Selected State-wise Percentage of Children Born During Three Years Preceding Survey Who Started Breastfeeding Within One Hour and Within One Day of Birth and Percentage Whose Mother Squeezed First Milk From Her Breast Before Breastfeeding in India (1998-1999) | |||
States/UTs | % started breastfeeding within one hour of birth | % started breastfeeding within one day of birth1 | % whose mother squeezed first milk from breast |
India | |||
North Zone | |||
Delhi | |||
Haryana | |||
Himachal Pradesh | |||
Jammu & Kashmir | |||
Punjab | |||
Rajasthan | |||
Central Zone | |||
Madhya Pradesh | |||
Uttar Pradesh | |||
East Zone | |||
Bihar | |||
Orissa | |||
West Bengal | |||
North East Zone | |||
Arunachal Pradesh | |||
Assam | |||
Manipur | |||
Meghalaya | |||
Mizoram | |||
Nagaland | |||
Sikkim | |||
West Zone | |||
Goa | |||
Gujarat | |||
Maharashtra | |||
South Zone | |||
Andhra Pradesh | |||
Karnataka | |||
Kerala | |||
Tamil Nadu |