Table 2 |
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Population coverage by subregion, age group and data category |
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Region |
Infants aged 0–11 months |
Children aged 12–23 months |
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Subregion |
Population with data (%)a |
Category |
Population with data (%)a |
Category |
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A |
B |
C |
A |
B |
C |
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Africa |
99.1 |
79.5 |
19.6 |
0.9 |
97.6 |
79.2 |
18.4 |
2.4 |
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Eastern |
99.4 |
91.8 |
7.6 |
0.6 |
99.4 |
91.8 |
7.6 |
0.6 |
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Middle |
96.5 |
25.9 |
70.6 |
3.5 |
96.5 |
25.9 |
70.6 |
3.5 |
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Northern |
99.8 |
52.3 |
47.5 |
0.2 |
95.1 |
57.2 |
37.9 |
4.9 |
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Southern |
95.1 |
91.5 |
3.6 |
4.9 |
95.1 |
91.5 |
3.6 |
4.9 |
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Western |
100 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
97.9 |
96.7 |
1.2 |
2.1 |
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Asia (excluding Japan) |
93.5 |
63.5 |
30.0 |
6.5 |
62.0 |
59.4 |
2.5 |
38.0 |
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Eastern |
94.1 |
0 |
94.1 |
5.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
100 |
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South-Central |
97.3 |
97.3 |
0 |
2.7 |
90.9 |
90.9 |
0 |
9.1 |
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South-Eastern |
84.6 |
74.5 |
10.1 |
15.4 |
84.7 |
74.5 |
10.1 |
15.4 |
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Western |
83.6 |
65.1 |
18.5 |
16.4 |
65.2 |
50.3 |
14.9 |
34.8 |
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Latin America and the Caribbean |
92.6 |
91.2 |
1.4 |
7.4 |
86.2 |
86.2 |
0 |
13.8 |
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Caribbean |
84.9 |
77.3 |
7.6 |
15.1 |
84.9 |
84.9 |
0 |
15.1 |
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Central America |
98.2 |
95.6 |
2.6 |
1.8 |
98.2 |
98.2 |
0 |
1.8 |
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South America |
90.8 |
90.6 |
0.2 |
9.2 |
80.6 |
80.6 |
0 |
19.4 |
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Developing countriesb |
94.8 |
70.1 |
24.7 |
5.2 |
72.9 |
66.8 |
6.1 |
27.1 |
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Percentage of infant and child population in each region for which there were complete and comprehensive (category A), incomplete or non-comprehensive (category B) or no (category C) data on breastfeeding. a Includes categories A and B. b The region Oceania (including developing countries Guam, Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu) was excluded, as nationally representative breastfeeding data were not available for any developing countries in Oceania. |
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Lauer et al. BMC Medicine 2004 2:26 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-2-26 |
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