Height Data: Chinese Girls

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 Girls, Supine Length in Centimeters

Age in				Percentile
Months	3	10	25	50	75	90	97
1	49.74	50.94	52.15	53.50	54.85	56.06	57.26
2	53.35	54.61	55.88	57.30	58.72	59.99	61.25
3	55.76	57.08	58.41	59.90	61.39	62.72	64.04
4	57.68	59.06	60.45	62.00	63.55	64.94	66.32
5	59.19	60.63	62.08	63.70	65.32	66.77	68.21
6	60.70	62.20	63.71	65.40	67.09	68.60	70.10
7	62.10	63.60	65.11	66.80	68.49	70.00	71.50
8	63.41	64.97	66.54	68.30	70.06	71.63	73.19
9	64.81	66.37	67.94	69.70	71.46	73.03	74.59
10	65.91	67.47	69.04	70.80	72.56	74.13	75.69
11	66.82	68.44	70.07	71.90	73.73	75.36	76.98
12	67.74	69.42	71.11	73.00	74.89	76.58	78.26
15	70.15	71.89	73.64	75.60	77.56	79.31	81.05
18	72.46	74.26	76.07	78.10	80.13	81.94	83.74
21	74.57	76.43	78.30	80.40	82.50	84.37	86.23
Age in Years
2	76.50	78.48	80.47	82.70	84.93	86.92	88.90
2.5	80.43	82.59	84.77	87.20	89.63	91.81	93.97
3	84.06	86.34	88.63	91.20	93.77	96.06	98.34
3.5	87.08	89.48	91.90	94.60	97.30	99.72	102.12
4	90.39	92.85	95.33	98.10	100.87	103.35	105.81
4.5	93.10	95.62	98.16	101.00	103.84	106.38	108.90
5	95.23	97.87	100.53	103.50	106.47	109.13	111.77

Chinese Girls, Supine Length in Inches

				Percentile
Months	3	10	25	50	75	90	97
1	19.6	20.1	20.5	21.1	21.6	22.1	22.5
2	21.0	21.5	22.0	22.6	23.1	23.6	24.1
3	22.0	22.5	23.0	23.6	24.2	24.7	25.2
4	22.7	23.3	23.8	24.4	25.0	25.6	26.1
5	23.3	23.9	24.4	25.1	25.7	26.3	26.9
6	23.9	24.5	25.1	25.7	26.4	27.0	27.6
7	24.4	25.0	25.6	26.3	27.0	27.6	28.1
8	25.0	25.6	26.2	26.9	27.6	28.2	28.8
9	25.5	26.1	26.7	27.4	28.1	28.8	29.4
10	25.9	26.6	27.2	27.9	28.6	29.2	29.8
11	26.3	26.9	27.6	28.3	29.0	29.7	30.3
12	26.7	27.3	28.0	28.7	29.5	30.2	30.8
15	27.6	28.3	29.0	29.8	30.5	31.2	31.9
18	28.5	29.2	29.9	30.7	31.5	32.3	33.0
21	29.4	30.1	30.8	31.7	32.5	33.2	33.9
Age in Years
2	30.1	30.9	31.7	32.6	33.4	34.2	35.0
2.5	31.7	32.5	33.4	34.3	35.3	36.1	37.0
3	33.1	34.0	34.9	35.9	36.9	37.8	38.7
3.5	34.3	35.2	36.2	37.2	38.3	39.3	40.2
4	35.6	36.6	37.5	38.6	39.7	40.7	41.7
4.5	36.7	37.6	38.6	39.8	40.9	41.9	42.9
5	37.5	38.5	39.6	40.7	41.9	43.0	44.0

Chinese Girls, Standing Height in Centimeters

				Percentile
Age in Years	3	10	25	50	75	90	97
6	101.2	104.0	106.8	110.0	113.2	116.0	118.8
7	105.1	108.2	111.3	114.7	118.1	121.2	124.3
8	109.5	112.8	116.2	120.0	123.8	127.2	130.5
9	113.4	117.2	120.9	125.1	129.3	133.0	136.8
10	117.9	121.9	126.0	130.5	135.0	139.1	143.1
11	123.1	127.4	131.7	136.6	141.5	145.8	150.1
12	129.9	134.4	138.9	144.0	149.1	153.6	158.1
13	137.0	141.2	145.3	150.0	154.7	158.8	163.0
14	142.5	146.2	149.9	154.0	158.1	161.8	165.5
15	145.2	148.5	151.7	155.4	159.1	162.3	165.6
16	146.2	149.2	152.2	155.6	159.0	162.0	165.0
17	146.4	149.3	152.3	155.6	158.9	161.9	164.8
18	146.8	149.6	152.4	155.6	158.8	161.6	164.4

Chinese Girls, Standing Height in Inches

				Percentile
Age in Years	3	10	25	50	75	90	97
6	39.8	40.9	42.1	43.3	44.6	45.7	46.8
7	41.4	42.6	43.8	45.2	46.5	47.7	48.9
8	43.1	44.4	45.8	47.2	48.7	50.1	51.4
9	44.7	46.1	47.6	49.3	50.9	52.4	53.8
10	46.4	48.0	49.6	51.4	53.2	54.8	56.3
11	48.5	50.2	51.9	53.8	55.7	57.4	59.1
12	51.1	52.9	54.7	56.7	58.7	60.5	62.2
13	53.9	55.6	57.2	59.1	60.9	62.5	64.2
14	56.1	57.6	59.0	60.6	62.3	63.7	65.1
15	57.2	58.5	59.7	61.2	62.6	63.9	65.2
16	57.6	58.7	59.9	61.3	62.6	63.8	65.0
17	57.6	58.8	60.0	61.3	62.6	63.7	64.9
18	57.8	58.9	60.0	61.3	62.5	63.6	64.7

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