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Live births by infant feeding on discharge and local health district of residence, NSW 2022
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Overview
In NSW in 2022, infant feeding on discharge from hospital was reported for 91,012 liveborn babies. Sixty-six per cent of babies were fully breastfed at the time of discharge from the hospital, 9.0% were receiving infant formula only, and a further 22.3% were being partially breastfed. Rates of full breastfeeding varied from 52.7% in South Western Sydney Local Health District to 79.9% in Northern NSW Local Health District.
Live births by infant feeding on discharge and local health district of residence, NSW 2022
By number of births
| Sydney | 4302 | 2160 | 302 | 91 | 6855 |
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| South Western Sydney | 7207 | 4220 | 1698 | 545 | 13670 |
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| South Eastern Sydney | 6639 | 2386 | 526 | 152 | 9703 |
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| Illawarra Shoalhaven | 3398 | 512 | 539 | 34 | 4483 |
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| Western Sydney | 8568 | 4260 | 1216 | 354 | 14398 |
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| Nepean Blue Mountains | 2917 | 966 | 616 | 346 | 4845 |
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| Northern Sydney | 6040 | 1884 | 340 | 159 | 8423 |
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| Central Coast | 2949 | 470 | 349 | 42 | 3810 |
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| Hunter New England | 8012 | 1591 | 1139 | 318 | 11060 |
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| Northern NSW | 2118 | 231 | 164 | 137 | 2650 |
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| Mid North Coast | 1644 | 292 | 212 | 54 | 2202 |
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| Southern NSW | 1204 | 159 | 127 | 26 | 1516 |
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| Murrumbidgee | 1735 | 302 | 341 | 68 | 2446 |
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| Western NSW | 2522 | 552 | 507 | 89 | 3670 |
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| Far West | 148 | 17 | 34 | 3 | 202 |
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| Other–not stated | 653 | 320 | 66 | 40 | 1079 |
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By percentage of births
| Sydney | 62.8 | 31.5 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 100.0 |
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| South Western Sydney | 52.7 | 30.9 | 12.4 | 4.0 | 100.0 |
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| South Eastern Sydney | 68.4 | 24.6 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 100.0 |
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| Illawarra Shoalhaven | 75.8 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 0.8 | 100.0 |
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| Western Sydney | 59.5 | 29.6 | 8.4 | 2.5 | 100.0 |
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| Nepean Blue Mountains | 60.2 | 19.9 | 12.7 | 7.1 | 100.0 |
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| Northern Sydney | 71.7 | 22.4 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 100.0 |
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| Central Coast | 77.4 | 12.3 | 9.2 | 1.1 | 100.0 |
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| Hunter New England | 72.4 | 14.4 | 10.3 | 2.9 | 100.0 |
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| Northern NSW | 79.9 | 8.7 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 100.0 |
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| Mid North Coast | 74.7 | 13.3 | 9.6 | 2.5 | 100.0 |
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| Southern NSW | 79.4 | 10.5 | 8.4 | 1.7 | 100.0 |
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| Murrumbidgee | 70.9 | 12.3 | 13.9 | 2.8 | 100.0 |
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| Western NSW | 68.7 | 15.0 | 13.8 | 2.4 | 100.0 |
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| Far West | 73.3 | 8.4 | 16.8 | 1.5 | 100.0 |
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| Other–not stated | 60.5 | 29.7 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 100.0 |
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Source: NSW Perinatal Data Collection (SAPHaRI). Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence, NSW Ministry of Health.
