Table 3 Incidence of mastitis by number of women breastfeeding-weeks
From: A descriptive study of mastitis in Australian breastfeeding women: incidence and determinants
Number of episodes of mastitis | Number of women breastfeeding-weeks | Number episodes/number women bf-weeks *1000 | |
|---|---|---|---|
0–4 weeks | 194 | 5550 | 35.0 |
5–8 weeks | 65 | 3917 | 16.6 |
9–12 weeks | 44 | 3556 | 12.4 |
13–16 weeks | 31 | 3281 | 9.4 |
17–20 weeks | 24 | 3021 | 7.9 |
21–26 weeks | 7 | 4183 | 1.7 |
Total | 365 | 23508 |