21.   Every six minutes a black baby is born at a low birth weight.

22.   For twins, the risk of low birth weight is the same whether the babies were conceived naturally or in a lab.

23.   Health professionals who combat infant mortality often focus on low birth weight - a baby born too early, too small.

24.   Health professionals who combat infant mortality often focus on low birth weight and premature births.

25.   Historically, low birth weights have occurred largely among poor young minority women, and have tended to be a sign of faulty nutrition and prenatal care.

26.   It cuts down on low birth weights, anemia and infant mortality.

27.   Low birth weight and infant death rates were higher among children of less-educated mothers than more-educated mothers.

28.   Low birth weight for so many black children itself impedes improved education.

29.   Low birth weight is the leading cause of black infant deaths in Genesee County, but that can be helped by healthy eating and not smoking.

30.   Ms. Tepper cautioned that factors other than poor institutional care, such as fetal alcohol syndrome and low birth weight, may be a cause of the problems.