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Data and Statistics

Statewide Sources

Louisiana Newborn Screening

As of June 2011, Louisiana in-hospital infant feeding practices are monitored using data collected by the Newborn Screening (NBS) Program. All hospitals providing maternity services are required to complete a Newborn Screening Test Form. In addition to tracking genetic diseases and metabolic disorders, the NBS program gathers data on all infant feedings from birth to time of specimen collection, usually 24 to 48 hours since birth. The Louisiana Office of Public Health-Maternal and Child Health Program staff analyze these data. Click here to download the NBS Form Instructions for Use pdf.

For more information regarding the LA NBS (LAB-10) form or any other issues regarding newborn screening, contact the Genetic Diseases Program at 504-568-8254, or visit their website at www.genetics.dhh.louisiana.gov.

Louisiana Office of Public Health-Maternal and Child Health Program

Louisiana Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring System (LaPRAMS)- PRAMS, the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, is a surveillance project of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state health departments. PRAMS collects state-specific, population-based data on maternal attitudes and experiences before, during, and shortly after pregnancy.

LaPRAMS 2008 Surveillance Report- Includes breastfeeding practices and hospital practices to promote breastfeeding

Louisiana Office of Public Health-Maternal and Child Health Program Reports

National Sources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Breastfeeding Data and Statistics- General Data and Statistics for Breastfeeding

New! The CDC Breastfeeding Report Card-United States, 2011

CDC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC)

Louisiana Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) State Report -See the newly released 2009 Louisiana State Report here.

US DHHS/CDC: “Health, United States, 2010″- a compilation of health and injury data from state and federal health agencies. Check out Page 123 for breastfeeding data.

Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health

The DRC website includes national and state-level data on hundreds of child health indicators from the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) and the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN). You can browse or search by keywords and topics to retrieve interactive data tables and graphs which allow users to select, view, compare, and download survey data results for the nation, all 50 states plus the District of Columbia and the 10 HRSA regions. The website also provides data on specific topics, like breastfeeding. Click here to visit the DRC website (breastfeeding page).

Healthy People 2020 Targets for Breastfeeding

Click here to read more about Healthy People 2020 and our national objectives for improving the health are all Americans.

New goals in the Maternal, Infant, and Child Health category:

Increase the proportion of employers that have worksite lactation support programs from 25% baseline to 38% (MICH-22)

Reduce the proportion of breastfed newborns who receive formula supplementation within the first 2 days of life from 15.6% baseline to 10% (MICH-23)

Increase the proportion of live births that occur in facilities that provide recommended care for lactating mothers and their babies from 2.9% baseline to 8.1% (MICH-24)

In addition to the breastfeeding support goals above, Healthy People 2020 raised the targets for breastfeeding initiation, duration, and exclusivity with goals to:

Increase the proportion of infants who are breastfed

o Ever from 73.9% baseline to 81.9% (MICH-21.1)

o At 6 months from 43.4% baseline to 60.5% (MICH-21.2)

o At 1 year from 22.7% baseline to 34.1% (MICH 21.3)

o Exclusively through 3 months from 33.1% baseline to 44.3% (MICH 21.4)

o Exclusively through 6 months from 13.6% baseline to 23.7% (MICH 21.5)