The total number of breastfeeding selected primipara who are discharged and their neonate has never received formula as a percentage of the total number of selected primipara who breastfed and are discharged.
The Perinatal Data Collection captures information on the feeding status of the infant; that is, whether the infant is breastfeeding, or consuming expressed breast milk or infant formula at discharge from the birth hospital.
A selected primipara is defined as a woman who is 20–34 years of age at the time of giving birth; giving birth for the first time at 20 weeks or greater gestation; singleton pregnancy; cephalic presentation; and at 370 to 406 weeks gestation.
The downloadable table for Indicator 6.1 shows information for hospitals where at least 200 mothers gave birth in 2022, totals for hospitals for each local health district and sector, and the NSW total.
6.1 Selected primipara full breastfeeding by local health district and hospital, NSW 2018–2022
Source: NSW Perinatal Data Collection (SAPHaRI). Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence, NSW Ministry of Health.
