rates of receipt of breast milk among extremely preterm, early preterm, late preterm, and term infants were 71.3%, 76.0%, 77.3%, and 84.6%, respectively, among infants delivered to residents of 48 states and the District of Columbia in 2017.

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