Mixed Milk Feeding (0-5 months)

Percentage of infants 0–5 months of age who were fed formula and/or animal milk in addition to breast milk during the previous day.

Alternate (Display) Name

Mixed Mild Feeding Under Six Months

Numerator Definition

​Infants 0–5 months of age who were fed formula and/or animal milk in addition to breast milk during the previous day

Denominator Definition

Infants 0–5 months of age.​

Additional Details

Mixed milk feeding includes any formula (e.g. infant formula, follow-on formula, “toddler milk”) or any liquid animal milk other than human breast milk, (e.g. cow’s milk, goat’s milk, evaporated milk or reconstituted powdered milk).

Breastfeeding by a wet nurse, feeding of expressed breast milk and feeding of donor human milk all count as being fed breast milk.

Yogurt, whether liquid or solid, is not counted here because it is not generally given as a substitute for breast milk.

Population used for aggregation

Children 0-5 months

Aggregation method

Crude Country Weighted Aggregation

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