Typically BF rates begin to decrease ex
ponentially from the
newborn to the 6-month interval, averaging a 30% reduction in
national BF rates [8]. The Healthy People 2020 newborn goal of 81.9%
of any BF was achieved at the 1-month (87.5%) interval in part due to
the program’s success at supporting BF efforts of mothers indicating
a remarkable achievement. Data comparisons to pre-in
tervention
rates at the 1-month interval in 2005 were 69.1% for any BF and 51.5%
exclusivity, indicating a 18.4% any BF and a 13.5% improvement in
respectable BF rates. National 1-month BF trends are 72% for any BF and
of that percentage, 48% are exc
lusively BF at 1-mont postpartum [8].