Idaho #1 In Breastfeeding Moms

Health officials say breast-feeding rates continue to inch up: Now more than 3 in 4 mothers try to breast-feed their newborns. Breast-feeding rates remain highest in Idaho and lowest in Mississippi. Experts attribute that to regional differences in culture and workplace policies that support breast-feeding. Wednesday’s report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that 77 percent of moms tried breast-feeding in 2010. A decade earlier it was 71 percent. The percent still breast-feeding a year later rose to 27 percent from 16 percent in 2000. The report comes from a national telephone survey of more than 8,000 parents and caretakers of small children/ Mike Stobbe , AP Medical Writer. More here. (AP file photo)

Question: Why is Idaho first re: number of breastfeeding moms, when it’s last or close to last in so many other areas?