Disparities Details by Sex for 2009
MICH-21.4 : Infants breastfed exclusively through 3 months (percent)
This chart compares rates by population.
Error Bar (I) represents the 95% confidence interval.
Additional footnotes may apply to these data. Please refer to footnotes below the data table for further information.
See also Disparities Overview by Sex for MICH-21.4
MICH-21.4 Increase the proportion of infants who are breastfed exclusively through 3 months
Infants breastfed exclusively through 3 months (percent)
| Sex | 2009 1 | Disparity |
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| Female | 36.4 CI 34.7/38.1 SE 0.862 |
x 1.000 Best rate |
| Male | 35.4 CI 33.9/37.0 SE 0.775 |
x 1.027 CI 1.000/ 1.083 |
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1 Baseline has been revised. See Data Details for more information. Data are subject to revision and may have changed since a previous release. Unless noted otherwise, any age-adjusted data are adjusted using the year 2000 standard population. Data are not available or not collected for populations not shown. CI: 95% confidence interval. |
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- The better group rate for this objective, 36.4%, was attained by the female children.
- The worse group rate for this objective, 35.4%, was attained by the male population.
- The absolute difference (or range) between the best and worst group rates was 1.0 percentage points.
- The best group rate was <1.100 times the worst group rate.
Female children achieved the better group rate for this objective, 36.4%.
The better group rate was <1.1 times the rate for male children.
