Sentences with phrase «breastfeeding rates ranked»
The recommendation is targeted at hospitals with exclusive patient breastfeeding rates ranked in the lowest 25 percent of the state.
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Out of 56 countries which have performed a National Demographic and Health Study in the past ten years, the Philippines ranks the lowest in breastfeeding rates.
Call to action — While breastfeeding rates continue to improve in Kansas, other states are improving faster and Kansas is falling behind in the national rankings.
In 1986, 2 years before these data were collected, the United States ranked 16th (3.6 / 1000) in postneonatal death, well below Finland (first; 1.8 / 1000) and Sweden (second; 2.0 / 1000).24 The US breastfeeding prevalence in 1986 was 57 % at birth and 22 % at 6 months, 25 whereas in Finland and Sweden, the prevalence at 6 months then was still ~ 60 % and 50 %, respectively.26 Although the United States still trails the Nordic countries both in breastfeeding and in postneonatal mortality, the US rate of postneonatal death has fallen steadily between the late 1980s and now, and breastfeeding has increased.