Chapter 4. Infant Health

Table 4.2. Percent of babies who received each type of medicine in the past 2 weeks by infant age1

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  Antibiotics Other prescription medicines Non-prescription medicine
Infant age in months N % N % N %
2 2,519 5.3 2,518 10.0 2,495 27.1
3 2,371 5.8 2,368 10.3 2,370 26.1
4 2,211 7.1 2,211 11.5 2,208 31.3
5 2,051 8.6 2,061 11.8 2,078 29.5
6 2,081 8.1 2,079 10.7 2,076 32.4
7 2,008 9.0 1,978 11.7 2,002 32.0
9 1,929 11.0 1,926 10.9 1,921 34.4
10 1,791 11.4 1,782 11.1 1,786 40.2
12 1,784 14.2 1,781 11.3 1,777 13.6

1Table is based on variables: M2A21, M3A21, M4A23, M5A26, M6A25, M7A25, M9A28, MXA31, MWA28