center Percentage of US infants<unk>  by month since birth in 2008.Dotted line: Exclusive<unk> Dashed line Any<unk> * Estimated at 7 days after birth Globally about 38% of babies are exclusively breastfed during their first six months of life. In the United States the rate of women beginning to breastfeed was 76% in 2009 increasing to 83% in 2015 with 58% still<unk>  at 6 months, although only 25% were still<unk>  exclusively. African-American women have persistently low rates of<unk>  compared to White and Hispanic American women. In 2014, 58.1% of African-American women breastfeed in the early postpartum period, compared to 77.7% of White women and 80.6% of Hispanic women.<unk>  rates in different parts of China vary considerably. Rates in the United Kingdom were the lowest in the world in 2015 with only 0.5% of mothers still<unk>  at a year, while in Germany 23% are doing so, 56% in Brazil and 99% in Senegal. In Australia for children born in 2004, more than 90% were initially breastfed. In Canada for children born in 2005–06, more than 50% were only breastfed and more than 15% received both breastmilk and other liquids, by the age of 3 months.
Breastfeeding
Human–animal breastfeeding
Infant formula
Breast milk
Home birth
Parenteral nutrition
Dieting
Infant bathing