Lifestyles and preventive practices. Absolute figures 
Type of baby feeding, by sex and Autonomous Community. Population 6 months to 4 years of age
Units: thousands of persons

	6 weeks					3 months					6 months					
	Total	Breastfeeding	Mixed	Bottle feeding	Does not know / Does not answer	Total	Breastfeeding	Mixed	Bottle feeding	Does not know / Does not answer	Total	Breastfeeding	Mixed	Bottle feeding	Does not know / Does not answer	
BOTH SEXES	
    Total	1,988.5	1,057.7	35.0	453.7	442.0	1,988.5	818.9	169.0	572.7	427.8	1,988.5	383.4	217.6	950.0	437.4	
    Andalucía	403.7	189.2	5.3	88.6	120.6	403.7	132.1	43.8	105.8	122.0	403.7	56.3	43.0	179.2	125.3	
    Aragón	42.8	25.5	2.3	6.1	9.0	42.8	21.3	3.2	9.7	8.6	42.8	9.2	6.6	17.3	9.7	
    Asturias (Principado de)	27.8	10.5	0.4	12.1	4.8	27.8	6.6	3.7	12.8	4.8	27.8	3.3	1.6	17.3	5.6	
    Balears (Illes)	49.6	26.8	1.1	17.4	4.4	49.6	23.8	2.4	20.0	3.5	49.6	14.0	6.1	26.1	3.5	
    Canarias	74.8	28.4	0.0	18.9	27.4	74.8	22.9	0.5	25.1	26.3	74.8	12.5	1.5	34.4	26.3	
    Cantabria	19.9	10.9	0.7	4.8	3.5	19.9	7.6	2.7	6.3	3.3	19.9	2.9	1.4	12.2	3.5	
    Castilla y León	64.8	33.6	0.6	13.4	17.2	64.8	25.2	3.6	18.7	17.2	64.8	12.2	9.8	25.5	17.2	
    Castilla-La Mancha	81.7	48.5	2.2	15.6	15.5	81.7	36.6	13.6	16.1	15.5	81.7	16.0	12.3	36.4	17.1	
    Cataluña	333.9	165.3	2.8	69.5	96.3	333.9	136.9	23.7	84.4	89.0	333.9	71.4	24.7	151.1	86.7	
    Comunitat Valenciana	238.0	152.0	8.7	57.5	19.8	238.0	105.2	31.0	84.1	17.8	238.0	56.4	32.0	131.9	17.8	
    Extremadura	42.2	20.3	1.1	14.3	6.5	42.2	16.0	4.2	15.8	6.2	42.2	7.4	4.0	24.6	6.2	
    Galicia	90.1	43.4	1.0	33.9	11.7	90.1	34.5	6.2	37.6	11.7	90.1	15.8	7.8	54.9	11.5	
    Madrid (Comunidad de)	311.8	180.7	6.7	66.5	58.0	311.8	156.8	17.3	82.3	55.5	311.8	59.7	45.4	148.3	58.4	
    Murcia (Región de)	72.3	40.4	1.1	14.0	16.7	72.3	29.7	4.8	22.2	15.5	72.3	11.5	7.5	37.9	15.4	
    Navarra (Comunidad Foral de)	24.8	16.8	0.4	4.7	2.9	24.8	12.4	3.1	6.2	3.1	24.8	5.4	4.5	11.3	3.7	
    País Vasco	89.1	56.1	0.0	12.8	20.2	89.1	44.2	4.0	20.7	20.2	89.1	26.5	7.3	33.8	21.5	
    Rioja (La)	13.8	7.6	0.0	1.4	4.8	13.8	6.7	0.0	2.3	4.8	13.8	2.9	1.7	3.7	5.5	
    Ceuta and Melilla	7.2	1.7	0.7	2.2	2.7	7.2	0.6	1.0	2.8	2.8	7.2	0.1	0.3	4.2	2.7	
MALES	
    Total	1,003.8	528.6	18.0	227.4	229.7	1,003.8	414.9	79.7	286.7	222.4	1,003.8	194.4	102.1	475.4	231.9	
    Andalucía	210.8	100.0	4.2	54.1	52.5	210.8	71.8	26.5	57.9	54.6	210.8	26.0	26.9	98.4	59.5	
    Aragón	22.0	14.2	0.5	3.2	4.2	22.0	11.6	1.1	5.5	3.7	22.0	5.9	2.8	9.5	3.8	
    Asturias (Principado de)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	
    Balears (Illes)	23.3	14.3	0.6	6.4	2.1	23.3	12.9	1.1	7.7	1.6	23.3	6.9	3.3	11.6	1.6	
    Canarias	40.2	16.4	0.0	9.8	14.1	40.2	12.9	0.0	14.4	12.9	40.2	6.6	0.0	20.7	12.9	
    Cantabria	9.5	5.8	0.0	1.8	1.8	9.5	3.8	1.5	2.5	1.7	9.5	1.3	1.1	5.2	1.8	
    Castilla y León	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	
    Castilla-La Mancha	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	
    Cataluña	171.5	77.0	0.0	30.7	63.8	171.5	63.4	7.1	43.7	57.3	171.5	30.6	12.6	73.3	55.0	
    Comunitat Valenciana	102.2	62.3	7.0	25.6	7.3	102.2	49.4	12.7	32.8	7.3	102.2	21.8	16.0	57.1	7.3	
    Extremadura	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	
    Galicia	43.5	20.5	1.0	15.9	6.0	43.5	16.1	4.3	17.1	6.0	43.5	6.2	5.3	25.9	6.1	
    Madrid (Comunidad de)	163.8	95.9	1.9	41.3	24.6	163.8	79.6	9.2	50.3	24.6	163.8	44.0	14.6	77.6	27.6	
    Murcia (Región de)	41.8	23.3	1.1	7.9	9.5	41.8	16.1	3.8	13.0	9.0	41.8	5.4	4.1	22.9	9.5	
    Navarra (Comunidad Foral de)	12.4	8.3	0.3	2.5	1.3	12.4	6.0	1.8	3.2	1.4	12.4	2.4	1.7	6.8	1.5	
    País Vasco	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	
    Rioja (La)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	
    Ceuta and Melilla	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	
FEMALES	
    Total	984.7	529.1	17.1	226.3	212.3	984.7	404.0	89.3	286.0	205.4	984.7	189.0	115.5	474.6	205.5	
    Andalucía	192.9	89.2	1.1	34.5	68.1	192.9	60.3	17.3	47.9	67.5	192.9	30.2	16.1	80.7	65.8	
    Aragón	20.8	11.3	1.8	2.8	4.9	20.8	9.7	2.1	4.2	4.9	20.8	3.4	3.8	7.8	5.9	
    Asturias (Principado de)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	
    Balears (Illes)	26.3	12.5	0.5	11.0	2.3	26.3	10.9	1.3	12.2	1.9	26.3	7.1	2.8	14.5	1.9	
    Canarias	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	
    Cantabria	10.5	5.1	0.7	3.0	1.7	10.5	3.9	1.2	3.7	1.7	10.5	1.5	0.3	6.9	1.7	
    Castilla y León	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	
    Castilla-La Mancha	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	
    Cataluña	162.4	88.3	2.8	38.8	32.5	162.4	73.5	16.6	40.6	31.6	162.4	40.8	12.2	77.7	31.6	
    Comunitat Valenciana	135.8	89.7	1.7	31.9	12.5	135.8	55.8	18.3	51.2	10.5	135.8	34.6	15.9	74.7	10.5	
    Extremadura	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	
    Galicia	46.6	22.9	0.0	18.0	5.7	46.6	18.4	2.0	20.5	5.7	46.6	9.6	2.5	29.0	5.5	
    Madrid (Comunidad de)	148.1	84.7	4.8	25.2	33.4	148.1	77.2	8.1	32.0	30.8	148.1	15.6	30.8	70.8	30.8	
    Murcia (Región de)	30.4	17.1	0.0	6.1	7.2	30.4	13.6	1.1	9.3	6.5	30.4	6.1	3.4	15.0	5.9	
    Navarra (Comunidad Foral de)	12.4	8.5	0.1	2.2	1.6	12.4	6.3	1.3	3.1	1.7	12.4	3.0	2.8	4.5	2.1	
    País Vasco	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	
    Rioja (La)	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	
    Ceuta and Melilla	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	
Notes:

.Data protected by statistical secrecy

The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which cannot be provided since it may be affected by sampling errors.
 The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which is not collected.
 The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an 'error of division by zero'.
Source: Ministry of Health and Consumption and INE