Table 2 Exclusive breastfeeding mean prevalence (95% CI), at 3 and 6 months, according to public policies and COVID-19, by urban/rural and macrozones, Chile 2009–2020.

From: The impact of health policies and the COVID-19 pandemic on exclusive breastfeeding in Chile during 2009–2020

  

Extended maternity leave

Primary healthcare strategy

COVID-19

Before*

After**

Before*

After**

Before*

After**

3 months

Total country

69.5 (69.0, 70.1)

68.4 (67.9, 69.0)

69.0 (68.6, 69.4)

71.6 (71.2, 72.1)

71.6 (71.2, 72.1)

71.2 (69.3, 73.1)

Urban

68.1 (67.5, 68.7)

66.8 (66.3, 67.4)

67.5 (67.1, 67.9)

70.2 (69.8, 70.7)

70.2 (69.8, 70.7)

70.5 (68.3, 72.6)

Rural

74.5 (73.1, 75.9)

74.8 (73.4, 76.3)

74.7 (73.6, 75.7)

78.2 (76.8, 79.7)

78.7 (77.2, 80.3)

73.5 (69.8, 77.3)

Big north zone

71.2 (67.9, 74.6)

67.0 (63.6, 70.3)

69.2 (66.9, 71.6)

69.5 (67.7, 71.4)

70.2 (68.3, 72.1)

63.8 (57.2, 70.5)

Small north zone

66.1 (64.1, 68.1)

64.1 (61.6, 66.5)

65.3 (63.7, 66.8)

71.1 (69.1, 73.1)

70.3 (68.2, 72.4)

82.7 (75.7, 89.6)

 

Central zone

68.0 (67.4, 68.6)

67.7 (67.2, 68.3)

67.9 (67.4, 68.3)

71.4 (70.9, 71.9)

71.4 (70.9, 71.9)

71.2 (68.9, 73.6)

 

Southern zone

76.4 (75.0, 77.8)

74.9 (73.0, 76.7)

75.9 (74.7, 77.0)

75.4 (73,8, 77.5)

75.9 (73.9, 77.9)

73.0 (67.7, 78.2)

 

Austral zone

72.0 (67.6, 76.3)

75.4 (71.7, 79.1)

73.6 (70.8, 76.5)

70.0 (67.0, 73.0)

69.9 (66.6, 73.1)

70.8 (64.0, 77.6)

6 months

Total Country

49.2 (48.6, 49.8)

51.5 (50.9, 52.1)

50.3 (49.9, 50.8)

62.4 (61.9, 62.9)

62.2 (61.7, 62.7)

64.6 (62.5, 66.7)

Urban

47.1 (46.5, 47.8)

48.9 (48.6, 49.5)

48.0 (47.6, 48.5)

60.3 (59.8, 60.8)

60.2 (59.7, 60.7)

61.9 (59.6, 64.1)

Rural

56.1 (54.5, 57.7)

61.4 (59.8, 63.0)

58.6 (57.5, 59.8)

71.4 (70.1, 72.7)

71.1 (69.7, 72.5)

74.6 (70.0, 79.2)

Big north zone

54.3 (50.7, 57.9)

55.7 (52.0, 59.4)

54.9 (52.4, 57.5)

59.9 (57.4, 62.3)

60.4 (57.9, 62.9)

52.9 (42.4, 63.4)

 

Small north zone

43.3 (41.2, 45.5)

48.2 (45.2, 51.1)

45.4 (43.6, 47.1)

61.1 (59.0, 63.1)

60.6 (58.6, 62.7)

66.4 (56.8, 76.0)

 

Central zone

46.4 (45.7, 47.1)

49.8 (49.1, 50.4)

48.2 (47.7, 48.7)

61.6 (61.1, 62.2)

61.4 (60.9, 62.9)

64.2 (61.6, 66.8)

 

Southern zone

56.0 (54.8, 57.9)

59.0 (57.1, 60.9)

57.4 (56.2, 58.7)

67.7 (66.1, 69.3)

67.6 (65.9, 69.3)

69.0 (63.7, 74.4)

 

Austral zone

60.8 (56.0, 65.6)

62.6 (58.6, 66.7)

61.7 (48.6, 49.6)

64.9 (61.2, 68.6)

64.6 (61.0, 68.3)

63.5 (51.8, 75.2)

  1. *Before: 1. Extended maternity leave: January 2009 to September 2011; 2. Primary Healthcare Strategy: January 2009 to December 2014; 3. COVID-19: January 2015/March 2020.
  2. **After: 1. Extended maternity leave: October 2011 to December 2014; 2. Primary Healthcare Strategy: January 2015 to November 2020; 3. COVID-19: April 2020–November 2020.