Height Data: Chinese Boys

Last Revised: 6/13/98

These tables contain data calculated from values in the publication: "Standards of Height and Weight of Southern Chinese Children"; K.S.F Chang, Marjorie M.C. Lee, W.D. Low, Sylvia Chui, and Mary Chow; Far East Medical Journal, 1 101-109 (1965).

Chinese Boys, Supine Length in Centimeters

				Percentile
Age in Months	3	10	25	50	75	90	97
1	50.53	51.67	52.82	54.10	55.38	56.53	57.67
2	54.44	55.64	56.85	58.20	59.55	60.76	61.96
3	57.15	58.41	59.68	61.10	62.52	63.79	65.05
4	59.26	60.58	61.91	63.40	64.89	66.22	67.54
5	61.16	62.48	63.81	65.30	66.79	68.12	69.44
6	62.68	64.06	65.45	67.00	68.55	69.94	71.32
7	63.89	65.33	66.78	68.40	70.02	71.47	72.91
8	65.00	66.50	68.01	69.70	71.39	72.90	74.40
9	66.21	67.77	69.34	71.10	72.86	74.43	75.99
10	67.31	68.87	70.44	72.20	73.96	75.53	77.09
11	68.12	69.74	71.37	73.20	75.03	76.66	78.28
12	69.04	70.72	72.41	74.30	76.19	77.88	79.56
15	71.36	73.16	74.97	77.00	79.03	80.84	82.64
18	73.67	75.53	77.40	79.50	81.60	83.47	85.33
21	75.80	77.78	79.77	82.00	84.23	86.22	88.20
Age in Years
2	78.11	80.15	82.20	84.50	86.80	88.85	90.89
2.5	82.42	84.52	86.63	89.00	91.37	93.48	95.58
3	85.84	88.06	90.30	92.80	95.30	97.54	99.76
3.5	89.16	91.44	93.73	96.30	98.87	101.16	103.44
4	92.17	94.51	96.86	99.50	102.14	104.49	106.83
4.5	95.17	97.51	99.86	102.50	105.14	107.49	109.83
5	97.58	99.98	102.40	105.10	107.80	110.22	112.62

Chinese Boys, Supine Length in Inches

				Percentile
Age in Months	3	10	25	50	75	90	97
1	19.9	20.3	20.8	21.3	21.8	22.3	22.7
2	21.4	21.9	22.4	22.9	23.4	23.9	24.4
3	22.5	23.0	23.5	24.1	24.6	25.1	25.6
4	23.3	23.9	24.4	25.0	25.5	26.1	26.6
5	24.1	24.6	25.1	25.7	26.3	26.8	27.3
6	24.7	25.2	25.8	26.4	27.0	27.5	28.1
7	25.2	25.7	26.3	26.9	27.6	28.1	28.7
8	25.6	26.2	26.8	27.4	28.1	28.7	29.3
9	26.1	26.7	27.3	28.0	28.7	29.3	29.9
10	26.5	27.1	27.7	28.4	29.1	29.7	30.3
11	26.8	27.5	28.1	28.8	29.5	30.2	30.8
12	27.2	27.8	28.5	29.3	30.0	30.7	31.3
15	28.1	28.8	29.5	30.3	31.1	31.8	32.5
18	29.0	29.7	30.5	31.3	32.1	32.9	33.6
21	29.8	30.6	31.4	32.3	33.2	33.9	34.7
Age in Years
2	30.8	31.6	32.4	33.3	34.2	35.0	35.8
2.5	32.4	33.3	34.1	35.0	36.0	36.8	37.6
3	33.8	34.7	35.6	36.5	37.5	38.4	39.3
3.5	35.1	36.0	36.9	37.9	38.9	39.8	40.7
4	36.3	37.2	38.1	39.2	40.2	41.1	42.1
4.5	37.5	38.4	39.3	40.4	41.4	42.3	43.2
5	38.4	39.4	40.3	41.4	42.4	43.4	44.3

Chinese Boys, Standing Height in Centimeters

				Percentile
Age in Years	3	10	25	50	75	90	97
6	101.1	104.2	107.3	110.7	114.1	117.2	120.3
7	105.5	108.7	111.9	115.5	119.1	122.3	125.5
8	110.2	113.5	116.8	120.5	124.2	127.5	130.8
9	114.5	117.9	121.3	125.2	129.1	132.5	135.9
10	118.5	122.2	125.9	130.0	134.1	137.8	141.5
11	122.4	126.4	130.3	134.8	139.3	143.2	147.2
12	126.3	130.7	135.1	140.0	144.9	149.3	153.7
13	131.6	136.5	141.5	147.0	152.5	157.5	162.4
14	140.9	145.6	150.3	155.6	160.9	165.6	170.3
15	149.1	153.1	157.0	161.5	166.0	169.9	173.9
16	154.0	157.5	161.0	164.9	168.8	172.3	175.8
17	156.8	160.0	163.2	166.8	170.4	173.6	176.8
18	157.4	160.5	163.6	167.0	170.4	173.5	176.6

Chinese Boys, Standing Height in Inches

				Percentile
Age in Years	3	10	25	50	75	90	97
6	39.8	41.0	42.2	43.6	44.9	46.2	47.4
7	41.5	42.8	44.1	45.5	46.9	48.1	49.4
8	43.4	44.7	46.0	47.4	48.9	50.2	51.5
9	45.1	46.4	47.8	49.3	50.8	52.2	53.5
10	46.7	48.1	49.6	51.2	52.8	54.3	55.7
11	48.2	49.7	51.3	53.1	54.8	56.4	58.0
12	49.7	51.4	53.2	55.1	57.1	58.8	60.5
13	51.8	53.7	55.7	57.9	60.1	62.0	63.9
14	55.5	57.3	59.2	61.3	63.3	65.2	67.0
15	58.7	60.3	61.8	63.6	65.3	66.9	68.5
16	60.6	62.0	63.4	64.9	66.5	67.8	69.2
17	61.7	63.0	64.3	65.7	67.1	68.3	69.6
18	62.0	63.2	64.4	65.7	67.1	68.3	69.5

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