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 2010.
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
Information is submitted by primary health care institutions (family doctors practices, pediatricians practices) where have registered children to provide care.
Data compilation
Data are broken down by statistical region based on the location of the healthcare institution (ATVK code).
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