Section 4: Wellbeing

Table 4.8: New Born Children Exclusively Breastfed at 6-8 weeks (Percentage of mothers breastfeeding)
 2014/152015/162016/172017/182018/19
East Ayrshire 16.1 14.8 17.5 16.9 19.4
Ayrshire and Arran 18.3 16.9 18.5 18.1 20.1
Scotland 27.2 28.2 30.3 30.7 43.2
Source: NHS National Services Scotland (Information Services Division), 2019