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Nationally representative samples of 1204 infants who died between 28 days and 1 year from causes other than congenital anomaly or malignant tumor (cases of postneonatal death) and 7740 children who were still alive at 1 year (controls) were included. We calculated overall and cause-specific odds ratios for ever\/never breastfeeding among all children, conducted race and birth weight\u2013specific analyses, and looked for duration\u2013response effects.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Results. Overall, children who were ever breastfed had 0.79 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.67\u20130.93) times the risk of never breastfed children for dying in the postneonatal period. Longer breastfeeding was associated with lower risk. Odds ratios by cause of death varied from 0.59 (95% CI: 0.38\u20130.94) for injuries to 0.84 (95% CI: 0.67\u20131.05) for sudden infant death syndrome.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Conclusions. Breastfeeding is associated with a reduction in risk for postneonatal death. This large data set allowed robust estimates and control of confounding, but the effects of breast milk and breastfeeding cannot be separated completely from other characteristics of the mother and child. 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