Infant Feeding Data, 2012
Hospital leaders, providers and staff play a vital role in promoting and supporting women to be
successful in exclusively breastfeeding their newborn infants. In New York State (NYS), 83.8%
of healthy newborns were fed (any) breast milk during their birth hospitalization, which exceeds
the Healthy People 2020 goal of at least 82%. However, the percentage of healthy infants who
were exclusively fed breast milk was only 40.6%, which was significantly below the Healthy
People 2020 goal of at least 70%. 1,2,3
Percentages of Healthy Infants Fed Exclusively Breast Milk and
Any Breast Milk in the Hospital, New York State, 2012
The first attached chart ranks hospitals by the percentage of infants who were fed exclusively
breast milk (blue bars) and is compared to the Healthy People 2020 goal of at least 70%. Only 12
of 133 hospitals met this goal in 2012, compared to 14 hospitals in 2011. The red bars show the
percentage of infants who were fed any breast milk (i.e., infants who were fed breast milk alone
and those fed both breast milk and formula) and is compared to the Healthy People 2020 goal of at
least 82%. Fifty-seven hospitals met this goal in 2012, compared to 53 hospitals in 2011.
Percentages of Healthy Breastfed Infants Also Fed Formula in the Hospital,
New York State, 2012
The second chart shows, among infants fed any breast milk in the hospital, the percentages that
were also given formula. In NYS, 51.6% of breastfed infants were supplemented with formula
during the birth hospitalization. Hospitals are ranked from the lowest percentage of formula
supplementation to the highest. In 2011 and in 2012, only 27 of 133 NYS hospitals met the
Healthy People 2020 goal that no more than 14% of breastfed infants be supplemented with
formula. Formula supplementation of breastfed infants in NYS continues to be among the highest
in the country; this adversely affects exclusive breastfeeding and duration of breastfeeding.
Because of the associated health benefits to women and infants, the Department of Health has
included increasing the proportion of NYS babies who are exclusively breastfed as a Prevention
Agenda 2013-2017 goal. 4
1
Bureau of Biometrics and Health Statistics, New York State Department of Health, 2012.
Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 2012.
3
Healthy People 2020. www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/objectiveslist.aspx?topicId=26.
4
New York State Department of Health. Prevention Agenda 2013-2017. Available at:
http://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/prevention_agenda/2013-2017/plan/wic/focus_area_1.htm#g1.3
2
These data are also available on the NYS Health Profiles, New York State Department of Health
website:
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Fed any breast milk: percent
http://profiles.health.ny.gov/measures/all_state/16541
Fed exclusively breast milk: percent
http://profiles.health.ny.gov/measures/all_state/16542
Breastfed infants supplemented with formula: percent
http://profiles.health.ny.gov/measures/all_state/16543
If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact:
[email protected].
Percentages of Healthy Infants Fed Exclusively Breast Milk and Any Breast Milk in the Hospital, New York State, 2012
1 - New York University Hosp Ctr-New York
2 - Phelps Memorial Hosp Assn-Sleepy Hollow
3 - Hudson Valley Hosp Ctr-Cortlandt Manor
4 - St Lukes Roosevelt/Roosevelt Div-New York
5 - Cayuga Medical Ctr-Ithaca
6 - Northern Dutchess Hosp-Rhinebeck
7 - Canton-Potsdam Hosp-Potsdam
8 - St Josephs Hosp Health Ctr-Syracuse
9 - Adirondack Med Ctr-Saranac Lake
10 - Northern Westchester Hosp-Mount Kisco
11 - Champlain Valley Phys. Hosp-Plattsburgh
12 - F F Thompson Hosp-Canandaigua
13 - United Hlth Hosp/Wilson Div-Johnson City
14 - Community-General Hosp-Syracuse
15 - St James Mercy Hosp-Hornell
16 - Saratoga Hosp-Saratoga Springs
17 - Our Lady Lourdes Mem Hosp Inc-Binghamton
18 - Queens Hosp Ctr-Jamaica
19 - Orange Regional Med Ctr-Middletown
20 - Samaritan Med Ctr-Watertown
21 - United Mem Med Ctr No Str Campus-Batavia
22 - Womans Christian Association-Jamestown
23 - Carthage Area Hosp Inc-Carthage
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Percentages of Healthy Infants Fed Exclusively Breast Milk and Any Breast Milk in the Hospital, New York State, 2012
24 - Bellevue Womans Hosp-Niskayuna
25 - Samaritan Hosp-Troy
26 - St Anthony Community Hosp-Warwick
27 - Olean General Hosp/Main-Olean
28 - Lewis County General Hosp-Lowville
29 - Corning Hosp-Corning
30 - E J Noble Hospital-Gouverneur
31 - Oneida Healthcare Ctr-Oneida
32 - Putnam Hosp Ctr-Carmel
33 - Good Samaritan Hosp Of Suffern-Suffern
34 - Mary Imogene Bassett Hosp-Cooperstown
35 - Cortland Regional Med Center-Cortland
36 - Southampton Hosp-Southampton
37 - Aurelia Osborn Fox Mem Hosp-Oneonta
38 - Wyoming County Community Hosp-Warsaw
39 - Glens Falls Hosp-Glens Falls
40 - Viahealth Of Wayne-Newark
41 - Lakeside Memorial Hosp-Brockport
42 - Nicholas H Noyes Memorial Hosp-Dansville
43 - Geneva General Hosp-Geneva
44 - St Peters Hosp-Albany
45 - Jones Memorial Hosp-Wellsville
46 - Vassar Brothers Hosp-Poughkeepsie
47 - Highland Hosp-Rochester
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Percentages of Healthy Infants Fed Exclusively Breast Milk and Any Breast Milk in the Hospital, New York State, 2012
48 - Auburn Memorial Hosp-Auburn
49 - Sisters Of Charity Hosp-Buffalo
50 - Rome Memorial Hosp Inc-Rome
51 - St Marys Hosp At Amsterdam-Amsterdam
52 - New York Methodist Hosp-Brooklyn
53 - Mercy Hosp-Buffalo
54 - Arnot Ogden Med Ctr-Elmira
55 - Strong Memorial Hosp-Rochester
56 - Claxton-Hepburn Med Ctr-Ogdensburg
57 - Oswego Hosp-Oswego
58 - White Plains Hosp Ctr-White Plains
59 - Millard Fillmore Suburban Hosp-Amherst
60 - Nathan Littauer Hosp-Gloversville
61 - Bon Secoure Community Hospital-Port Jervis
62 - Park Ridge Hospital-Rochester
63 - Kingston Hosp-Kingston
64 - Lenox Hill Hosp-New York
65 - Chenango Memorial Hosp Inc-Norwich
66 - Alice Hyde Med Ctr-Malone
67 - Montefiore Med Ctr/A Einstein Div-Bronx
68 - Lockport Memorial Hosp-Lockport
69 - Beth Israel Med Ctr/Petrie Campus-New York
70 - Massena Memorial Hosp-Massena
71 - Good Samaritan Hosp Med Ctr-West Islip
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Percentages of Healthy Infants Fed Exclusively Breast Milk and Any Breast Milk in the Hospital, New York State, 2012
72 - Mount St Marys Hosp/Health Ctr-Lewiston
73 - St Charles Hospital-Port Jefferson
74 - Faxton-St Lukes /St Lukes Div-New Hartford
75 - Rochester General Hosp-Rochester
76 - Crouse Hosp-Syracuse
77 - Niagara Falls Mem Med Ctr-Niagara Falls
78 - Lawrence Hosp-Bronxville
79 - Brookdale Hosp Med Ctr-Brooklyn
80 - Albany Med Ctr Hosp-Albany
81 - So. Shore Med Ctr/Westchester-New Rochelle
82 - Columbia Memorial Hosp-Hudson
83 - Mercy Med Ctr-Rockville Centre
84 - Brooks Memorial Hosp-Dunkirk
85 - Catskill Regional Medical Center-Harris
86 - Staten Island Univ North-Staten Island
87 - SVCMC-St Vincents-Staten Island
88 - Woodhull Med & Mental Health Ctr-Brooklyn
89 - Peconic Bay Medical Center-Riverhead
90 - Huntington Hosp-Huntington
91 - Women And Childrens Hosp Of Buffalo-Buffalo
92 - Kings County Hosp Ctr-Brooklyn
93 - St Johns Episc. Hosp/So Shore-Far Rockaway
94 - North Central Bronx Hosp-Bronx
95 - University Hosp Of Brooklyn-Brooklyn
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Percentages of Healthy Infants Fed Exclusively Breast Milk and Any Breast Milk in the Hospital, New York State, 2012
96 - Winthrop-University Hosp-Mineola
97 - North Shore Univ Hospital-Plainview
98 - St Catherine Of Siena Hosp-Smithtown
99 - Mount Sinai Hosp-New York
100 - Westchester Med Ctr-Valhalla
101 - University Hosp-Stony Brook
102 - NY Presbyter. Hosp/Col Presby Ctr-New York
103 - Long Island College Hosp-Brooklyn
104 - Metropolitan Hosp Ctr-New York
105 - NY Presbyter. Hosp/Allen Pavilion-New York
106 - Long Island Jewish Med Ctr-New Hyde Park
107 - Harlem Hosp Ctr-New York
108 - Flushing Hosp Med Ctr-Flushing
109 - Bellevue Hosp Ctr-New York
110 - Maimonides Med Ctr-Brooklyn
111 - Jacobi Med Ctr-Bronx
112 - New York Downtown Hosp-New York
113 - St Barnabas Hosp-Bronx
114 - N Shore University Hosp-Manhasset
115 - South Nassau Communities Hosp-Oceanside
116 - Nassau University Med Ctr-East Meadow
117 - Lincoln Med And Mental Health Ctr-Bronx
118 - Coney Island Hosp-Brooklyn
119 - St Lukes Hosp Of Newburgh-Newburgh
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Percentages of Healthy Infants Fed Exclusively Breast Milk and Any Breast Milk in the Hospital, New York State, 2012
120 - Nyack Hosp-Nyack
121 - North Shore Univ Hospital-Forest Hills
122 - Lutheran Med Ctr-Brooklyn
123 - New York Hosp/Med Ctr Of Queens-Flushing
124 - SJRH-St Johns Div-Yonkers
125 - Our Lady Of Mercy Med Ctr-Bronx
126 - Southside Hosp-Bay Shore
127 - Wyckoff Heights Med Ctr-Brooklyn
128 - City Hosp Ctr At Elmhurst-Elmhurst
129 - NY Presbyter. Hosp/Ny Cornell Ctr-New York
130 - Keller Army Hospital-West Point
131 - Bronx-Lebanon Hosp/Concourse Div-Bronx
132 - Jamaica Hosp Med Ctr-Jamaica
133 - Brooklyn Hosp Ctr/Downtown Campus-Brooklyn
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Percentages of Healthy Breastfed Infants also Fed Formula in the Hospital, New York State, 2012
1 - New York University Hosp Ctr-New York
2 - Canton-Potsdam Hosp-Potsdam
3 - Community-General Hosp-Syracuse
4 - Phelps Memorial Hosp Assn-Sleepy Hollow
5 - St James Mercy Hosp-Hornell
6 - United Mem Med Ctr No Str Campus-Batavia
7 - St Josephs Hosp Health Ctr-Syracuse
8 - Hudson Valley Hosp Ctr-Cortlandt Manor
9 - Lewis County General Hosp-Lowville
10 - Champlain Valley Phys. Hosp-Plattsburgh
11 - Corning Hosp-Corning
12 - Adirondack Med Ctr-Saranac Lake
13 - Carthage Area Hosp Inc-Carthage
14 - E J Noble Hospital-Gouverneur
15 - Nicholas H Noyes Memorial Hosp-Dansville
16 - United Hlth Hosp/Wilson Div-Johnson City
17 - Samaritan Hosp-Troy
18 - Oneida Healthcare Ctr-Oneida
19 - Oswego Hosp-Oswego
20 - Womans Christian Association-Jamestown
21 - Viahealth Of Wayne-Newark
22 - Olean General Hosp/Main-Olean
23 - Our Lady Lourdes Mem Hosp Inc-Binghamton
24 - Northern Dutchess Hosp-Rhinebeck
25 - Bon Secoure Community Hospital-Port Jervis
26 - F F Thompson Hosp-Canandaigua
27 - Wyoming County Community Hosp-Warsaw
28 - Cayuga Medical Ctr-Ithaca
29 - Nathan Littauer Hosp-Gloversville
30 - Aurelia Osborn Fox Mem Hosp-Oneonta
31 - Saratoga Hosp-Saratoga Springs
32 - Auburn Memorial Hosp-Auburn
33 - Lockport Memorial Hosp-Lockport
34 - Cortland Regional Med Center-Cortland
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Percentages of Healthy Breastfed Infants also Fed Formula in the Hospital, New York State, 2012
35 - Rome Memorial Hosp Inc-Rome
36 - Samaritan Med Ctr-Watertown
37 - St Marys Hosp At Amsterdam-Amsterdam
38 - St Lukes Roosevelt/Roosevelt Div-New York
39 - Mercy Hosp-Buffalo
40 - Claxton-Hepburn Med Ctr-Ogdensburg
41 - Arnot Ogden Med Ctr-Elmira
42 - Jones Memorial Hosp-Wellsville
43 - Alice Hyde Med Ctr-Malone
44 - Northern Westchester Hosp-Mount Kisco
45 - Bellevue Womans Hosp-Niskayuna
46 - Geneva General Hosp-Geneva
47 - Mount St Marys Hosp/Health Ctr-Lewiston
48 - St Anthony Community Hosp-Warwick
49 - Niagara Falls Mem Med Ctr-Niagara Falls
50 - Glens Falls Hosp-Glens Falls
51 - Orange Regional Med Ctr-Middletown
52 - Massena Memorial Hosp-Massena
53 - Mary Imogene Bassett Hosp-Cooperstown
54 - Sisters Of Charity Hosp-Buffalo
55 - Lakeside Memorial Hosp-Brockport
56 - Putnam Hosp Ctr-Carmel
57 - Queens Hosp Ctr-Jamaica
58 - Good Samaritan Hosp Of Suffern-Suffern
59 - St Peters Hosp-Albany
60 - Vassar Brothers Hosp-Poughkeepsie
61 - Chenango Memorial Hosp Inc-Norwich
62 - Southampton Hosp-Southampton
63 - Faxton-St Lukes /St Lukes Div-New Hartford
64 - Strong Memorial Hosp-Rochester
65 - Highland Hosp-Rochester
66 - Millard Fillmore Suburban Hosp-Amherst
67 - Kingston Hosp-Kingston
68 - Park Ridge Hospital-Rochester
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Percentages of Healthy Breastfed Infants also Fed Formula in the Hospital, New York State, 2012
69 - Brooks Memorial Hosp-Dunkirk
70 - Columbia Memorial Hosp-Hudson
71 - Crouse Hosp-Syracuse
72 - St Charles Hospital-Port Jefferson
73 - Rochester General Hosp-Rochester
74 - White Plains Hosp Ctr-White Plains
75 - New York Methodist Hosp-Brooklyn
76 - Good Samaritan Hosp Med Ctr-West Islip
77 - Women And Childrens Hosp Of Buffalo-Buffalo
78 - Montefiore Med Ctr/A Einstein Div-Bronx
79 - Lenox Hill Hosp-New York
80 - Lawrence Hosp-Bronxville
81 - Beth Israel Med Ctr/Petrie Campus-New York
82 - Albany Med Ctr Hosp-Albany
83 - SVCMC-St Vincents-Staten Island
84 - Catskill Regional Medical Center-Harris
85 - Brookdale Hosp Med Ctr-Brooklyn
86 - Metropolitan Hosp Ctr-New York
87 - Staten Island Univ North-Staten Island
88 - Mercy Med Ctr-Rockville Centre
89 - Peconic Bay Medical Center-Riverhead
90 - So. Shore Med Ctr/Westchester-New Rochelle
91 - Winthrop-University Hosp-Mineola
92 - Woodhull Med & Mental Health Ctr-Brooklyn
93 - Huntington Hosp-Huntington
94 - North Shore Univ Hospital-Plainview
95 - St Catherine Of Siena Hosp-Smithtown
96 - St Johns Episc. Hosp/So Shore-Far Rockaway
97 - Kings County Hosp Ctr-Brooklyn
98 - University Hosp Of Brooklyn-Brooklyn
99 - Westchester Med Ctr-Valhalla
100 - Flushing Hosp Med Ctr-Flushing
101 - North Central Bronx Hosp-Bronx
102 - University Hosp-Stony Brook
103 - Mount Sinai Hosp-New York
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Percentages of Healthy Breastfed Infants also Fed Formula in the Hospital, New York State, 2012
104 - Long Island College Hosp-Brooklyn
105 - Harlem Hosp Ctr-New York
106 - Long Island Jewish Med Ctr-New Hyde Park
107 - NY Presbyter. Hosp/Col Presby Ctr-New York
108 - NY Presbyter. Hosp/Allen Pavilion-New York
109 - Bellevue Hosp Ctr-New York
110 - New York Downtown Hosp-New York
111 - Maimonides Med Ctr-Brooklyn
112 - St Barnabas Hosp-Bronx
113 - N Shore University Hosp-Manhasset
114 - New York Hosp/Med Ctr Of Queens-Flushing
115 - Jacobi Med Ctr-Bronx
116 - South Nassau Communities Hosp-Oceanside
117 - Lutheran Med Ctr-Brooklyn
118 - St Lukes Hosp Of Newburgh-Newburgh
119 - Lincoln Med And Mental Health Ctr-Bronx
120 - SJRH-St Johns Div-Yonkers
121 - Nassau University Med Ctr-East Meadow
122 - Coney Island Hosp-Brooklyn
123 - Nyack Hosp-Nyack
124 - North Shore Univ Hospital-Forest Hills
125 - Wyckoff Heights Med Ctr-Brooklyn
126 - Southside Hosp-Bay Shore
127 - Our Lady Of Mercy Med Ctr-Bronx
128 - City Hosp Ctr At Elmhurst-Elmhurst
129 - NY Presbyter. Hosp/NY Cornell Ctr-New York
130 - Keller Army Hospital-West Point
131 - Bronx-Lebanon Hosp/Concourse Div-Bronx
132 - Jamaica Hosp Med Ctr-Jamaica
133 - Brooklyn Hosp Ctr/Downtown Campus-Brooklyn
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