Uruguay [pdf, 19kb]

WHO Global Data Bank on Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF)
Reference number:
Date of survey:
Administrative level:
Date updated:
URUGUAY
2010-06-09
327
2006 - 07
N
Location and sample descriptor
National: Total
Children by sex
Children by sex
Type of service: Mutual de Montevideo
Type of service: Mutual interior
Type of service: Público interior
Type of service: Público Montevideo
Sex
B
F
M
B
B
B
B
Ever
breastfed
%
Sample
size
Median
exclusive
breastfeeding
(months)
Median
any
breastfeeding
(months)
Early initiation of
breastfeeding %
Exclusive breastfeeding rate
%
Sample
size
98.5
NS
2.1
7.5
NS
99.8
99.2
97.7
98.2
NS
NS
NS
NS
2.7
2.0
1.9
2.4
5.8
7.2
8.7
8.4
NS
NS
NS
NS
<4
months
Sample
size
<6
months
Sample
size
57.1
59.2
55.2
Bottle-feeding
rate% 0-11 %
Sample
size
Intro solid,
semi-solid foods
6-9 mo %
Sample
size
Sample
size
NS
NS
NS
Minimum dietary
diversity %
Sample
size
Minimum meal
frequency %
Sample
size
Continued breastfeeding
1
Year
Sample
size
2
Years
Sample
size
34.7
NS
43.5
NS
28.3
NS
26.4
28.7
31.8
47.3
NS
NS
NS
NS
18.3
34.0
54.7
53.3
NS
NS
NS
NS
18.3
24.5
29.7
35.5
NS
NS
NS
NS
Line
note
Survey note: Sampling: facility based study in Montevideo and the interior of the country; sample included 3039 children less than 2 years of age selected from public health services and mutuales.
Reference: Ministerio de Salud Pública, Red Uruguay de Apoyo a la Nutrición y Desarrollo Infantil (RUANDI) y UNICEF. Encuesta de lactancia, estado nutricional y alimentación complementaria en niños menores de 24 meses atendidos por servicios públicos y mutuales de
Montevideo y el interior del país. Montevideo, Uruguay: Ministerio de Salud Pública, RUANDI y UNICEF, 2007.
Reference number:
Date of survey:
Administrative level:
219
2003
N
Location and sample descriptor
National
Sex
B
Ever
breastfed
%
Sample
size
Median
exclusive
breastfeeding
(months)
2.2
Median
any
breastfeeding
(months)
8.2
Early initiation of
breastfeeding %
Exclusive breastfeeding rate
%
Sample
size
1688
<4
months
63.0
Sample
size
314
<6
months
54.1
Sample
size
Bottle-feeding
rate% 0-11 %
Sample
size
397
Intro solid,
semi-solid foods
6-9 mo %
Sample
size
Sample
size
32.2
153
Minimum dietary
diversity %
Sample
size
Minimum meal
frequency %
Sample
size
Continued breastfeeding
1
Year
Sample
size
47.0
NS
2
Years
31.3
Sample
size
Line
note
NS
Survey note: Sampling: facility based study; sample selected among children less than 2 years old from public and private health services; the study included 2986 children.
Reference: IBFAN, Red Uruguaya de Apoyo a la Nutrición Infantil, UNICEF. Lactancia Materna: una estrategia para mejorar la salud, el crecimiento y la nutrición del lactante y del niño pequeño [Maternal Breastfeeding]. Montevideo, Uruguay: UNICEF, 2004.
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