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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