Actually, many studies suggest that the lowweight African-American babies demonstrate a statistical survival advantage over other U.S. races (example: J Perinatol. 2004 Jun;24(6):343-50. CONCLUSION: The survival advantage of VLBW black females persists and remains unexplained.) The term African-Amer babies having comparably lower survival rates vs. caucasian. Here's a clip from another article: "the lower birthweight among Asian populations poses no obstacle to achieving superior infant survival." Int J of Epidem 2002;31:654-660 Can't find stats about African-English low-weight infant survival -- in light of their far-higher breastfeeding I'd imagine it to be much better than African-American *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html