2007 Breastfeeding Challenge Results

In its seventh year, the Quintessence Foundation’s Breastfeeding Challenge spanned three countries, including all thirteen Canadian provinces and Territories, two sites in Ukraine, and 25 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. With just 25 of 250 sites yet to report their results, it is clear that over 5,374 babies participated in the simultaneous breastfeeding challenge! The winners of the challenge are determined by the number of babies participating in a particular region (province, state, territory) compared to the birth rate for that region. While the results are still unofficial, the current winners are:

~ Category A Regions ~
more than 50,000 births per year
(1) Quebec, Canada 30
(2) Ontario, Canada 8.7
(3) Texas, US 0.4

~ Category B Regions ~
10,000 to 50,000 births per year
(1) British Columbia, Canada 6.1
(2) Nova Scotia, Canada 2.7
(3) Manitoba, Canada 2.6

~ Category C Regions ~
less than 10,000 births per year
(1) Yukon, Canada 2.7
(2) North West Territories, Canada 1.8
(3) Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1

The largest site was Montréal-Pl Bonaventure, with 445 babies participating. The largest region was Quebec, Canada, with 2,192 babies participating. The region with the largest number of challenge sites was Ontario, Canada, with 52 sites. Congratulations to all the participants on a successful challenge!