Table 8.1a Percent of hospitals with recommended policies and practices consistent with the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, by facility type, size, NICU level and region*
CDC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC)-2009
	Model policy	Assess staff competency	Prenatal breastfeeding education	Early initiation	Teach breastfeeding techniques	Limit supplements	Rooming-in	Teach feeding cues	Limit pacifiers	Discharge support
All	14.4	49.7	92.8	51.0	89.2	21.5	33.4	82.2	30.5	26.8
Type of facility
Birth center	11.0	43.6	87.9	92.4	94.1	79.3	99.2	90.7	94.0	76.3
Government hospital	11.4	40.5	84.6	45.8	84.2	18.4	34.8	74.4	26.8	25.3
Non-profit hospital	16.5	52.0	96.0	50.8	90.6	19.8	28.8	83.9	29.2	26.0
Private hospital	8.7	56.7	91.3	44.3	88.7	14.2	26.9	82.8	18.4	15.9
Military hospital	30.0	23.8	95.2	57.1	80.9	20.0	85.7	76.2	47.6	23.8
Teaching hospital^†
Yes	24.9	61.4	97.7	36.6	93.8	11.6	31.0	84.7	39.2	23.2
No	13.8	49.1	92.7	49.9	88.6	19.3	30.2	81.6	26.6	24.7
Size of facility
0-249	7.0	33.3	83.5	61.0	85.5	38.1	46.5	78.1	40.6	34.0
250-499	11.6	42.0	90.6	54.1	89.6	21.2	27.3	83.6	23.8	27.6
500-999	11.8	51.6	95.4	49.2	89.0	17.5	29.9	80.0	25.2	23.8
1000-1999	19.3	61.5	97.5	49.2	91.4	16.7	27.2	86.6	26.9	27.3
2000-4999	22.7	61.0	97.4	39.9	90.9	11.5	32.6	83.4	31.9	20.4
5000 or more	25.0	63.5	100.0	38.7	90.5	7.9	30.6	82.5	41.9	17.5
Level of Neonatal Care
Healthy newborn only	8.9	41.2	87.3	57.0	87.5	30.6	39.8	79.9	35.9	30.4
Level 1 or 2 NICU	15.4	51.8	96.1	49.9	89.7	16.9	28.9	83.6	23.1	24.2
Level 3 NICU	23.6	62.2	97.4	41.3	91.4	12.1	29.0	84.1	33.5	24.8
Census region
Pacific	17.8	50.4	90.2	59.7	89.8	28.3	69.8	81.8	47.7	27.8
Mountain	9.6	46.3	91.7	60.7	83.3	23.4	53.0	77.8	26.9	22.4
West North Central	8.3	31.4	93.8	52.4	87.7	24.4	20.6	77.4	18.9	34.5
East North Central	16.0	50.3	98.0	51.4	91.7	21.2	20.9	85.5	23.9	30.8
West South Central	12.2	47.8	81.9	38.8	85.5	17.0	38.8	78.3	27.8	21.0
East South Central	10.4	55.2	91.3	39.9	89.1	13.1	12.2	79.5	18.5	18.4
New England	37.1	66.9	97.0	64.2	95.5	35.9	29.5	94.8	52.7	38.8
Middle Atlantic	20.8	62.2	97.5	50.8	92.2	17.5	15.0	85.5	36.1	28.1
South Atlantic	10.0	52.7	94.2	46.4	89.7	16.7	32.8	83.5	31.4	20.6
*Sample sizes vary slightly for each of the ten indicators, ranging from n=2547â€“2661. Estimates may vary slightly from other reports of mPINC data. †Birth centers are excluded from teaching hospital categorizations.

Table 8.2a Percent of hospitals by number of recommended policies and practices
CDC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC)-2009
	0 - 2	3 - 5	6 - 8	9 - 10	N
All	8.7	54.3	33.5	3.6	2322
Type of facility
Birth center	0.0	5.9	67.3	26.7	101
Government hospital	16.3	54.4	27.8	1.5	454
Non-profit hospital	6.5	56.8	33.5	3.1	1473
Private hospital	11.0	59.1	28.8	1.1	274
Military hospital	5.3	47.4	47.4	0.0	19
Teaching hospital*
Yes	5.2	56.1	35.5	3.2	155
No	9.4	56.6	31.6	2.5	2065
Size of facility
0-249	11.6	47.4	34.0	7.0	500
250-499	10.2	56.1	30.7	3.1	394
500-999	10.1	54.2	33.1	2.5	483
1000-1999	6.4	57.0	33.8	2.8	470
2000-4999	5.3	58.1	34.5	2.2	412
5000 or more	3.6	60.0	34.6	1.8	55
Level of Neonatal Care
Healthy newborn only	10.1	50.3	34.2	5.4	940
Level 1 or 2 NICU	8.6	57.9	30.8	2.7	893
Level 3 NICU	5.8	55.4	37.2	1.7	486
Census region
Pacific	4.5	38.5	50.5	6.5	309
Mountain	7.7	51.4	35.5	5.5	183
West North Central	13.4	62.6	22.1	1.9	321
East North Central	7.3	58.3	32.5	2.0	400
West South Central	15.5	53.8	26.7	4.0	277
East South Central	12.6	63.6	23.2	0.7	151
New England	0.8	39.8	45.5	13.8	123
Middle Atlantic	5.2	55.2	37.7	1.9	212
South Atlantic	7.8	58.7	31.8	1.7	346
*Birth centers are excluded from teaching hospital categorizations.