2026 OCAP State of the Child Report

GOOD HEALTH

Percent of In-Hospital Breastfeeding by Race/Ethnicity Riverside County 2022-2024

Percent of In-Hospital Riverside County and California Breastfeeding 2017-2019 to 2022-2024

Riverside County:

Any Breastfeeding

Exclusive Breastfeeding

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian Black/African American

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander White

California:

Any Breastfeeding

Exclusive Breastfeeding

Hispanic of Any Race Multiracial

93.4

93.9

93.5 93.3

93.8 93.6

100%

95%

90

90 95 75 80 85 65 60 55 50 0 70

92.5

92.3

92.4

92.4

92.4

92.7

80

69.7

69.2

68.8

68.7

70.2

69.0

70

67.8

67.1

68.0 68.3 67.8

66.4

0 60

2017-19 2018-20 2019-21 2020-22

2021-23

2022-24

Any Breastfeeding Initiation California Counties 2022-2024

Percent by County

<90%

Any Breastfeeding

Exclusive Breastfeeding

90% - 91.9%

Percent of Mothers Breastfeeding After Delivery, Riverside County 2015-2017 to 2022-2024 Any Breastfeeding Exclusive Breastfeeding

92% - 93.9%

94%+

71.4

71.3

75%

68.1

68.6

64.9 66.1

70

60

50

40

30

32.8

32.4

31.3

31.0

32.1

29.4

20

0

2015-17 2016-18 2017-19 2018-20

2019-21

2022-24

*California Department of Public Health data reflect all individuals counted within a county regardless of their place of residence.

California Department of Public Health. (n.d.). Breastfeeding initiation dashboard. https://go.cdph.ca.gov/Breastfeeding-Initiation-Dashboard

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