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Table 2 Prevalence of IYCF indicators and diarrhoea among children 0–23 months in Tanzania, TDHS 2010

From: The association between infant and young child feeding practices and diarrhoea in Tanzanian children

 

N*

Prevalence of IYCF indicators % (95% CI)a

Prevalence of diarrhoea % (95% CI)b

Early initiation of breastfeeding

 No

1920

56.6 (54.4, 59.1)

20.0 (17.6, 22.7)

 Yes

1472

43.4 (40.9, 46.0)

20.2 (17.6, 23.1)

Exclusive breastfeeding

 No

447

51.4 (47.3, 55.6)

16.7 (12.4, 22.2)

 Yes

422

48.6 (44.4, 52.8)

4.8 (3.0, 7.7)

Predominant breastfeeding

 No

782

89.9 (87.1, 92.2)

11.5 (9.0, 14.7)

 Yes

88

10.1 (7.7, 12.9)

4.4 (1.5, 12.3)

Continued breastfeeding at 1 year

 No

59.5

10.4 (7.8, 13.6)

19.3 (8.1, 39.1)

 Yes

515.2

89.6 (86.4, 92.2)

23.2 (19.9, 28.0)

Bottle feeding

 No

3267

96.3 (95.2, 97.2)

19.8 (17.8, 21.9)

 Yes

125

3.7 (2.8, 4.7)

26.6 (17.8, 37.9)

Introduction of solid, semi-solid and soft foods at 6–8 months

 No

355

27.9 (245.0, 31.0)

11.87 (9.3, 15.0)

 Yes

920

72.2 (69.0, 75.0)

25.82 (20.2, 32.4)

  1. N* weighted total number of children aged 0–23 months for each IYCF indicator
  2. aPrevalence represents the overall weighted proportion of children with diarrhoea for each level (‘Yes’, ‘No’) of IYCF indicators
  3. bPrevalence represents the overall weighted proportion of children with diarrhoea for each level (‘Yes’, ‘No’) of infant and young child feeding indicators