Infants receiving breast milk by gestational age and ethnicity U.S. 2017 | Statista

This statistic shows the percentage of infants in the U.S. receiving breast milk in 2017, by gestational age and maternal ethnicity. In that year, around 73 percent of extremely preterm infants from Hispanic mothers received breast milk compared to 88 percent of term infants from Hispanic mothers .

Percentage of infants receiving breast milk in the U.S. in 2017, by gestational age and maternal ethnicity

Characteristic	Hispanic	White	Black	Asian	American Indian/Alaska Native	Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander	Multiracial
Extremely preterm	73.3%	73.8%	67.1%	76.1%	60.7%	75%	75.5%
Early preterm	79.8%	77.9%	68.8%	82.1%	68.3%	80.3%	76.1%
Late preterm	83.1%	78.5%	66.3%	87.8%	67.2%	75.6%	77.3%
Term	88.4%	85.8%	73.3%	91.8%	77.4%	83.7%	84%

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June 2019

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2017

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All racial/ethnic groups are non-Hispanic unless otherwise specified.

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