Table 8 Percentage of Inuit children aged 0 to 3 years breastfed, by Inuit region and for all children in Canada, 2001

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Table 8
Percentage of Inuit children aged 0 to 3 years breastfed, by Inuit region and for all children in Canada, 2001
	Inuvialuit Region	Nunavut	Nunavik	Labrador	All Inuit children in Canada¹	All children in Canada²
	percent
0 to 3 year olds ever or currently breastfed	67	61	64	78	66	80
Number of months ever or currently breastfed
Less than 3 months	x	14^E	24^E	x	17^E	33
3 to 6 months	x	23^E	28^E	x	24	33
More than 6 months	36^E	63	49	56^E	59	34
1. Includes the four Inuit regions as well as Inuit living outside of these regions, mainly in larger cities in southern Canada.
2. Excluded are children living in the territories. However, some Inuit children living elsewhere in Canada may be included here.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2001, The Well-Being of Canada's Young Children 2002, National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), Cycle 3, 1998/1999.