Breastfeeding 6-8 weeks old in England 2013/14-2017/18

This statistic displays the number of infants being breastfed at 6 to 8 weeks old in England from quarter 1 2013/14 to quarter 4 2017/18. The number of infants breastfed has fluctuated over the period observed; in quarter 4 2017/18 approximately 60.5 thousand infants were breastfed at age 6 to 8 weeks.

Number of infants (6 to 8 weeks old) being breastfed in England from 1st quarter 2013/14 to 4th quarter 2017/18

Characteristic	Number of infants breastfed
2013/14 Q1	69,692
2013/14 Q2	72,621
2013/14 Q3	74,254
2013/14 Q4	71,652
2014/15 Q1	68,710
2014/15 Q2	70,606
2014/15 Q3	71,183
2014/15 Q4	66,189
2015/16 Q1	60,534
2015/16 Q2	68,546
2015/16 Q3	70,003
2015/16 Q4	67,851
2016/17 Q1	66,701
2016/17 Q2	70,496
2016/17 Q3	70,021
2016/17 Q4	64,416
2017/18 Q1	60,657
2017/18 Q2	64,687
2017/18 Q3	68,121
2017/18 Q4	60,490

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Release date

October 2018

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United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

Quarter 1 2013/14 to quarter 4 2017/18

Supplementary notes

This statistic is using original data from the Department of Health and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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