Number, and percentage of, babies being breastfed or exclusively breastfed by review stage.
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| Breastfeeding Data Collection Time | |
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| Population Group | |
| Reference Period | |
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The number and percentage of babies who received a health visitor first visit and whose feeding status is known. These statistics are derived from data collected at the health visitor First Visit review (at around 10 days old) and the 6-8 week review, and recorded on the child health pre-school system (CHSP Pre-School). At these reviews, the health professional (normally a health visitor) records whether a mother is exclusively breastfeeding (baby is fed breast milk only), mixed feeding (baby is fed both breast and formula milk), or if the baby is being fed formula milk only.
The overall breastfeeding rate includes babies who are exclusively breastfed and babies who are mixed breast and formula fed. Some information may have been suppressed or adjusted to preserve patient confidentiality.
More details, including a statistical commentary, are available on the infant feeding pages of the NHS ISD website.
Further details on the methodology used to create this dataset are available in the accompanying technical report.
To ensure the confidentiality of personal information, the ISD protocol on Statistical Disclosure Protocol is followed.
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This is an established data collection which covers a very high proportion of the target population. These data are reliable indicator of infant feeding rates in Scotland.
See ‘Differences in definition of exclusive breastfeeding with data from other sources’ and 'Breastfeeding rates in the UK' sections of our technical report
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This data is publicly available for planning, epidemiology, provision of services and providing comparative information. See How breastfeeding statistics are used,
This dataset is updated annually.
This dataset is produced from the latest data extract from Child Health Systems Programme Pre-School which is a dynamic system, with ongoing updating of records. Data for the previous financial year are updated in the next release though any updates are expected to be minor.
This is a linked data resource: it has a permanent unique uri at which both humans and machines can find it on the Internet, and which can be used an identifier in queries on our SPARQL endpoint.
A linked data-orientated view of dimensions and values
| Dimension | Locked Value |
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Breastfeeding Data Collection Time
http://statistics.gov.scot/def/dimension/breastfeedingDataCollectionTime
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Population Group
http://statistics.gov.scot/def/dimension/populationGroup
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(not locked to a value) |
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Reference Area
http://purl.org/linked-data/sdmx/2009/dimension#refArea
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(not locked to a value) |
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Reference Period
http://purl.org/linked-data/sdmx/2009/dimension#refPeriod
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(not locked to a value) |
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Measure Type
http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#measureType
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(not locked to a value) |
Linked Data is stored in graphs. We keep dataset contents (the data) separately from the metadata, to make it easier for you to find exactly what you need.
The data in this dataset are stored in the graph: http://statistics.gov.scot/graph/breastfeeding
The data structure definition for this data cube dataset is stored in the same graph as the data: http://statistics.gov.scot/graph/breastfeeding
All other metadata about this dataset are stored in the graph: http://statistics.gov.scot/graph/breastfeeding/metadata
A breakdown by type of the 5,861 resources in this dataset's data graph.
| Resource type | Number of resources |
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| Collection | 2 |
| Component specification | 9 |
| Data set | 1 |
| Data structure definition | 1 |
| Observation | 5,848 |
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