Texas WIC Breastfeeding Rates vs. Ross’ Mothers Survey and CDC Immunization Survey

	Ross In-Hospital BF Rates	CDC Rates BF Initiation Rates (Ever breastfed)	Texas WIC BF Initiation Rates (Ever breastfed)	Ross BF at 6 months	CDC BF at 6 months	Texas WIC BF at 6 months
Jan 01	58.8	NA	56.9	19.9	NA	26.5
Feb 01			57.3			26.9
Mar 01			57.6			28.6
Apr 01			58.0			30.1
May 01			58.4			30.6
June 01			58.6			31.8
Jul 01			58.9			32.3
Aug 01			59.2			31.8
Sept 01			59.5			29.8
Oct 01			59.7			28.7
Nov 01			60.0			27.9
Dec 01			60.2			28.4
Jan 02	57.5	NA	60.4	21.8	NA	27.7
Feb 02			60.6			28.6
Mar 02			60.7			30.2
Apr 02			60.9			30.9
May 02			61.1			32.3
June 02			61.2			33.0
Jul 02			61.4			31.9
Aug 02			61.6			31.1
Sept 02			61.7			30.2
Oct 02			61.8			27.4
Nov 02			62.2			28.6
Dec 02			62.0			28.5
Jan 03	50.6	64.2	62.3	19.0	28.5	28.0
Feb 03			62.4			29.4
Mar 03			62.6			30.9
Apr 03			62.6			32.5
May 03			62.6			33.4
June 03			62.7			33.9
Jul 03			62.8			33.7
Aug 03			62.8			33.0
Sept 03			62.9			30.9
Oct 03			62.9			30.1
Nov 03			62.9			30.1
Dec 03			63.0			29.3
Jan 04	NA	64.1	63.0	NA	28.7	29.0
Feb 04			63.2			30.1
Mar 04			63.3			30.7
Apr 04			63.5			31.9
May 04			63.7			33.1
June 04			63.7			32.8
Jul 04			63.8			33.0
Aug 04			63.9			32.2
Sept 04			64.0			30.5
Oct 04			64.2			29.9
Nov 04			64.3			29.8
Dec 04			64.4			29.3
Jan 05	NA	NA	64.6	NA	NA	29.1
Feb 05			64.7			30.1
Mar 05			65.0			31.5
Apr 05			65.2			33.0
May 05			65.3			35.3
June 05			65.4			35.6
Jul 05			65.6			36.0
Aug 05			66.0			35.9
Sept 05			66.4			35.5
Oct 05			66.8			35.6
Nov 05			67.2			36.0
Dec 05			67.6			37.3
Jan 06	NA	NA	68.0	NA	NA	39.1
Feb 06			68.4			41.1
Mar 06			68.8			43.0
Apr 06			69.2			45.5

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