mPINC? Regional Report

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ob体育's Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) survey measures practices and policies supportive of breastfeeding in hospitals with maternity care services. Learn about mPINC scores by region and state for 2024.

mPINC 2024 regional report

mPINC is ob体育's national survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care. The survey measures practices and policies that affect newborn feeding, feeding education, staff training and skills, and hospital discharge support. About every two years, ob体育 invites all hospitals with maternity services in the United States and U.S. territories to participate. In 2024, a total of 2,070 of 2,657 eligible hospitals participated (78%).

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mPINC 2024 State and Regional Scores

mPINC scoresa by region and state, 2024

 
Regionb Participation of Eligible Hospitals Total Immediate Postpartum Care Rooming-In Feeding Practices Feeding Education & Support Discharge Support Institutional Management
United States 78% (2070 of 2657) 82 84 77 80 95 78 77
Western 69% (269 of 391) 86 88 86 85 95 83 80
Alaska 74% (14 of 19) 77 82 81 80 92 71 57
California 65% (138 of 211) 89 88 89 86 97 84 89
Hawaii 83% (10 of 12) 78 88 63 87 89 75 69
Idaho 52% (15 of 29) 79 87 70 84 93 72 70
Nevada 81% (13 of 16) 76 75 78 70 94 73 68
Oregon 73% (35 of 48) 87 89 86 89 95 89 76
Washington 79% (44 of 56) 86 90 89 84 95 84 73
Northeast 84% (193 of 230) 86 87 80 83 96 86 84
Connecticut 70% (16 of 23) 88 89 79 85 96 91 87
Maine 91% (20 of 22) 82 87 70 86 96 80 70
Massachusetts 95% (37 of 39) 89 90 86 83 97 87 88
New Hampshire 100% (15 of 15) 90 93 79 94 96 93 85
New York 78% (90 of 115) 84 83 79 78 96 85 86
Rhode Island 100% (5 of 5) 87 90 85 87 98 80 79
Vermont 91% (10 of 11) 90 96 79 94 98 93 83
Mid-Atlantic 81% (194 of 240) 82 84 77 79 94 80 81
Delaware 71% (5 of 7) 93 97 90 77 98 100 98
Maryland 67% (22 of 33) 83 85 76 83 94 77 86
New Jersey 87% (40 of 46) 84 84 75 76 99 83 86
Pennsylvania 91% (70 of 77) 83 87 78 81 92 82 75
Virginia 69% (36 of 52) 82 83 79 80 94 76 80
West Virginia 90% (18 of 20) 76 75 67 72 95 71 75
Midwest 85% (461 of 544) 82 86 73 82 95 78 75
Illinois 79% (69 of 87) 81 81 78 80 95 77 76
Indiana 90% (71 of 79) 83 85 73 83 95 79 82
Iowa 93% (52 of 56) 76 84 62 82 93 72 63
Michigan 84% (63 of 75) 79 84 72 77 92 75 71
Minnesota 81% (62 of 77) 81 86 72 83 92 81 70
Ohio 87% (78 of 90) 85 90 75 84 97 82 83
Wisconsin 83% (66 of 80) 85 91 74 87 97 83 77
Southeast 72% (340 of 473) 81 82 77 76 95 74 77
Alabama 79% (34 of 43) 76 75 72 75 94 72 69
Florida 65% (67 of 103) 85 84 90 80 95 79 82
Georgia 65% (46 of 71) 78 81 72 72 94 72 76
Kentucky 78% (36 of 46) 74 82 71 71 94 63 66
Mississippi 85% (33 of 39) 87 90 82 76 97 83 95
North Carolina 68% (52 of 76) 84 87 77 83 94 79 81
South Carolina 77% (30 of 39) 80 79 74 76 94 77 78
Tennessee 75% (42 of 56) 76 78 71 75 95 68 68
Southwest 78% (355 of 457) 80 82 77 76 94 74 76
Arizona 61% (25 of 41) 76 81 84 70 92 58 69
Arkansas 92% (33 of 36) 71 74 67 61 94 66 66
Louisiana 94% (46 of 49) 85 88 82 80 96 83 81
New Mexico 67% (18 of 27) 88 93 85 83 94 86 86
Oklahoma 93% (41 of 44) 79 84 73 76 93 74 71
Texas 75% (161 of 216) 81 82 78 77 95 75 79
Utah 70% (31 of 44) 78 77 77 81 90 70 74
Mountain Plains 82% (239 of 290) 79 84 72 81 93 76 68
Colorado 81% (43 of 53) 86 85 83 90 95 85 81
Kansas 85% (46 of 54) 81 86 73 83 94 78 70
Missouri 77% (46 of 60) 77 79 66 77 93 73 71
Montana 85% (22 of 26) 84 90 74 93 97 82 70
Nebraska 90% (43 of 48) 75 86 69 74 90 72 56
North Dakota 75% (9 of 12) 78 86 76 74 91 78 64
South Dakota 95% (18 of 19) 75 83 64 75 95 71 59
Wyoming 67% (12 of 18) 73 79 68 78 86 63 62
Puerto Rico 54% (14 of 26) 73 60 75 62 94 73 73
Island Territories 83% (5 of 6) 61 68 65 44 74 60 54
aTotal and subscores may be impacted by the proportion of participating hospitals in each state; response rates should be considered when interpreting results. bData are not reported for the District of Columbia (Mid-Atlantic Region) due to small sample size. Scores from participating hospitals in the District of Columbia are included in the regional and national-level scores. Regions are listed in descending order by total score and states are listed in alphabetical order within each region. Regions are defined by the , and Puerto Rico and Island Territories (Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands) are shown separately.

mPINC total scores, by state, 2024

mPINC total scores, by state, 2024
mPINC 2024 Regional Map

Figure Details: The ranges for mPINC total score are categorized by tertiles. State-level scores were not reported for the District of Columbia due to small sample size.

Suggested Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2024 State Scores by Region, ob体育 Survey of Maternity Care Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care. U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services; 2024.

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