Breast Feeding

Connected Terms: • Lung Diseases, Obstructive   • Asthma   • Wounds and Injuries   • Birth Weight   • Patient Care   • Hospitalization   • Prenatal Care   • Feeding Behavior   • Smoking   • Tobacco Smoking   • Violence   • Domestic Violence   • Intimate Partner Violence   • Persons   • Infant, Newborn   • Infant, Low Birth Weight   • Infant, Premature   • Medically Uninsured   • Health Status   • Health Status Disparities   • Nutritional Status   • Social Determinants of Health   • Child Health   • Infant Health   • Women's Health   • Maternal Health   • Socioeconomic Factors   • Educational Status   • Employment   • Unemployment   • Income   • Poverty   • Food Assistance   • Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)   • Insurance Coverage   • Insurance, Health   • Accidents   • 2012 Marion County Public Health Department Commuity Health Assessment Survey   •  Fetal Mortality   • Infant Mortality   • Perinatal Mortality   • Maternal Mortality   • Mortality, Premature   • Pregnancy Rate   • Parity   • Pregnancy in Adolescence

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Marion County Community Health Assessment 2014: Maternal, Infant and Children to Age 4 Final Report (Marion County, 2003-2014)

This link is to the Marion County Public Health Department's comprehensive community health assessment (CHA) report on maternal, infant, and young child (0-4 years of age) health. For the complete CHA report (all age groups), please refer to http://marionhealth.org/mcphd-community-health-assessment-2014/ instead of the above link.

Health Equity and Life Expectancy by Zip Code and Race/Ethnicity (Marion County, 2016)

Life expectancy and other health measures were used in this fact sheet to illustrate differences in health equity among Marion County residents. Life expectancy in Marion County has been stable since 2007 and is similar to that in Indiana and the U.S. overall, but differs within Marion County by both race and place. African American residents experienced a life expectancy of 73.7 years in 2016, compared to 78.3 years for white residents. The diabetes mortality rate among African Americans (39 per 100,000) was also higher than that of their white peers (25 per 100,000). Breast feeding initiation rates are also provided in this fact sheet, DR3780.

Marion County Mothers who Breast Fed Upon Hospital Release by Race/Ethnicity, 2007-2016

This graph shows the percentage of Marion County mothers who breast fed upon hospital release, by race/ethnicity, from 2007-2016 (DR3484).