|
Country |
% of infants with low birth weight |
% of infants exclusively breastfed (0-4 mos.) |
% of infants receiving complementary foods |
% of infants still breastfed at 12-15 mos. of age |
Median duration of breast feeding(months) |
% children 12-23 mos. of age who are under weight |
source |
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CARIBBEAN |
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Dominica |
|
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|
|
12.7 |
Survey, 1986 as per WHO |
|
Dominican Republic |
16 |
9.5 |
23.1 |
29.0 |
9.0 |
14.0 |
DHS, 1991 |
|
Haiti |
15 |
3.3 |
86.1 |
81.2 |
17.5 |
32.7 |
EMMUS-II (DHS), 1994-5 |
|
Jamaica |
11 |
|
|
|
|
8.7 |
(1989) UNICEF Report '92 |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
10 |
10.1 |
38.9 |
30.1 |
|
9.3 |
DHS, 1987 |
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CENTRAL AMERICA |
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Costa Rica |
6 |
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El Salvador |
11 |
|
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|
23.0 |
ESANES-88 (INCAP) |
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Guatemala |
14 |
|
|
|
20.0 |
44.4 |
DHS, 1987 |
|
Honduras |
9 |
|
|
|
|
39.5 |
ENESF/91 [0-60 mos.] |
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Nicaragua |
15 |
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Panama |
10 |
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SOUTH AMERICA |
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Argentina |
8 |
|
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Bolivia |
12 |
53.4 |
77.9 |
73.7 |
17.5 |
20.6 |
DHS, 1994 |
|
Brazil |
11 |
|
|
|
|
8.6 |
(1987-89) UNICEF Rep. '92 |
|
Chile |
7 |
|
|
|
|
3.7 |
1986 MOH Study per WHO |
|
Colombia |
10 |
17.0 |
48.0 |
39.0 |
12.7 |
16.2 |
DHS, 1990 except underwt; MOH Study, UNICEF, 1993 |
|
Ecuador |
11 |
30.6 |
30.7 |
51.3 |
13.9 |
23.9 |
DHS, 1987 except underwt; MOH Surv., 1987 per WHO |
|
Paraguay |
8 |
7.2 |
60.9 |
39.8 |
11.5 |
7.4 |
DHS, 1990 |
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Peru |
11 |
40.5 |
61.7 |
67.7 |
17.7 |
16.1 |
DHS, 1991/92 |
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Uruguay |
8 |
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Venezuela |
9 |
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Mexico |
12 |
37.5 |
35.5 |
32.1 |
|
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DHS, 1987 |
Source: Center for International Health Information (CIHI), April 1995.
U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.
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