52% of babies initially breast-fed in 2000 (71 per cent in England)
53.9 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged 15-17 in 1998 (46.6 in England)
48.1 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged 15-17 in 2002 (42.6 in England)
7.7% births under 2,500 grams in 2002 (8.1 per cent in England)
Wendy Brownbridge, nurse consultant in public health at North Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust, said: "Increasing breast-feeding rates locally is very challenging. In many communities formula feeding is the norm and there is often very little community knowledge to support women who wish to breast-feed their infants. The Northern Lincolnshire and Goole with Howden Strategic Breast-feeding Group aims to bring together partners to develop strategy." Source: National Infant Feeding Survey 2000, Annual report on the health of the people of North Lincolnshire 2004.
