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Maternal and Child Health - Breastfeeding Rates (LGA) 2011 - 2012

Created 31/07/2025

Updated 31/07/2025

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This dataset presents the rate of child breastfeeding in the state of Victoria for the year 2011 - 2012. The dataset aims to indicate the maternal and child health of the region. The data has been aggregated to the 2011 Local Govenment Areas (LGA). The breastfeeding rate is calculated as the number of mother's breastfeeding at discharge, at 2 weeks, at 3 months and at 6 months, as a percentage of the total number of registered infants aged 1-2 years (Classified as full or partial according to the World Health Organisation definitions). For more information please visit the Victorian Government Data Portal. Please note:

AURIN has spatially enabled the original data.

The original data has separated the "East Gippsland" LGA into specified hospitals, "East Gippsland - ORH" & "East Gippsland - GLCH". These have been aggregated into one LGA to allow spatialisation.

The original data has separated the "Wellington" LGA into specified health centres, "Wellington - YDHS" & "Wellington - CGHS". These have been aggregated into one LGA to allow spatialisation.

Breastfeeding rates are based on the number of children being fully or partially breastfed at specific ages. Breastfeeding Rates for the reported year are calculated on the data sourced from the previous year. For example, rates reported in 2011-12 are based on 2010-11 breastfeeding figures.

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Title Maternal and Child Health - Breastfeeding Rates (LGA) 2011 - 2012
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/5843a920-83c6-431a-a159-0d67cfc2a5fb
Remote Last Updated 06/03/2025
Contact Point
Government of Victoria - Department of Education and Training
support@aurin.org.au
Reference Period 06/03/2025
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network "Maternal and Child Health - Breastfeeding Rates (LGA) 2011 - 2012". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.aurin.org.au/dataset/vic-govt-det-lga-maternal-health-breastfeeding-vic-2011-2012-lga2011