Chapter 4. Infant Health |
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Table 4.2. Percent of babies who received each type of medicine in the past 2 weeks by infant age1 Infant Feeding Practices Study II |
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| Antibiotics | Other prescription medicines | Non-prescription medicine | ||||
| Infant age in months | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| 2 | 2,519 | 5.3 | 2,518 | 10.0 | 2,495 | 27.1 |
| 3 | 2,371 | 5.8 | 2,368 | 10.3 | 2,370 | 26.1 |
| 4 | 2,211 | 7.1 | 2,211 | 11.5 | 2,208 | 31.3 |
| 5 | 2,051 | 8.6 | 2,061 | 11.8 | 2,078 | 29.5 |
| 6 | 2,081 | 8.1 | 2,079 | 10.7 | 2,076 | 32.4 |
| 7 | 2,008 | 9.0 | 1,978 | 11.7 | 2,002 | 32.0 |
| 9 | 1,929 | 11.0 | 1,926 | 10.9 | 1,921 | 34.4 |
| 10 | 1,791 | 11.4 | 1,782 | 11.1 | 1,786 | 40.2 |
| 12 | 1,784 | 14.2 | 1,781 | 11.3 | 1,777 | 13.6 |
1Table is based on variables: M2A21, M3A21, M4A23, M5A26, M6A25, M7A25, M9A28, MXA31, MWA28 |
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