Data about breastfeeding
1. Contact
Responsible agency
Unit
Contact person
Position
Email (agency)
Phone
2. Statistical presentation
Data description
Statistics on registered children under 1 year and breast-fed infants by age range (6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months), by type of feeding (total, exclusive breastfeeding).
Statistical concepts and definitions
Statistical unit
- infant
Statistical population
- All infants receiving breastfeeding or exclusive breastfeeding in the territory of Latvia
3. Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements
- Cabinet Regulation No. 720 of 27 November 2018, Rules on standard forms for official statistics in the field of health care, Annex 1 Report regarding activities of health care establishments.
4. Accessibility and clarity
On-line database
5. Comparability
Comparability - geographical
World Health Organisation data:
UNICEF reports on breastfeeding in UNICEF Data portal.
Length of comparable time series
Comparable data are available from 2011.
6. Coherence
Coherence- cross domain
N/A
7. Statistical processing (data source etc.)
Source data
Since 2018 Report regarding activities of health care establishments. Until 2017 State Statistical Report Report on the state of health of children.
Data collection
The report is submitted by all outpatient healthcare institutions registered in Latvia that provide healthcare services.
Data compilation
Data are broken down by statistical region based on the location of the healthcare institution (ATVK code).
Information on breastfeeding of children under one year of age is provided only by primary healthcare physicians (general practitioners (family doctors), paediatricians and internists).
Registered number of breast-fed infants by age range (6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months), by type of feeding (total, exclusive breastfeeding) / total number of children under 1 year * 100 is used for data compilation.