Data from the

NATIONAL HEALTH SURVEY

Series 11

Number 219

Basic Data on Anthropometric

Measurementsand Angular

Measurementsof the Hip and

KneeJointsfor SelectedAge Groups

1-74 Years of Age

United States, 1971-1975

Presents findings of the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey on body measurements and angular measurements of

the hip and knee joints of the U.S. population, 1-74 years of age,

by age, sex, and race, 1971-75. Smoothed percentile distributions

of selected body measurements (triceps and subscapular skinfolds,

and upper arm girth) attained at specific chronoIogic ages from 2 to

18 years are aIso presented.

DHHS Publication No. (PHS) 81-1669

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES

Public Health Service

Office of the Health Research, Statistics and Technology

National Center for Health Statistics

Hyattsville, Md. April 1981
NATIONAL CEN1-ERFOR HEALTH STATISTICS

DOROTHY P. RICE, DirectotROBERT A. ISRAEL, Deputy Director

JACOB J. FELDMAN, Ph.D., Associate Director for Analysis and Epidemiology

GAIL F. FISHER, Ph. D., Associate Directo,rfor the Cooperative Health Statistics System

GARRIE J. LOSEE, Associate Director for Data Processing and Services

ALVAN O. ZARATE, Ph. D., Assistant Director for International Statistics

E. EARL BRYANT, Associate DirectoiVfor Interview and Examination Statistics

ROBERT C. HUBER, Associate Director for Management

MONROE G. SIRKEN, Ph.D.j Associate Director for Research and Methodology

PETER L. HURLEY, Associate Director for Vital and Health Care Statistics

ALICE HAYWOOI), Information Officer

DIVISION OF HEALTH EXAMINATION STATISTICS

R(JBERT soM~[RpHy, Director

MARY GRACE KOVAR, Acting Deputy Director

SIDNEY ABRAHAM, ChieJ Ah&itional Statistics Branch

KURT R. MAURER, Acting Chie$ Survey Planning and Development Branch

DIVISION OF DIATA SERVICES

PHILLIP R. BEATTIE, Director

DAVID L. LARSON, Acting Chie~ Health Examination Field Operations Branch

COOPERATION OF THE U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

In accordance with specifications established by the National Center for Health Statistics, the

Bureau of the Census, under a contracturd agreement, participated in the design and selection of

the sample, and carried out the first stage of the field interviewing and certain parts of the

statistical processing.

Vital and Health Statistics-Series 11-No. 219

DHHS Publication No. (PHS) 81-1669

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Basic data on anthropometry and angular measurements of the hip and knee joints, for selected groups 1-74 years of age, United States, 1971-1975.

(Vital and health statistics : Series 11, Data from the National Health Survey ; no. 2 19)

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Includes bibliographical references.

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1. Anthropometry–United States. 2. Hip joint. 3. Knee. I. Johnson, Clifford L.

II. Series: United States. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital and health statistics :

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PREFACE

The National Center for Health Statistics has as its mission the collection,

analysis, and dissemination of data on the health of the population of the United

States. One of the major programs is the National Health Examination Survey, in

which extensive examinations of a sample of the U.S. population are conducted.

Data from this survey have been published periodically in Series 11 reports of

Vital and Health Statistics.

Historically, the published documents in Series 11 present only a small fraction of the availabl: data. In order to make additional data available for users, the

Center has for many years had a policy of preparing public use tapes for purchase

by persons interested in more detailed analysis or analysis of additional variables

not published in Series 11 reports. However, these data are only accessible to persons with computers and support staff who can read, interpret, and analyze the

data. In order to make these data more generally accessible to many users and, in

particular, to persons not able to directly use data tapes, the Division of Health

Examination Statistics, in the autumn of 1977, initiated a program to release,

along with the data tapes, basic descriptive summary tables of data contained in

those tapes. These tabular summaries have been termed “basic data publications,”

of which this report is one.

These basic data publications present findings of the first National Health and

Nutrition Examination Survey of 1971-75. For each of the data sets, these publications include information on the methods used to collect the data, a descriptive

summary of the tables included, an index to the tables, and the tables themselves.

An appendix describes the basic format of the associated data tape. More detailed

information on use of the data for additional analysis is avaiIable on request from

the staff of the Division of Health Examination Statistics.

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CONTENTS

Preface ................................................................................................................................................... . iii

Introduction .............................................................. ..................................... .................... ....................

Methods .................................................................................................................................................

Anthropometric Measurements .........................................................................................................

Goniometic Measurements ................................. ..............................................................................

Fmdin@ ......... ........................................................................................................................................

Anthropometric Measurements .........................................................................................................

Goniometric Measurements ....................................... ........................................................................

References ......................................... ................................................................................................. ....

List of Detailed Tables ...........................................................................................................................

Appendixes . .

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II.

III.

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Statistical Notes .......................................................................... ..............................................

Demographic Terms ..................................................................................................................

Data Tape Summary ......... ................ ................................................... ..................... ................

Meswring Procedures and Definitions ................... ....................................................................

LIST OF FIGURES

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Median triceps skinfold for persons ages 1-74 years, by age and sex: United States, 1971 -74 .........

Median triceps skinfold for persons ages 1-74 years, by age, race, and sex: United

States, 1971.74 ............................................................................................................................

Median subscapular skinfold for persons ages 1-74 years, by age and sex: United States, 1971 -74..

Median subscapular sldnfold for persons ages 1-74 years, by age, race, snd sex: United States,

1971-74 ...................... ...... .................... ........ ........ ........................................................................

Smoothed percentiles of triceps skinfold for boys ages 2-18 years, by age: United States,

1963-65, 1966-70, and 1971-74 .................... ............ ................ ..................................................

Smoothed percentiles of triceps skinfold for girls ages 2-18 years, by age: United States,

1963-65, 1966-70, and 1971-74 ................................ ...................... .................... ........................

Smoothed percentiles of subscapular skinfold for boys ages 2-18 years, by age: United States,

1963-65, 1966-70, and 1971-74 ......... .. .......................................... .................................... .........

Smoothed percentiles of subscapular skinfold for girls ages 2-18 years, by age: United States,

196S-65, 1966-70, and 1971-74 ........... ...... ........ ...................... ...... ...................... .......................

Smoothed percentiles of upper arm girth for boys ages 2-18 years, by age: United States,

1963-65, 1966-70, and 1971-74 ... ...................... .........................................................................

Smoothed percendfes of upper arm girth for girls agrs 2-18 years, by age: United States,

1963-65, 1966-70, and 1971-74 ............................... ...... ........ ........ .............................................

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Basic Data on Anthropometric Measurements and Angular

Measurements of the Hip and Knee Joints

For Selected Age Groups 1-74 Years of Age

Clifford L. Johnson, M.S .PH., Robinson Fulwood, M.S.PH., Sidney Abraham, and

Janet D. Bryner, Division of Health Examination Statistics

INTRODUCTION

This report presents findings on anthropometnc and goniometric measurements from the

first National Health and Nutrition Examination

Survey, 1971-75. The survey, conducted by the

Division of Health Examination Statistics of the

National Center for Health Statistics, was designed to collect data by direct examination of

probability samples of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population 1-74 years. Data included measures of nutritional status as weIl as

an assessment of hezdth and medical care needs.

The sample persons were examined in specially constructed mobile examination centers

that were moved from location to location

around the country. The field teams included

professional and paraprofessionzd mediczd and

dental examiners and technicians, interviewers,

and other staff who traveled to various locations. A detailed description of the specific content and plan of operation of the survey, including the sample design and forms used to collect the data, has been pubIished.1,2

The NationaI Center for Health Statistics has

also published data on body measurements collected during Cycles I, II, and III of the National

Health Examination Survey-data was collected

in 1960-62 for adults ages 18-79 years (Cycle I),

in 1963-65 for children ages 6-11 years (Cycle

II), and in 1966-70 for youths ages 12-17

years (Cycle 111). If the reader is interested in

acquiring any of these reports, the Current

Listing and Topical Index to the Vital and

Health Statistics Series 1962-19773 should be

consulted.

The age, sex, and race distribution of the

U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population at

the midpoint of the survey and the distribution

of the probability sample drawn from it are presented in appendix 1. AIso in appendix I, the statistical design for the first National Health and

Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I) and

the reliability of the estimates are discussed. An

illustration of the use of the standard error estimates and a formula for approximating standard

errors for estimates shown in the body measurement tables of this report are also presented in

appendix I.

The definitions of certain demographic

terms used in this report are found in appendix II. A summary of the anthropometic and

goniometric contents of the micro data tape used

in preparation of this report is found in appendix 111.Microdata tapes, including the one from

which the findings in this report were prepared,

are available for purchase by persons interested

in more detailed analysis. The sample distribution of all the variables on the microdata tapes

can be found in the respective tape documentatation. Appendix IV contains methods and definitions used in the collection of anthropometric

and goniometric measures.
METHODS

Anthropometric Measurements

The examinees changed from their street

clothing into disposable paper examination uniforms and foam rubber slippers designed to facilitate and standardize as many elements of the

examination as possible. Body measurements

were made at various times throughout the day

at each examination center and in different seasons of the year and, thus, body measurements

were not standardized with regard to diurnal and

seasonal variations.

Trained technicians, using standardized anthropometric equipment, made measurements

quickly and at an acceptable level ojf accuracy

and replicability. Multiple measurements were

taken until two results agreed within specified

limits. One member of the examining team, who

was responsible for observing and correcting any

error in the measurement technique while aiding

in the positioning of the examinee, acted as a

recorder.

Where possible and applicable, all measurements were taken on the right side of the body.

Left side measurements were taken if the right

side could not be used because of casts, amputations, or any other reasons. Detailed explanations of the procedures used to determine the

body measurements included in this report are

found in appendix IV.

NHANES I primarily provided anthropometric data to evaluate the nutritional and

health status of the population in regard to

growth, obesity, skeletal, and muscular development. Such evaluation depends prinlcipa.lly on

the physical measurements of the body and

comparisons with suitable standards of selected

items of body measurements. Body measurements depend, in part, on the supply of nutrients and, thus, provided one method of assessing

nutritional status. Heights and weights axe informative though limited in terms of body composition. Body weight is influenced by such

components as bone, muscle, and fat. The separation into its primary components provides the

framework for description of the population’s

nutritional status. Therefore, the anthropometnc battery included height, sitting height,

weight, skinfold

lar), upper arm

thickness (triceps and sul~scapugirth, and body dimensions (elbow and bitrochanteric breadths). Also included

were measurements of chest circumference of

children 1-7 years of age and a special sublsample

of adults 25-74 years of age. In addition, these

body measurements provide indices of overweight, obesity, and muscularityy. Height,

weight, growth, overweight, and obesity findings

have been published in previous reportsl~ and

will not be presented in this report.

The cross-sectional data on body measurements were obtained on persons of different

ages who represent different birth cohorts. The

age trends show the body measurement values

for successive birth cohorts of persons who were

of different ages when examined and reff,ect the

effect of different environmental as well as

hereditary influences. The limitations of crosssectional data in contrast to longitudinal data

are recognized in considering changes with age.

As suggested by the recommendations concerning body measurements for the characterization of nutritional status,g skinfold thickness

measurements were taken with a Lange s:kinfold

caliper that was calibrated to exert a pressure of

10 g per square millimeter of jaw surface. These

measurements of adipose tissue are, thus, contained in the subcutaneous fat deposit that can

be characterized quantitatively by measuring the

thickness of the skinfolds.

The measurement of skinfold thickness is

one of a number of methodsl 0-1z used to determine the body fatness of individuals. It is less

involved, does not require sophisticated hardware, and can provide accurate results. In this

regard, the taking of skinfolds has distinct advantages. Their measurement does not require

elaborate, expensive, or timely procedures and,

particularly for field studies, are recommended

as an integral element in body composition research.13 The taking of skinfolds is the easiest

and most direct approach to the measurement of

body fat. The validity of skinfolds as measures

of body fat has been proven an acceptable survey method. This approach involves the measurement of a double fold of subcutaneous tissue

plus skin, pulled away from the underlying tissue at a predetermined site on the body.
With regard to skeletal structure, two direct

anthropom~tric measures were taken-elbow and

bitrochanteric breadth; both measures are unaffected by degree of adiposity and are closely

representative of bony dimensions.

Upper arm girth is a measure of three body

components—bone, muscle, and fat. The upper

arm diameter, corrected for the thickness of the

layer of subcutaneous fat (triceps skinfold

thickness), may serve as a criterion of muscular

development.

Goniometric Measurements

Goniometry means the measurement of angles. More specifically, in the NHANES I survey,

it means the measurement in degrees of the

range of motion of specific joints whose natural

anatomical position is generally considered to be

zero degrees. All goniometric measurements

were taken with a double-armed Universal goniometer, pivoted over the axis of motion of the

joint of interest. Since the axis of motion could

shift somewhat if the joint were to move, care

was taken to make sure the pivot of the goniometer was as close as possible to the axis when

the measurements were made.

Goniometric measurements were taken to

ascertain the range of motion of certain joints in

a special subset of NHANES I adults 25-74 years

of age. Specifically, 16 measurements were takeq

involving the extension, flexion, abduction, adduction, internal and external rotation of both

hips, and extension and flexion of the knees. No

goniometric findings are presented in this report

for adduction of the right and left hip and extension of the right and left knee since few sample persons were found to have nonnormal values for these measures. Detailed explanations of

the procedures used in the goniometric examination are given in appendix IV.

Using a procedure similar to that utilized in

the determination of body measurements, two

technicians were employed in the collection of

goniometnc data in an attempt to insure accurate reading and recording of the measurements.

One of the technicians acted as the examiner

while the second technician recorded the measurements on the examinee’s form. As each

measurement was completed, its wdue was dictated to the recorder. The recorder repeated the

value aloud for verification and then entered it

on the examinee’s form.

These efforts to reduce errors may not have

been sufficient. The original plan called for the

collection of this data for all 65 stands of the

survey, but investigations into the quality of the

data showed that a satisfactory level of reproducibility was not being achieved. The collection

of goniometnc data was discontinued after the

35 stand subsarnple was complete.

In this context, reproducibility is defined as

the equaIity or similarity of replicated values of

the same measurement on the same person. Reproducibility is a function of both technician

performance and the inherent variability of the

given measurement. The inherent variability is in

turn, at least partially, a function of the degree

of effort-dependence with the more effortdependent measurement being generally less

reproducible.

Most goniometnc measurements are highly

effort-dependent. In light of the strenuous efforts made to maximize technician performance

and recording accuracy, it seems likely that the

lack of reproducibility is due almost entirely to

the inherent variability (effort-dependency) of

the measurements; therefore, technician retraining or procedural modifications would not significantly increase the level of reproducibilityy.

When a satisfactory reproducibility criterion

is not met, making inferences solely from estimates derived from the data may be somewhat

misleading. However, if inferences have to be

made, this subsample of 35 stands represents the

best estimates available. Moreover, the goniometric data may be used with other data gathered in the survey to collectively produce more

reliable estimates of specific health conditions in

the civilian noninstitutionalized population of

the United States~

FINDINGS

Arrthropornetric Measurements

Tables 1-27 present basic anthropometric

data from NHANES I by age, sex, and race. In

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timates, the tables ;nclude for e;ch age group

means for the specified measurements, standard

deviations, and selected percentiles from the 5th

through the 95th.

Triceps and subscapular skinfolds. –Comparisons in this report of skinfold measures are

based on medians rather than means since the

marked skewness of the skinfold distributions

suggests the use of the median as the better

measure of central tendency.

The differences between sexes in limb fat, as

measured by the triceps skinfold, are particularly evident in adults (tables 1-4 and figure 1).

In 22 of the 24 age groups from 1-74 years

shown in the tables, the median triceps skinfold

females exceeded those for males. In

the other two age groups (ages 1 year and 2

years), the median triceps skinfolds for males

and females were equal.

After age 11, the median triceps skinfold

values for females substantially exceeded those

values for males, reaching a peak of 2!5 mm

(millimeters) at ages 45-64 years. The peak triceps value for males was only 12 mm and was

reached at ages 25-44 years.

With one exception, the observed n~edian

triceps skinfold for white males was greatei than

that for black males for all the selecte# age

groups (figure 2). The pattern observed fbr females was different. In the age groups 1 year to

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females had higher mean values than white females, and in the older age groups, they had the

largest observed mean values of all four sex-race

groups. Since bone and muscle do not increase

at these ages, the increases in upper arm girth for

black women are probably due to larger increases in arm subcutaneous tissue.

Elbow breadth. –The differences in elbow

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females increased and remained fairly constant

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Other body measurements.-Tables 17-20

present findings for sitting height, a measure of

upper and lower extremity lengths. Due to a

procedural problem, many sitting height measures for children 2 years of age were not done.

While information for 2 year olds is presented in

this report, the data do not represent a national

probability sample and are included for comparative purposes only. Distributions of bitrochante~ic breadth are found in tables 21-24.

Table 25 presents findings for chest circumference of children 1-7 years of age. In addition,

chest circumferences at full inspiration and full

expiration are presented for a special subsample

of adults 25-74 years of age (tables 26 and 27).

Czme smoothing. –In addition to presenting

observed dktributions of skinfolds and upper

arm girth (arm circumference) for chiIdren ages

1-17 years from NHANES I, smoothed percentile curves are presented. These curves were pro:

duced by utilizing the same smoothing technique employed in the production of the NCHS

Growth Charts.8 The National Health Examination Survey Cycles II and 111and NHANES I

data were pooled for persons aged 1-20 by sex

and half-year age groups as shown in tables 28-

30, and smoothed percentile curves were derived

for children aged 2-18 years. The data for the

smoothed percentile triceps skinfold, subscapular skinfold, and upper arm girth curves for

children aged 2-18 years by sex and half-year age

groups are presented in tables 31-33; the corresponding smoothed percentile curves are

shown in figures 5-10.

The skinfold thickness percentiles provide

distributions of these measures among the U.S.

population of children and youth ages 2-18

years from 1963-74. The general concensus is

that some proportion of the U.S. population in

both children and adults is probably too fat.

Presently, it is inappropriate to conclude that a

skinfold thickness above or below some arbitrary

percentile or number is unacceptable; available

data are insufficient to define or valdate risks of

relative fatness. We do know that the subscapuIar skinfold correlates better with serum total

cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, and

blood pressure than the triceps skinfold

does}q-1s We also know that both the triceps

and subscapular skinfolds seem to correlate

better with estimates of total body fat in children than weight, height, weight-for-height

ratios, or power functions of weight and height

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From examination of central data, that is,

the 25th to 75th percentiles, the secular change

among children of the same sex and age examined in 1963-65 and 1971-74 does not appear to

have been significant. This finding suggests that

these percentiles, which incorporate both periods, can provide useful references for comparisons with other populations of children such as

those included in nutrition surveys or in nutrition surveillance programs.

With the merger of data from NHES II,

NHES 111, and NHANES I, reasonable numbers

of children represented in the given age and sex

groups exist. Still, the percentile curves as presented have been smoothed considerably from

the observed data.

This finding is especially true at the 5th,

10th, 90th, and 95th percentiles. Clinical emphasis in use of these skinfold curves will be

focused largely at the extremes, that is, is this

child too fat or too skinny? However, considerable caution must be exercised in use of these

reference data to avoid identifying or labelling

individual children included in surveys or screening programs as excessively lean (thin) or fat

(obese) on the basis of single skinfold measurements.

It is more difficult to measure triceps or subscapular skinfolds in the infant than in the older

child or adolescent. The clinician dealing with

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preschool children and preadolescents may prefer to measure weight and height periodically

and measure skinfolds only when weight-forheight shows a trend towards higher percentiles.

Skinfolds should be measured periodically

throughout childhood, thereby providing a potentially useful indicator of the trend of relative

fatness in the individual child. Knowledge of

this trend during the preadolescent years may be

helpful in interpreting skinfold thickness measurements during adolescence.

Although these percentiles constitute ,distributions of triceps and subscapular skinfold

thickness for U.S. children at various ages, they

should not be interpreted as fat growth curves.

Differences in fatness reflecting racial and socioeconomic differences are obscured within these

percentiles. This situation is especially true during adolescence where differences in relative

fatness in individuals of the same sex, chronologic age, race, and socioeconomic status are

found. These differences in relative fatness re8
40

35

5

0 1 1 t I I I I I I

I

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

AGE IN YEARS

Figure 6. Smoothed percentiles of triceps skinfold for girls ages 2-18 years, by age: United States, 1963-65, 1966-70, and 1971-74

fleet differences in maturation with the earlymaturing individual tending to manifest the preadolescent “fat growth spurt” sooner than the

late-maturing individual.

Goniometric Measurements

A description of the measuring techniques

and diagrams used in the goniometric examination is located in appendix IV.

Extension of right and left hip. –About 90

percent of the adult population is capable of extending each hip in the range of 170-150 degrees

(tables 34 and 35). Of those individuals incapable of extending their right hip into the range of

175 degrees or less (e.g., who could move it

no more than 5 degrees from the 180 degree

plane), approximately 6.4 percent are females,

3.4 percent are males, 4.5 percent are white, and

9.7 percent are black. Of those incapable of extending their left hlp less than 175 degrees, approximately 5.5 percent are females, 2.1 percent are males, 3.4 percent are white, and 8.4

9
40

35

30

25

20

15

10

5

0

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

AGE IN YEARS

Figure 7. Smoothed percentiles of subscapular skinfold for boys ages 2-18 years, by age: United States, 1963-65, 1966-70, and 1971-74

percent are black. In general, a larger proportion

of females and white adults are capable of extending their hips through a larger arc (as measured here a smaller angle) than males and black

adults.

Abduction of raght and left hip. –Tables 36

and 37 show that 16.3 percent of adults can

abduct either hip 145 degrees or more.

Flexion of right and left hip. –Tables 38 and

39 present findings on the flexion of the right

and left hip. About 25 percent of the black

population, compared with about 49 percent of

the white population, have flexion of the right

hip less than 60 degrees. Correspondingly,’ for

the left flexion, the proportions were 31 and 50

percent, respectively. Noted is the tremendous

difference in the proportions between black and

white persons who are capable of flexing their

hips to small angles. There is virtually no difference in the proportions for males and females

with flexion of the right or left hip less than 60

degrees.

Internal and external rotation of the right

and Jefi hip. —Eight y-seven percent of the adults

/

10
_ SOth

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

AGE IN YEARS

Figure 8. Smoothed percentiles of subscapular skinfold for girls ages 2-18 years, by age: United States, 1963-65, 1966-70, and 1971-74

can internally rotate their right hip between 50

and 70 degrees (table 40); correspondingly,

about 84 percent can externally rotate their left

hip between 50 and 70 degrees (table 41). Table

42 shows that 46 percent of the adults are

capable of externally rotating their right hip between 120 and 125 degrees; the proportion is

comparable for internal rotation of the left hip—

about 50 percent (table 43).

Flexion of right and left knee. –In general,

white adults are more capable of flexing their

knees to smaller angles than black adults. About

90 and 80 percent, respectively, can flex their

right knees to less than 60 degrees (table 44).

Table 45 shows that the difference in the proportions is even larger for the left knee (about

90 and 77 percent, respectively). However, if

flexion less than 70 degrees is considered, there

are virtually no differences between the races. In

each of the flexion categories, the proportions

achieving small angles generally decreases with

age, reflecting that the proportions with poor

flexion of the knees is higher in the older age

groups, particularly ages 65-74 years.

11
25

20

15

10

5

0

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 :20

AGE IN YEARS

Figure 9. Smoothed percentiles of upper arm girth for boys ages 2-18 years, by age: United Statas, 1963-65, 1966-70, and 1971-74
40

35

30

25

20

15 —- —

10

I

5

I

0

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 m

AGE IN YEARS

Figure 10. Smoothed percentiles of upper arm girth for girls ages2-18 years, by age: United States, 1963-65, 1966-70, and 1971-74

000
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14
LIST OF DETAILED TABLES

1. Number of males ages 1-17 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected percentiles

for triceps skinfold, by race and single year of age: United States, 1971.74 ....... ...................................................................... ..

2. Number of females eges 1-17 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected percentiles

for triceps skinfold, by race and single year of age: United States, 1971-74 ...................... ............. ................................. ...........

3. Number of males ages 18-74 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected percentiles

for triceps skinfold, by race and age: United States, 1971-74 ......... ............................................................ ....... .......................

4. Number of females ages 18-74 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected

percentiles for triceps skinfold, by race and age: United States, 1971-74 ............ ................................ .................... ........... ........

5. Number of males ages 1-17 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected percentiles

for subscapular skinfold, by race and single year of age: United States, 1971-74 ........... .... .......... ...................... ...... ..................

6. Number of females ages 1-17 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected percentiles

for subscapular skinfold, by race and single year of age: United States, 1971 .74 ......................................................... ..............

7. Number of males ages 18-74 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected percentiles

for subscepular skinfold, by race and age: United States, 1971 .74 .................. .................... .. ............ .........................................

8. Numkr of females ages 18-74 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected

percentiles for subscapular skinfold, by race and age: United States, 1971-74 .................................................. .................. .......

9. Number of males ages 1-17 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected percentiles

for upper arm girth, by race and single year of age: United States, 1971-74 .. .......................... .......... ................................. .......

10. Numker of females ages 1-17 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected percentiles

for upper erm girth, by race and single year of age: United States, 1971-74 ... .... .......... ......... ................ ...... ................ ..............

11. Number of males ages 18-74 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected percentiles

for upper arm girth, by race and age: United States, 1971.74 ........ .... .... ........ .............. ............ ........ .................. ...... .......... ........

12. Number of females ages 18-74 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected

percentiles for upper arm girth, by race and age: United States, 1971-74 ..... ...... ............ .. ...... ...... ...... .......... .... .. .... .............. .....

13. Number of males agss 1-74 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selacted percentiles

for elbow breadth, by race and single year of age: United States, 1971-74 ........................................ ..................... ...................

14. Number of females ages 1-17 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected percentiles

for elbow breadth, by rata and single year of age: United States, 1971-74 ....... ...J............................ ...... .............. .....................

15. Number of males ages 18-74 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected percentiles

for elbow breadth, by race and age: United States, 1971-74 ......... ...................................... .......................................................

16. Numkwr of females ages 18-74 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard dev-ktions, and selected

percentiles for elbow breadth, by race and age: United States, 1971-74 ........ .......................... .. ................................................

17. Number of males ages 2-17 years in sample, estimated population, and maans, standard deviations, and selectad percentiles

for sitting height, by race and single year of age: United States, 1971-74 ....... .................... .................. .. ........................ ...........

18

19

20

20

21

22

23

23

24

25

26

26

27

28

29

28

30

15
18. Number of females ages 2-17 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selectad percentiles

for sitting height, by race and single year of age: United States, 1971-74 ............................ .............................. ........................

19. Number of males ages 18-74 years in sample, estimated population, and means, stafsdard deviations, and selected percentiles

for sitting height, by race and age: United States, 1971-74 ..... ........ ............... ..................................... .......... ...... .......................

20. Number of females 18-74 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected percentiles for

sitting height, by race and age: United States, 1971-74 ........... ...... .......... ............... ...... ................................................ .............

21. Number of males ages’ 1-17 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected percentiles

for bitrochanteric breadth, by race and single year of age: United States, 1971.74 ................................ ....................................

22. Number of females ages 1-17 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected percentiles

for bitrochanteric breadth, by race and single yaar of age: United States, 1971.74 .................. ..... .............................................

23. Number of males ages 18-74 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected percentiles

for bitrochanteric breadth, by race and age: United States, 1971-74 ................. ...... ..................................................................

24. Number of females ages 18-74 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected

percentiles for bitrochanteric breadth, by race and age: Unitecl States, 1971.74 . .............. ...... .. .. .............. ...... .. ...... ...................

25. Number of children ages 1-7 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected percentiles

for chest circumference, by sex, race, and single year of age: United States, 1971-74 ......................... ... ............................. .......

26. Number of adults ages 25-74 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected percentiles

for chest circumference at full expiration, by sex, race, and agl?: United States, 1971-75 ........ ..................................................

27. Number of adults ages 25-74 years in sample, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selectad percentiles

for chest circumference at full inspiration, by sex, race, and age: United States, 1971-75 ...... ................................ ...................

26. Number of persons ages 1-20 years in samples, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected

percentiles for upper arm girth, by sex and age: United States, 1963-65, 1966-70, and 1971-74 ............. ........ .. .... .................. ..

26. Number of persons ages 1-20 years in samples, estimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected

percentiles for triceps skinfold, by sex and age: United States, 1963-65, 1966-70, and 1971-74 ... .. .. .... .. ..... ......... .. ................ ..

30. Number of persons ages 1-20 years in samples, astimated population, and means, standard deviations, and selected

percentiles for subscepular skinfold, by sex and age: United States, 1963-65, 1966-70, and 1971 -74 .... ....................................

31. Selectad smoothed percentiles for uppar arm girth of persons ages 2-18 years, by sex and age: United Statas, 1963-65,

1966-70, and 1971.74 ........................................................ ...................................................... ...... ............................................

32. Selected smoothed percentiles for triceps skinfold of persons ages 2-18 years, by sex and age: United States, 1963-65,

1966-70, and 1971.74 ....... ........................ ...................................... .......... ........................ ...... ...................................................

33. Selected smoothed percentiles for subscapular skinfold of persons ages 2-18 years, by sex and age: Unitad States, 1963-65,

1966-70, and 1971.74 .............. ................................................................................................ ...................................m.........t....

34. Percent distribution of adults ages 25-74 years by extension of right hip, according to sex, race, and age: United

Statesr 1971-72 ............................................4................................o.......<........<o.mm@...4 .. .........r...@mmm..4.. o.o ...o)...............mmm..tc.......

35. Percent distribution of adults ages 25-74 years by extension of left hip, according to sex, race, and age: United States, 1971 -72...,

36. Percent distribution of adults ages 25-74 years by abduction of right hip, according to sex, race, and age: United

States, 1971-72 ............... ..................................................... ... ........................................................................ ................ .........

37. Percent distribution of adults ages 25-74 years by abduction of left hip, according to sex, race, and aga: United

States, 1971-72 ....................................................................................................c..<...........................o......cT....c.o.mm..t.o.m............

38. Percent distribution of adults ages 25-74 years by flexion of right hip, according to sex, race, and age: United States, 1971 -72.....,

39. Percent distribution of adults ages 25-74 years by flexion of left hip, according to sex, race, and age: United States, 1971 -72 ........

40. Percent distribution of adults ages 25-74 years by interrlal rotation of right hip, according to sex, race, and age:

United States, 1971-72 ............................................................................... ............................................................. ..............

31

32

32

33

34

35

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

45

45

45

46

46

46

47

41. Percent distribution of adults ages 25-74 years by external rotation of left hip, according to sex, rata, and age:

United States, 1971-72 .............................................................................................................................. ............................ .

16

47
42. Percent distribution of adults ages 25-74 years by external rotation of right hip, according to sex, race, and age:

United States, 1971-72 ........... .......... ................................ ...........................................................................................O.......O.. 47

43. Percent distribution of adults ages 25-74 years by internal rotation of left hip, according to sex, race, and age:

United States, 1971-72 ........................... ........................... .................................................... ...... ................ ........................... 48

44. Percent distribution of adults ages 25-74 years by flexion of right knee, according to sex, race, and age: United

States, 1971-72 ................................................................................................................................ ................................ ........ 48

45. Percent distribution of adults ages 25-74 years by flexion of left knee, according to sex, race, and age: United

States, 1971-72 .. .............................................................................................................................. ................................. ....... 48

17
TABLE 1. NUMBER OF MAL ES AGES 1-17 YEARS IN SAMPLE, ESTIMATED POPULATION, ANO MEANS, STANDARD DEVIATIONS, AND SE LECTEO

PERCENT lLES FOR TRICEPS SK INFOLD, BY RACE AND SINGLE YEAR OF AGE: UNITED STATES, 1971-74

RACE 6N0 AGE

ALL RACES I

1 YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YE1. AS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEARS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

E YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YAPs . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

WHITE

1 YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YAP S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YE Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . .

E YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ID YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YAPs .. . . . . . . . . . .

13 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

BLACK

1 YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

B YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YEARs . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YAW . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . .

NUMBER

IN

SAMPLE

286

298

308

304

273

179

164

152

169

104

178

200

174

174

171

169

176

211

217

226

229

207

126

125

116

117

148

132

152

129

134

124

128

139

72

77

72

74

64

52

38

33

52

33

43

47

45

39

43

41

35

‘STIMATED

80PULATION

IN

‘HCUSANOS

1,693

1,747

1,807

1,B15

1,563

1,673

1,979

1.861

2;019

2,205

2,177

2,3o4

1*978

2,030

2,093

2,019

2,095

1,402

1,461

1,536

1,547

1.319

1,343

1,718

1,644

1,636

1,909

1,823

1,970

1,697

1,730

1,728

1,752

1,831

280

267

212

260

226

321

253

203

383

251

313

316

281

282

310

267

235

10.4

10.0

9.9

9.4

9.5

8.6

8.9

9.0

10.6

10.9

11.9

11.9

11.2

10.3

10.0

9.T

9.2

10.7

9.9

9.9

9.6

9.8

8.9

9.1

9.1

11.1

11.1

12.5

12.4

11.7

10.9

10.2

10.1

9.3

9.4

10.1

9.1

8.0

7.7

7.1

7.5

7.8

8.2

9.1

8.0

9.4

8.2

6.6

8.9

7.2

8.T

3,,1

2,,7

2,7

2<5

3,83

3,!0

3,,5

3’83

+,,8

4“4

6.,4

6,,3

6“6

6,,2

6,,1

5,2

5,4

3’80

2.6

2,6

2.4

3.,2

3.1

3.>5

3,53

+.,8

4,$2

6,>5

6.1

6.7

6.4

6.1

5.2

5.4

3.4

3,2

2.6

2.,6

3.$4

1,8

3.2

3,$4

3.9

5.3

5.0

7, 0

4,,4

2.6

6.1

4.8

5.8

PERCENTILE

5TH 10TH 15TH 25TH 50TH 75TH 85TH

TRICEPS SK INFOLO IN MILLIMETERS

6.0

6.0

6.5

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.0

5.0

5.0

5.5

5.0

4.5

5.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

7.0

6.0

6.5

6.0

6.0

5.5

5.0

5.0

5.5

5.5

6.0

6.0

5.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.5

4.5

4.5

6.0

5.0

4.5

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.5

5.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.5

% o

4.0

3.5

.

7.0

6.5

7.0

6.5

6.0

5.5

5.0

5.5

6.0

6.o

6.0

6.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

7.0

6.5

7.0

7.0

6.5

5.6

6.0

5.5

6.5

6.0

6.0

6.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

6.0

6.0

6.5

5.0

5.0

4.0

4.0

5.0

4.0

5.0

4.0

4.0

5.0

3.5

4.5

4.0

3.5

7.5

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.5

6.0

6.0

6.5

5.5

5.5

5.0

5.0

5.0

7.5

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.5

7.0

7.0

7.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

5.0

5.5

7.0

6.5

6.5

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.0

5.0

4.5

6.0

5.0

4.5

5.0

3.5

5.0

4.0

5.0

8.0

8.0

B.O

B.O

7.0

6.5

6.5

6.5

7.0

8.0

7.5

8.0

7.0

6.5

6.0

6.0

6.o

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

7.5

7.0

7.0

7.0

T.5

8.0

8.0

8.5

7.0

7.0

6.0

6.5

6.0

8.0

8.0

7.0

6.5

5.0

6.0

5.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

5.0

6.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

9.0

9.0 ~

8.0

8.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

10.0

10.5

10.0

8.0

8.0

8.o

7.5

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

9.0

9.0

8.0

8.5

10.0

10.0

10.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

8.0

9.0

7.5

8.o

10.0

9.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

6.5

6.5

7.0

7.5

6.0

7.5

7.0

6.5

6.5

6.0

7.0

12.0

12.0

11.0

11.0

11.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

14.0

13.5

14.5

13.5

13.0

12.0

11.5

12.0

11.0

12.0

12.0

11.0

11.0

11.0

10.0

10.5

10.5

14.0

14.0

15.0

14.0

14.0

13.0

12.0

12.5

11.0

11.0

12.0

10.5

9.0

9.0

B.O

9.0

10.0

8.0

10.0

8.5

10.7

8.5

7.0

9.0

7.5

10.5

14.0

12.5

12.5

12.0

12.5

12.0

12.0

12.0

17.0

15.0

18.0

16.5

19.0

16.5

15.0

14.0

12.5

14.0

12.5

12.5

12.0

12.5

12.0

12.0

12.0

17.0

15.5

19.0

18.0

19.0

18.0

15.0

15.0

13.0

12.0

14.0

12.0

10.0

10.0

9.0

11.5

11.0

12.0

13.0

11.0

11.0

11.0

8.0

10.0

8.0

12.0

30TH

15.0

13.5

13.1

12.5

13.5

12.0

13.0

13.0

17.0

17.0

20.0

20.0

22.0

19.0

19.0

17.0

15.0

15.0

13.0

13.5

12.5

13.5

12.5

13.5

13.0

17.0

17.0

20.5

21.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

17.0

15.0

13.0

15.0

12.0

10.5

12.0

9.0

13.0

11.0

13.0

15.0

12.0

15.0

19.0

9.0

21.0

11.0

12.0

16.0

15.0

14.5

14.0

‘15.0

114.0

15.5

16.0

19.0

19.5

24.0

27.0

25.0

22.5

23.5

22.0

,19.0

16.5

14.7

14.5

14.0

15.0

14.0

17.0

16.0

19.0

19.5

24.5

27. o

25.5

24.0

24.0

22.0

19.0

‘15.0

,15.0

113.0

115.0

15.5

9.0

15.0

12.5

18.0

20.0

15.0

24.0

19.0

!12.0

‘21.0

‘15.0

123.2

llNCLLJOES DATA FOR RACES HHICH ARE NOT SHOWN SEPARATELY.

18
TABLE 2. NuMBER OF FEMALES AGES 1-17 YEARS IN SAMPLE, ESTIMATED POPULATION, AND MEANS, STANDARD OBVIATIONS, ANO SELECTEO

PERCENTILES FOR TRICEPS SKI NFOLO, BY RACE AND SINGLE YEAR OF AGE: UNITEO STATES* 1971-74

RACE AND AGE

ALL RACE.S

1 YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 Y! ADS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 Years . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ID YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YEADS. . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YAPS.. . . . . . . . . . .

HHITE

1 YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEAPES. . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

T YEADS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

B YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEARs . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

BLACK

1 YEA R. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

T YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 YE ADS... . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 Years . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEA As . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YAPS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

lb YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YFAQs . . . . . . . . . . . .

NUMBER

IN

sAMPLE

267

272

292

281

314

176

169

152

171

19T

166

177

198

184

171

175

157

189

203

211

204

224

125

122

llT

129

148

122

128

153

132

125

141

117

73

66

T8

73

88

50

46

35

41

4a

42

47

44

50

46

33

39

:STIMATEO

~OPULATION

rHOU&!NOS

1,620

1.708

ii701

1,599

1,695

1,787

1,T54

1,800

2,01T

2,173

1,911

1,812

2,175

2,036

2,163

2,145

1,804

1,32B

1,43+

1,438

1,339

1,416

1,445

I,50T

1;507

1,T51

1,855

1,569

1,506

1.886

1;731

1,752

1,933

1,549

257

261

245

246

265

336

241

293

247

303

315

284

287

265

411

203

239

r 1

PERCENTILE

MEAN STANOARD

OEVIATION

5TH 10TH 15TH 25TH 50TH 75TH 857H 90TH 95TH

TRICEPS SK INFOLO IN FIILL IMETERS

10.1

10.5

10.9

10.5

10.5

10.3

10.8

12.3

13.2

13.1

14.5

15.0

16.2

17.5

17.0

lB.2

19.6

10.2

10.6

11.1

10.8

10.7

10.6

10.9

12.4

13.6

13.4

14.9

15.2

16.2

17.8

17.7

18.2

19.8

10.0

10.0

9.T

8.8

9.4

9.0

10.1

11.5

lQ.2

11.7

12.7

13.6

16.1

15.9

14.0

18.9

16.9

2.8

2.5

2.7

2.7

3.8

3.3

4.2

4.8

4.8

5.0

6.2

5.9

6.8

7.3

7.0

6.T

6.1

2.8

2.6

2.6

2.6

3.7

3.3

4.2

4.7

4.6

4.8

6.1

5.6

6.8

T.3

6.T

6.6

8.0

3.0

2.3

2.9

2.7

3.9

3.1

4.0

5.1

5.1

5.6

6.4

7.6

T.O

6.7

7.6

8.0

6.6

6.0

T.0

6.0

T.O

6.0

6.0

4.0

6.5

7.0

T .0

7.0

7.5

T.0

8.5

8.0

10.0

10.0

6.0

7.0

7.0

7.5

6.0

6.5

4.0

7.0

T.5

7.5

8.0

8.0

7.0

9.0

9.0

10.0

10.0

5.5

7.0

6.0

5.0

5.0

5.5

5.0

5.0

5.5

6.5

4.0

5.5

7.0

8.0

6.5

8.0

7.5

6.5

T.5

T.O

7.5

7.0

6.5

6.0

8.0

7.5

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

9.5

10.0

10.5

11.5

7.0

7.5

8.0

8.0

7.0

7.0

6.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.5

9.0

8.0

9.5

10.5

10.5

12.0

5.5

8.0

7.0

6.0

5.0

6.0

6.0

6.5

6.0

6.5

5.0

6.0

B.5

8.0

6.5

8.0

9.0

7.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

T.O

T.o

7.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

B.5

9.0

10.0

10.0

11.0

12.0

12.0

7.0

8.0

a.5

8.0

a.o

7.5

7.0

8.0

9.0

a.5

9.0

10.0

10.0

10.5

11.0

12.5

12.5

7.0

a.o

T.O

7.0

6.5

6.0

T.O

7.0

6.0

T.O

6.5

6.0

10.0

9.0

8.0

10.0

11.0

8.0

9.0

9.0

8.0

a.o

a.o

8.0

9.0

10.0

9.5

10.0

10.5

11.5

13.0

12.0

13.5

13.0

8.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

8.5

a.o

8.0

9.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

11.0

11.5

13.0

13.0

14.0

13.5

8.0

8.0

8.0

T.O

T.O

8.0

T.5

a.o

6.5

7.5

T.5

T.5

11.0

10.5

10.0

12.0

12.0

10.0

10.0

11.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.5

11.0

12.5

12.0

13.0

14.0

15.0

16.0

16.0

17.0

19.0

10.0

10.0

11.0

10.5

10.0

10.5

11.0

11.5

13.0

12.5

13.0

14.0

15.0

16.7

17.0

17.0

19.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

a.o

a.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

8.0

10.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

14.0

12.5

19.0

14.5

12.0

12.0

12.5

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

15.0

16.0

15.5

la.o

18.5

20.0

21.0

20.5

21.0

24.0

12.0

12.0

13.0

3.2.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

15.0

16.0

15.5

17.5

18.5

20.0

21.0

21.0

21.0

24.o

12.0

11.0

11.0

10.5

10.0

10.0

11.0

13.5

12.0

16.0

Ia.o

IT.O

la. o

20.5

16.0

24.0

20.0

13.0

13.5

13.5

13.0

13.0

13.0

15.0

17.0

la.o

19.0

20.5

20.0

24.0

24.0

23.0

24.0

26.5

13.0

13.5

13.5

13.0

13.0

13.0

15.0

16.5

la.o

19.0

20.5

20.0

24.0

24.0

24.0

24.0

26.5

13.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

11.5

17.5

18.0

18.0

18.0

22.0

22.0

24.0

24.0

16.5

24.5

24.0

14.0

14.0

14.0

14.0

15.0

13.5

16.0

18.0

20.0

20.0

23.5

23.0

25.0

27.0

25.0

26.0

29.5

13.5

14.0

14.0

14.5

15.0

14.0

15.5

18.0

20.0

20.0

24.5

23.0

25.0

28.5

25.0

26.0

29.5

14.0

14.0

13.0

13.0

13.5

12.0

18.0

18.0

la. o

19.0

23.0

25.0

24.0

24.5

20.0

33.0

28.0

15.0

15.0

15.0

15.0

17.5

15.0

18.0

22.5

22.0

23.0

2a.5

2T. O

30.0

33.0

2a.5

32.5

35.0

15.5

15.0

15.0

16.0

3.7.5

16.0

17.5

22.0

22.0

23.0

2a.5

26.0

28.5

33.0

2a.5

32.1

35.0

15.0

15.5

14.0

14.0

17.0

13.0

18.0

23.0

20.0

24.0

23.0

30.0

33.5

24.5

32a

33.1

31.0

lINCLUOES OATA FOR RACES WHICH ARE NOT SHOliN SEPARATELY.

,

19
TABLE 3. NUMBER OF MALES AGES 18-74 YEARS IN SAMPLE, EST1MA7ED POPULATION, ANO MEANS, S7ANDARD DEVIATIONS, ANO SE LEC7E0

PERCENTILES FOR 7RICEPS SKINFOLD, BY RACE ANO AGE: UNITED STATES, 1971-74

NuMBER ESTIMATED

IN POPULATION

SAMPLE IN

THOUSANDS

* 5TH110TH 115TH 125T;~~L175TH IB5TH lgOTH 195TH

RACE AND AGE

ALL RbCES1

18-T4 YEARS...

TRICEPS SK INFDLO IN MILLIMETERS

5,261 ] 61,180 12.0 5.9 4.5 ~

A

I

4.5

4.0

4.5

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.5

5.0

6.0

5.0

5.0

5.5

6.0

6.0

6.0

5.5

6.0

6.5 8.0 11.0 15.0 18.0 20.0 23.0

. .

18-19 YAPs . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YEAds . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEADS, . . . . . . . .

65-74 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

260

513

804

664

765

598

1,657

4,344

3,673

8,110

13,003

10,676

11,150

9,0T3

11.0

11.2

12.6

12.4

12.4

11.6

11.0

6.1[ 6.0

6.0

6.0

7.0

7.0

6.5

6.5

6.5

7.0

7.0

8.0

8.5

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.5

10.0

12.0

12.0

11.0

11.0

11.0

11.0

15.0

14.0

16.0

15.5

15.0

14.0

15.0

15.0

18.0

17.5

18.5

17.5

18.0

16.5

17.0

18.0

19.5

20.0

21.5

20.0

20.0

18.0

19.0

20.0

23.5

23.0

24.0

23.0

25.5

.21.5

.22.0

23.0

6.i!

6.4

5.5

5.9

5.i!

5,496 5.5

UHITC

18-74 YEAR S..... 54,694 12.2 5.[1

11.3

11.5

12. T

12.6

12.6

li.7

5.9

6.(I

6.i!

5.4

5.9

5.()

5.4

5.0

4.0

5.0

5.0

5.5

5.0

5.0

3.5

2.0

3.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.0

4.0

5.5

5.0

6.0

6.0

6.5

6.0

6.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.5

4.0

4.0

4.5

6.0

6.0

6.5

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

4.5

5.0

4.0

4.0

5.0

5.0

4.5

5.0

7.0

7.0

8.0

9.0

8.5

8.0

8.0

6.0

5.1

6.0

5.0

7.0

6.0

5.0

6.0

9.0

10.0

12.0

12.0

11.0

11.0

11.0

8.5

15.0

15.0

16.0

15.5

15.0

14.0

15.0

13.0

18.0

18.0

18.5

17.5

18.0

16.5

17.0

16.0

20.0

21.0

21.0

20.0

20.0

18.0

19.0

20.0

23.0

23.0

24.0

23.0

26.0

.21.0

22.0

23. o

18-19 YEARs . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YEAAS. . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

8LAclr

18-74 YEARS . . . . .

203 3,206

423 7,094

672 11,594

569 9,516

628 10,039

505 8,275

1,344 4,970 12.0

847 5,T53 10.6 T.()

12.0

13.0

20.0

17.0

14.0

20.0

14.0

21.0

18.0

22.0

18.4

16.0

22.0

15.0

24.0

24.0

23.0

22.0

20.0

26.0

19.5

18-19 YEA AS . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YEAR S. . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

52 404

80 866

119 1,232

8T 1,005

130 1.057

8.9

10.0

11.8

11.3

10.0

6.7

7.!)

13.{,

6.5

5.11

7.2

7.0

8.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

8.0

9.0

8.0

11.0

15.0

14.0

12.5

14.0

12.0

85 703

294 486

10. T

9.7 5.4

llNCLUOES OATA FOR RACES h’HICH ARE NOT SHOHN SEPARATELY.

7A8LE 4. NuM8ER OF FEMALES 4GES 18-74 YEARS IN SAMPLE, EST IMATEO POPULATION, AND MEANS, STANOARO OBVIATIONS. AND 5ELEC7Eo

PERCENTILES FOR TRICEPS SK INFOLO, BY RACE ANO AGE: UNITEO STATES, 1971-74

NUM8ER ESTIMATEO

RACE ANO AGE IN POPULATION

SAMPLE IN

THOU SANOS A-v.E5THboTHb5TH1257~~~Li75TH 18STHbOTHb5TH

ALL RAC~S7

18-74 YEAR S... I 8,410 67,837

TRICEPS SK INFOLO IN MILLIMETERS

-

23.0 8.4

,

6.8

7.8

8.2

11.0

9.0

10.0

10.5

12.0

13.0

11.0

11.5

11.0

13.0 I 14.0 17.0 22.0 28.0

.

280 3,679

1,243 9,215

1,896 13,933

1,66.4 11,593

836 12,163

669 9,976

1,822 7,277

18.6

19.7

11.0 12.0

11.0 12.0

12.0 13.5

14.0 16.0

15.0 17.0

14.0 16.0

14.0 16.0

14.0

14.0

16.0

18.0

20.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

17.5

18.0

21.0

23.0

25.0

25.0

23.0

22.0

22.0

24.0

26.5

29.5

30.0

30.5

28.0

20.0

24.0 27.0 ho

27.9 30.5 3+.5

30.5 33.5 3?.0

32.5 35.5 39.0

34.0 36.0 40. o

33.0 35.0 3’9.0

31.0 33.0 36.0

18-19 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

UH1 TE

18-T4 YEAR S.....

18-19 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YE AD S. . . . . . . .

25-34 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEAds . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

8LACK

10-74 YEARS . . . . .

18-19 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEADS. . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEA AS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YEADS . .. ... .. .

55-64 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

21..9

24.0

25.4

24.9

23.3

8.4

8.3

8.5

7.5

x-l. -34-37.0

-

33.5

3b. o

36.5

38.5

39.5

38.0

35.5

I 6,757 I 59,923 22.9 8.1 13.0 I 14.5

208 3,155

956 7,972

1,539 12,161

1,302 10,111

705 10,879

551 9,037

1,496 6,603

18.9

19.8

6.6

T.7

8.0’

8.3

8.1

T.9

7.3

9.5

10.0

11.0

12.0

13.0

11.5

12.0

9.0

12.0

11.0

12.5

14.0

15.0

14.5

14.0

13.0

12.0

14.0

14.5

14.0

16.0

18.0

20.0

19.0

18.0

15.5

18.0

19.0

20.5

22.5

25.0

24.0

23.0

23.0

22.5

24.0

26.0

29.0

30.0

30.0

28.0

30.5

20.0

24.5

30.0

32.0

34.0

34.0

30.0

24.0

27.9

30.0

32.0

33.5

33.0

31.0

26.5

30.5

33.0

35.1

35.5

34.1

21..8

23. T

25.3

,4.6

23.3

15.9

17.0

16.0

16.0 33.0

I 1,557 7,302 11.0 II34.0 36.6 41.0

25.0 29.0 32.0

28.6 32.0 36.0

32.6 34.1 40.0

35.0 36.5 41.0

37.1 40.0 442.2

40.0 45.0 51.5

32.2 35.5 40.0

23.7 10.3 12.0

16.2

19.3

7.3

8.7

a. o

9.0

8.5

11.5

12.0

10.0

7.5

9.0 9.0

10.0 11.5

10.0 12.0

13.0 16.0

11.5

12.5

14.0

20.0

20.0

19.0

17.5

14.0

17.0

22.0

25.5

26.0

28.0

24.0

22.5

25.8

26.8

28.2

23. E

9.6

9.2

9.8

12.9

9.0

14.0 17.0

11.0 13.0

11.5 15.0

llNCLUOES OATA FCR RACES liHICH ARE NOT 24iOMN SEPARATELY.

20
TABLE 5. NUH8ER OF MALEs AGES 1-17 YEARS IN SAMPLE, EST XMA7ED POPULATION, ANO MEANS, STANOARD DEvIATIONS, ANO SELECTEO

PERCENTILES FOR SUBSCAPULAR SKI NFOLO, 8Y RACE AND SINGLE YEAR OF AGE: IJNITEO STATES, 1971-74

RACE AND AGE

ALL RACES1

1 YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 Y5Au S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 Y= ADS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 Y: ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 YE A~S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YE Ads . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . . . .

WHITE

1 Y~~R.., . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEAAS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEARS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YEADS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEAffs . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YEA AS. . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YE Ads . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YEARs . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

IT YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

BLACK

1 YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YAP S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEA AS. . . . . . . . . . . .

12 Y5AUS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEADS. . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YEAds . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YEA AS. . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

IT YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

NuMBER

IN

SAMPLE

286

298

308

304

273

IT9

164

152

169

184

1T8

200

174

174

171

169

176

211

217

226

229

20T

126

125

116

IIT

148

132

152

129

134

124

128

139

T2

77

72

74

64

52

38

33

52

33

43

47

45

z

41

35

iSTIMATEO

~OPULATI ON

IN

rHOUSANDS

1,693

1 ,T4T

1,807

1,815

1,563

1,673

1.979

1;861

2,019

2,205

2,1T7

2,304

1,978

2,030

2,093

2,019

2,095

1,402

1,461

1,536

1,547

1,319

1,343

1,718

1,644

1,636

1,909

1,823

1,970

1,69T

1,730

1,728

1,752

1,831

280

267

212

260

226

321

253

203

3s3

251

313

316

281

282

310

267

235

MEAN

6.2

5.7

5.4

5.1

5.3

5.1

5.5

5.1

7.1

6.8

8.0

8.0

8.8

8.5

9.1

9.8

9.T

6.3

5.6

5.4

5.2

5.3

5.1

5.6

5.1

7.2

6.8

8.2

8.1

9.0

9.0

8.8

9.9

9.7

6.0

6.5

5.3

4.8

5.1

+.9

5.2

5.5

6.6

6.7

6.7

7.4

7.6

6.1

10.6

8.5

9.6

TANOARO

‘EVIATION

1.9

2.0

2.0

1.7

2.7

2.4

3.0

2.3

5.1

4.5

6.2

6.0

6.9

6.1

6.5

6.2

5.9

2.0

1.9

2.0

1.8

2.7

2.4

3.1

2.3

4.7

4.5

6.4

5.8

T. 1

6.5

6.+

6.4

6.1

1.6

2.4

1.6

1.2

2.5

2.1

2.4

2.1

6.3

3.8

4.9

6.9

5.9

2.1

6.7

4.2

5.2

PERCENTILE

5TH 10TH 15TH 25TH 50TH 75TH 85TH

SUBSCAPULAR SK INFOLO IN MILLIMETERS

%0

3.0

3.5

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.5

3.5

4.0

3.5

3.5

4.0

4.0

5.0

5.0

4.0

3.0

3.5

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.5

3.0

3.5

3.5

3.5

4.0

4.0

5.0

5.0

+.0

4.0

3.5

3.0

2.5

3.0

3.0

3.5

3.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

5.5

6.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.5

3.5

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.5

5.0

5.5

5.5

+.o

3.5

4.0

4.0

3.5

3.5

3.0

3.0

&o

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.5

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.5

3.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.5

4.0

5.0

5.5

6.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.5

3.5

3.5

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.5

4.5

5.0

5.0

6.0

6.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.5

3.5

3.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

5.0

5.0

6.0

6.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.5

3.0

3.5

3.0

4.0

3.0

4.0

4.0

4.5

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

6.0

5.0

4.5

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.5

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.5

6.5

7.0

5.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.5

5.0

5.0

5.5

5.5

6.5

6.5

5.0

5.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.5

4.0

4.0

4.5

5.0

4.5

5.0

5.0

7.0

6.5

T. O

6.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.5

4.5

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.0

6.0

6.5

6.5

7.0

e.0

8.0

6.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.5

5.0

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.0

6.0

6.5

6.5

7.0

8.0

8.0

6.0

5.5

5.0

5.0

4.5

5.0

4.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.5

5.0

6.0

6.0

9.0

7.0

8.0

T.O

6.5

6.0

6.0

6.0

5.0

6.0

6.0

8.0

7.0

6.5

9.0

9.0

S.o

10.0

10.5

10.0

T. O

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

5.5

6.0

6.0

8.5

7.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

11.0

10.0

7.0

7.0

6.0

5.1

5.0

5.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

7.0

6.5

7.0

7.0

7.0

12.0

9.0

10.0

8.0

7.0

6.8

6.0

7.0

6.0

7.0

6.0

11.0

10.0

13.0

11.0

13.5

13.0

13.0

13.5

13.0

8.0

7.0

6.5

6.0

T.O

6.o

7.0

6.0

11.5

9.5

14.0

11.5

14.0

14.0

13.0

13.5

13.0

7.5

10.0

6.5

6.0

7.0

5.5

8.0

T. 5

8.0

9.0

8.0

7.0

8.0

7.0

12.0

9.5

12.0

8.5

8.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

9.0

7.5

14.0

12.0

15.0

14.0

17.0

16.0

15.5

16.5

16.0

8.5

T.5

T. O

7.0

7.0

7.0

8.0

7.5

14.0

12.0

15.0

14.0

17.0

16.0

15.0

17.0

16.0

8.0

11.5

6.5

6.0

7.0

7.0

10.0

9.0

8.0

12.0

s.o

17.0

1s.5

7.5

24.0

10.0

16.0

10.0

10.0

9.5

7.0

8.0

9.0

11.0

9.0

14.0

18.0

19.0

20.5

26.0

20.0

23.0

23.5

23.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

7.0

8.0

10.0

11.5

11.0

14.0

18.0

20.0

21.0

2T.O

20.0

22.0

23.5

23.0

9.0

11.5

9.0

8.0

8.5

7.0

11.0

9.0

30.0

18.5

12.5

19.0

26.0

12.0

24.0

16.0

16.0

~INCLUOES OATA FOR RACES UHICH ARE NOT SHOWN SEPARATELY.

21
TABLE 6. NuMBER OF FEMALES AGEs 1-17 YEARS IN SAMPLE, ESTIMATED POPULATION, ANO MEANS, STANDARD OBVIATIONS, AND SE LECTEO

PERCENTILES FDF SUB SCAPULAR SK IN FOLO, BY RACE ANO SINGLE YEAR OF AGE: uNITED STATES, 1971-74

PACE ANO &GE

ALL RACES1

1 YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 Y? AD S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

T years . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 y~hps . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 VEER S . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YAPS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 Years . . . . . . . . . . . .

1+ YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

WHITE

1 YE AR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEA A S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 Years . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 Y5AFS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 Y= ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YAPS . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

BLACK

1 YEA R . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YAP S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 YEhQS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 Y’-APS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YAPs . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 VZAQS . . . . . . . . . . . .

NuMBER

IN

SAMPLE

261

272

292

281

314

176

165

152

171

197

166

177

19:

184

lT1

175

157

18$

203

211

204

224

125

122

117

129

148

122

128

I 53

132

125

141

117

73

66

78

73

88

50

46

35

41

48

42

47

44

50

46

33

39

:STIMATEO

‘O PULAT1 ON

IN

rHOUSANOS

1,620

1,708

1,701

1,599

1,695

1,787

1,754

1.800

2;017

2,173

1,911

1,812

2,175

2,036

2,163

2,145

1,804

1,328

1,434

1,438

1,339

1,416

1,445

1,507

1,507

1,751

1,855

1.569

1;506

1 *886

1,731

1,752

1,933

1,549

257

261

245

246

265

336

241

293

247

303

315

284

287

265

411

203

239

*’ 57H DTH 115TH 1257~F~Li757H 185TH190TH195TH

SUBS CAPULAR SK INFOLO IN MILLIMETERS

6.2

6.2

5.8

5.6

6.2

6.0

6.2

7.7

8.5

8.6

10.1

11.1

11.9

13.0

12.2

13.4

15.6

6.3

6.D

5.8

5.7

6.2

6.0

6.2

7.6

8.5

8.8

10.3

11.1

11.6

13.2

12.4

12.9

15.2

6.1

6.8

5.5

5.2

5.8

6.0

6.4

8.2

8.3

8.1

9.2

10.7

13.9

12.5

11.2

17.8

16.4

1.9

2.4

2.0

1.9

3.3

2.8

3.3

5.5

5.0

5.1

6,4

6.8

7,1

8<,0

7,,2

7,8

9)4

1!,9

2!,1

1,9

1,9

3,,2

2,s7

3.,4

5,s6

48s7

5,,1

6,,7

6.4

6.9

8.2

6.9

7.3

9.3

2.,0

3,,3

2.0

1.7

3.5

3.3

2.,6

5.,2

6.4

5..5

4.5

8.6

8.1

7.3

8.4

10.7

8.4

+.0

4.0

4.0

3.5

3.5

3.0

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.0

4.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

6.0

6.0

6.5

3.5

4.0

4.0

3.5

3.5

34

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.0

4.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.0

4.0

3.0

3.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.5

6.0

6.0

5.5

6.0

7.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.5

5.0

5.0

6.0

6.0

6.5

7.0

7.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.5

3.5

4.0

4.5

4.5

5.0

5.0

5.5

6.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.5

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

5.0

5.0

6.0

6.0

5.5

7.0

7.5

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.5

5.0

5.0

5.5

6.0

6.5

7.0

7.5

7.5

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

6.0

6.0

6.5

T.O

7.5

7.5

4.0

4.5

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.5

5.0

5.0

6.5

6.5

6.0

8.0

8.0

5.0

5.0

4.5

4.5

4.0

4.5

4.5

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.0

6.0

7.0

8.0

7.5

8.0

9.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.0

6.5

7.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

5.0

5.0

4.5

4.0

4.0

4.5

5.0

4.5

4.5

5.0

5.5

5.5

8.0

7.0

6.5

10.5

9.0

6.0

6.0

5.5

5.0

5.0

5.5

5.0

5.5

7.0

6.5

8.0

9.5

9.5

10.0

10.0

10.5

12.5

6.0

6.0

5.5

5.0

5.5

6.0

5.0

6.0

7.0

7.0

8.0

9.5

9.0

10.5

10.0

10.0

12.5

5.5

6.o

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.5

5.0

5.5

6.0

8.0

7.0

12.0

10.0

7.5

15.0

12.5

8.0

7.0

6.5

6.0

6.5

6.5

7.0

8.0

10.0

10.0

13.0

13.0

15.0

16.0

14.0

15.0

20.0

8.0

7.0

6.5

6.0

6.5

6.5

7.0

8.0

10.0

10.0

13.0

13.5

15.0

16.0

14.5

15.0

18.0

8.0

7.5

6.0

6.o

6.0

7.0

8.0

14.0

7.5

8.0

11.0

11.5

15.0

16.5

10.5

24.5

23.5

8.0

8.0

7.0

7.0

8.0

7.0

9.0

12.5

13.0

13.0

16.0

16.0

19.0

19.0

18.0

21.0

25.5

8.0

a. o

7.0

7.0

8.0

7.0

8.5

10.0

13.0

13.0

16.5

17.0

19.0

20.0

18.0

20.5

25.0

8.5

9.5

7.0

6.0

6.5

7.5

11.0

15.0

14.5

12.5

14.5

16.0

26.0

23.0

19.0

31.0

27.0

9.0

9.0

8.0

8.0

9.0

8.0

10.5

14.5

17.0

18.0

19.0

20.0

23.4

24.0

20.0

25.5

27.0

9.0

8.5

8.0

8.0

10.0

8.0

10.0

13.0

16.0

18.0

20.5

20.0

21.0

24. o

20.0

25.0

26.5

9.0

12.0

7.0

8.0

7.0

7.5

11.0

16.0

24.0

14.3

14.5

28.0

26.0

23.0

20.0

38.0

28.0

9.0

10.0

9.0

9.0

15.0

10.0

11.5

19.5

19.0

20.0

25.5

25.0

26.0

28.0

27.o

29.0

34.1

9.5

10.0

9.0

9.0

15.0

10.0

12.5

21.0

18.0

20.0

25.5

22.0

25.5

30.0

27.0

28.?

34.0

9.0

15.5

8.0

8.5

13.0

10.0

11.0

17.5

24.0

22.0

15.5

31.0

28.4

25.0

33.4

38.0

30.0

..

11t4CLUOES DATA FOR RACES WHICH ARE NOT SHOIIN SEPARATELY.

22
TABLE 7. NUMBFR OF MALES AGES 18-74 YEARS IN SAHPLE, ESTIMATEO POPULATION, ANO MEANS, STANOARO OBVIATIONS, ANO SELECTEO

PERCENTILES FOR SUBSCAPULAR SKINFOLO, BY RACE ANO AGE: UNITEO STATES, 1971-74

——

ST1 MATEO

OPULATI ON

TN

NuMBER PERCENTILE

SA?%LE

RACE ANO AGE MEAN ST ANOARO

OEVIATION

5TH 10TH 15TH 25TH 50TH 75TH 65TH 90TH 95TH

.

HOUSANOS

ALL RACESI

18-74 YEA4S...

SUBSCAPULAR SK INFOLO IN MI LLIt4ETERS

5,261 61,160 15.9 7.7 6.0 14.5 20.0

.

6.0

6.0

6.5

7.0

7.0

6.0

6.0

7.0 .3.0 10.0 24.0 26.0 30.5

.

8.0

8.0

10.0

11.5

12.0

11.0

10.5

——

6.5

7.0

T.O

8.o

8.0

7.0

7.5

7.5

6.5

T-O

7.5

8.5

8.0

T.O

8.0

6.5

5.5

6.0

6.5

7.0

7.0

5.0

6.0

7.0

7.0

8.0

10.0

9.0

8.5

9.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

16.0

16.5

15.5

15.0

14.5

13.0

17.0

20.0

21.0

22.0

21.0

20.0

20.0

16.0

20.5

24.5

24.0

25.0

24.5

23.0

24.0

23.5

24.0

26.0

26.0

29.0

2T. O

25.0

26.0

2B.5

30.0

30.5

30.5

32.0

30.0

30.0

30.0

18-19 YE Ads . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YEAR S. . . . . . . . .

25-34 Y= ADS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

!4H1T=

18-T4 YE ARS.....

18-19 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

65-T4 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

BLACK

18-74 YEAITS. . . . .

18-19 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YEAAS . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

260

513

B04

664

765

598

1,657

3,673

8,110

13,003

10,676

11,150

9,073

5,496

12.3

13.7

15.9

16.8

17.5

16.5

15.9

15.9

12.5

13.8

15.8

16.6

17.6

16.5

15.9

16.1

10.9

13.6

16.6

18.9

16.6

17.0

15.2

7.1

7.4

8.1

7.2

7.9

7.5

7.2

4,344

203

423

672

569

628

505

1,344

54,694

3,206

7,094

11,594

9,516

10,039

8,2T5

4,970

7.5

7.1

7.3

T. 6

7.0

7.6

7.2

7.0

6.5

6.0

6.0

T.O

7.0

7.0

6.0

6.5

10.0

7.0

7.0

8.0

10.0

10.0

8.5

9.0

7.0

6.0

7.0

7.0

8.0

T.O

6.5

7.0

8.0

8.0

10.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

16.0

16.5

15.5

15.0

14.0

13.5

17.0

20.0

20.0

22.0

21.0

20.0

21.9

18.0

21.0

25.0

24.0

25.0

24.0

23.0

25.0

23.5

24.0

26.0

26.0

28.5

26.5

25.0

28. o

28.5

30.0

30.0

30.0

31.0

30.0

30.0

35.0

11.5

12.0

11.0

11.0

847

52

80

119

B7

130

85

294

5,753 9.9 6.0

4.0

5.5

6.0

7.0

6.0

5.0

6.0

8.5

7.2

8.6

11.8

8-4

9.7

10.5

8.6

7.0 9.0

11.0

14.0

19.0

13.0

14.5

13.0

11.1

17.0

21.5

24.0

22.0

23.0

20.0

15.0

19.0

25.0

25.5

26.0

25. o

23.0

23.5

26.0

30.5

31.0

32.0

28.0

26.0

32.0

30.0

42.0

33.1

35.0

35.0

33.0

404

866 8.0

1,232 8.0

1,005

1,057

703

486

2’2.0

9.0

10.0

8.0

lINCLUOES OATA FOR RACES HHICH ARE NOT S+lOliN SEPARATELY.

TAEJLE B. NUMBER OF FEMALES AGES lB-74 YEARS IN SAMPLE, ESTIHATEO POPULATION, ANO MEANS, STANDARO OBVIATIONS, ANO SELECTEO

PERCENTILES FOR SUBSCAPULAR SKINFOLO, BY RACE MO AGE: UN ITEO STATES, 1971-74

PERCENTILE

MEAN STANOARO

DEVIATION

5TH IOTH 157H 257H 50TH 75TH 85TH 90TH 95TH

NUM8ER

IN

SAMPLE

ES71MATE0

P@PuLATI ON

IN

THOUSANOS

RACE AQO AGE

ALL RACES!

18-74 YEARS...

SU8SCAPULAR SK INFOLO IN MILLIMETERS

8,410 67,637 10.2 7.5 8.5 10.5

.

9.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

12.0

12.5

12.0

10.0

8.5

9.0

9.5

10.5

12.0

12.0

12.0

13.0

18.8 6.5 16.0 I 25.2 30.0 33.2 38.0

. _

3,679

9,215

13*933

11,593

12,163

9,976

7,277

14.4

15.4

17.4

19.6

21.2

20.9

7.7 6.5

6.0

6.0

6.5

7.0

T.O

7.0

6.5

7.0

7.0

7.0

8.0

8.5

8.0

8.0

7.5

7.0

8.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

9.5

10.0

8.0

12.0 1$.0

13.0 15.5

14.5 22.5

17.0 26.5

20.0 28.0

20.0 28.0

18.0 25.0

22.0

23.0

29.0

32.0

32.5

32.0

30.0

29.4

22.0

23.0

27.5

30.0

31.5

31.0

29.0

36.1

26.0

27.0

32.1

34.1

35.0

34.5

32.5

32.0

30.0

32.1

38.0

39.1

40.0

38.0

3T. O

36.5

30.0

32.0

37.0

38.0

38.0

37.0

36.0

44.1

38.0

35.1

41.0

42.4

46.0

55.0

39.0

18-19 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YEWS. . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YE A~S . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YE A’W . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YEA AS . . . . . . . . .

HHITF

18-74 YEARS. . . . .

18-19 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YE ADS. . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEADS. . . . . . . . .

65-7% YEAAS. . . . . . . . .

BLACK

18-74 YE ARS.....

18-19 YEA AS . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

65-T4 YE ARS.. . . . . . . .

280

1,243

1,896

1,664

836

669

8.6

10.1

10.8

10.5

10.3

1,822 19.5 9.3

6,757 59,923 18.2 9.8 16.0

12.0

13.0

14.0

16.0

19.0

19.0

25.0

19.0

19.0

21.5

25.0

27.0

27.0

20B

956

1,535

1,302

705

551

1,496

3,155

7,972

12,161

10,111

10, 879

9,037

6,603

14.2

15.1

16.8

18.8

20.4

20.2

19.2

7.4 6.5

6.0

6.0

6.5

7.0

6.5

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.5

8.5

.s.0

8.0

9.0

7.0

7.5

8.0

8.5

10.0

9.0

10.0

10.0

26.0

27.0

32.0

34.0

34.0

34.0

32.0

39.0

8.5

9.8

10.5

10.0

9.8

9.1 18.0 25.0

1,557 7,302 23.4 12.0 22.0 ] 31.5

2;;

335

334

126

115

318

504

1,073

1,646

1,318

1,237

871

652

14.9

17.6

21.7

26.0

2B.5

2T.5

22.8

9.4 6.5

7.0

6.5

9.0

10.5

7.5

6.0

7.0

8.0

8.0

10.0

11.5

9.5

8.0

7.5

9.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

12.0

10.0

9.0

11.0

12.0

17.0

lT.5

19.0

14.0

12.0 19.0

15.0 22.5

20.0 30.0

26.5 34.0

30.0 37.1

20.0

28.0

33.1

38.0

40.0

40.0

34.0

26.0

30.5

36. o

40.1

43.1

47.0

35.5

9.3

11.3

11.0

12.0

13.4

10.5

27.0

I

35.5

24.0 31.0

lINCLULIES OATA FOR RACES WHICH ARE NOT SHO14N SEPARATELY.

23
TABLE 9. NUMBER OF MALES AGES 1-17 YEARS IN SAMPLE, ES71MATED POPULATION, AND MEANS, STANOARO OEVIA710NS, ANO SE LECTEO

PFPCENTILES FOP UPPER ARM GIRTH, W’ RACE ANO SINGLE YEAR OF AGE: UN ITEO STATES, 1971-74

RACE ANO AGE

ALL RACES1

1 YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEA A S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 Years . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

T YE fiRS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 YE.@o S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 VE~RS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 Y54QS..., . . . . . . . .

15 Years . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

HHITE

1 YE!, R . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YEARS . . . . . . . . . ..-

BLACK

1 YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YE WS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YAPS . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YEtIRS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YEARs . . . . . . . . . . . .

NuMBER

IN

SAMPLE

286

298

300

304

273

179

164

152

169

184

178

200

174

174

171

169

1 T6

211

217

226

229

207

126

125

116

117

148

132

152

129

134

124

120

139

72

77

72

74

64

52

38

33

52

33

43

47

45

39

43

41

35

:STIMATEO

‘O PULATION

IN

rHOU SANO S

1,693

1,747

1,807

1,815

1,563

1,673

1,979

1,861

2,019

2,2o5

2,177

2,304

1,978

2,030

2,093

2,019

2,095

1,402

1,461

1,536

1,547

1,319

1,343

1,718

1,644

1,636

1,909

1,023

1,970

1,697

1,730

1,728

1,752

1,831

280

26T

212

260

226

321

253

203

383

251

313

316

281

282

310

267

235

PERCENTILE

MEAN ST ANOARO

OEVIATION

5TH 10TH 15TH 25TH 50TH T5TH

UPPER ARM GIRTH IN CENTIMETERS

16. C

16.3

16.8

17.1

17.9

18. C

18.5

19.0

20.7

21.6

22.3

23.6

24.7

25.9

26.7

28.3

28.9

16.1

16.3

16.8

17.1

18.0

18.0

18.9

19.0

20.9

21.7

22.3

23.7

24.7

26.1

26.5

28.4

28.9

15.5

16.6

16. T

16.6

17.6

17.9

18.6

19.4

20.0

21.0

22.5

23.0

24.8

24.8

27.3

28.2

28.8

1.3

1.7

1.5

1,4

2.0

1.9

2.,1

1.9

3.0

2.9

3,3

3.1

3,0

3.4

3,3

3.1

3,3

103

1“7

1,6

1!,3

2,1

200

2!>0

109

3!,1

2<,9

303

2,,9

2,,9

3<,5

3,,2

3<,3

3,,4

1.82

lct6

1,5

1,,6

14,8

1.5

2aoT

1.5

2,3

3.,0

3,3

3,<8

3,,4

2,5

2,>9

2,,2

3,1

14.1

14.1

14.5

1+.7

15.6

15.8

16.1

16.1

16.9

18.2

10.6

19.4

20.0

22.0

22.3

24.4

24.6

14.2

14.1

15.0

14.9

15.5

15.6

16.2

16.1

l?.?

18.2

18.6

19.5

20.0

22.0

22.2

23.7

24.7

13.8

14.7

15.0

14.1

15.6

16.2

14.2

17.3

16.8

18.2

19.4

18.6

20.9

22.1

23.9

25.7

23.7

14.5

14.6

15.2

15.4

16.0

16.1

16. T

17.0

17.5

18.5

19.1

20.3

21.2

22.5

23.0

24.7

25.1

14.7

14.5

15.2

15.4

16.1

16.0

16.8

17.0

17.7

18.4

19.0

20.4

21.1

22.8

23.0

24.6

25.1

14.0

15.0

15.1

14.6

15.6

16.5

15.5

17.6

16.8

18.5

20.1

19.7

21.7

22.1

24.0

25.7

24.7

14.7

15.2

15.4

15.5

16.3

16.4

17.2

17.2

18.0

18.8

19.6

20.8

22.1

22.9

23.7

25.3

25.7

14.8

15.1

15.4

15.7

16.4

16.3

17.3

17.2

18.0

18.9

19.4

21.0

22.1

23.2

23.3

24.8

25.7

14.2

15.3

15.3

15.4

16.0

16.5

16.1

17.6

17.1

18.5

20.5

20.1

21.7

22.1

24.9

25.8

25.9

15.0

15.4

15.9

16.2

16.7

16. ?

17.6

17.6

18.7

19.5

20.1

21.8

22.7

23.4

24.4

26.0

26.6

15.0

15.3

15.9

16.2

16.8

16.7

17.7

17.6

18.7

19.5

20.1

21.8

22.8

23.6

24.2

26.1

26.6

14.9

15.6

15.8

15.4

16.5

16.8

16.8

18.5

18.9

19.1

20.8

20.9

22.1

22.9

25.2

25.9

26.4

15.0

16.1

16.5

17.1

17.7

IT. T

18.5

18.8

20.0

21.0

21.6

23.0

24.4

25.3

26.2

28.1

28.3

16.0

16.1

16.5

17.1

17.7

17.7

18.5

18.8

20.1

21.0

21.8

23.2

24.4

25.3

25.8

28.0

28.1

15.5

16.2

16.4

16.3

17.2

18.0

18.4

19.4

19.8

20.6

21.5

22.5

23.0

25.4

26. +

28.5

28.4

17. C

17.1

17.:

18. C

18.7

18. (

Is. t

20. C

22.2

23.2

23.7

25.1

26.2

2?.7

28.5

30.1

30.8

17. C

17. C

17.5

18. C

18.8

18.8

19.6

20.0

22.4

23.3

23.9

25.2

26.2

28.3

28.4

30.9

30.8

16.0

17.2

17.5

17.8

18.4

18.3

20.0

20.1

21.2

21.7

22.1

23.3

27.8

25.9

28.7

28.8

31.0

95TH

17.4

17.5

10.0

18.4

19.2

19.5

21.0

20.6

24.5

24.6

25.2

26.0

27.8

29.1

29.0

31.4

32.6

17.4

17.5

18.0

18.4

19.2

19.5

21.0

20.6

24.9

24.7

25.2

26.2

27.3

29.2

29.6

31.6

32.8

17.1

17.7

17.9

10.5

18.7

19.0

20.6

21.2

22.0

22.0

24.3

24.9

28.6

27.5

30.6

30.3

31.0

90TH \ 95TH

17.7

1?.8

18.2

18.6

19.6

20.0

22.2

21.2

25.2

25.5

26.1

27.8

28.6

30.3

31.4

32.3

33.7

17.7

17.8

18.3

18.6

19.6

20.3

22.2

21.5

25.3

25.5

26.0

28.0

28.5

30.6

31.3

32.4

33.7

17.5

20.3

18.2

18.6

19.1

19.4

21.8

21.2

22.2

23.6

28.2

26.2

29.9

27.5

31.5

30.6

32.0

18.6

18.8

19.0

19.2

20.9

21.2

‘22.9

122.6

26.0

27.4

28.3

29.6

30.1

32.1

32.7

34.3

34.7

18.6

18.5

18.0

19.2

20.9

22.0

22.9

22.6

26.6

2?.0

,28.3

29.6

30.5

32.2

31.9

34.3

,34.7

,17.8

20.3

19.1

20.0

20.8

20.0

22.6

21.8

25.0

27.3

30.5

29.0

29.9

28.2

33.2

31.5

‘34.9

‘I NC LUOES OATA FOR RACES IIHICH ARE NOT SHOWN SEPARATELY.

24
TABLE 10. NUMB:R OF FEMALES AGES 1-17 YEARS IN SAMPLE, EST IMATEO POPULATION, ANO MEANS, STANOARO OBVIATIONS, ANO SELECTED

PERCENTILES FOR UPPER ARM GIRTH, BY RACE AND SINGLE YEAR OF AGE: UNITEO STATES, 1971-74

I

NUMBER

RACE ANO AGE IN

SAMPLE

ALL RAC!S1

1 Y54R. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 Y5AQS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 Veers . . . . . . . . . . . . .

~ yE&Rs . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEADS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 y~iQs . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 Y EARS........ . . . . .

10 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEAR S .. ... ... .. ..

12 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YE A~S . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YAPS . . . . . . . . . . . .

lb YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 ‘fear s . . . . . . . . . . . .

blHITF

1 YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEADS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

T Years . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . .

BLACK

1 YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEA~S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

L YEA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YE LPS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEAAS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 Y5bQS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . .

13 Y? ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 Y= Ad s . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . .

267

272

292

281

314

176

169

152

171

197

lbb

177

198

184

171

175

157

189

203

211

204

224

125

122

117

129

148

122

128

153

132

125

141

117

73

66

78

73

88

50

46

35

41

48

42

47

44

50

46

33

39

1,620

1,708

1,701

1,599

1,695

1,787

1,754

1,800

2,017

2,173

1,911

1,812

2,175

2,036

2,163

2,145

1,804

I,32B

1,434

1,438

1,339

1,416

1,445

1,507

1,507

1,751

1,855

1,569

1,506

1,BB6

1,731

1,752

1,933

1,549

257

261

245

246

265

336

241

293

247

303

315

284

287

265

__&_l

1S.6

16.1

16.6

16.8

17.6

18.0

18.2

20.0

21.0

21.1

22.9

23.7

25.1

25.9

25.9

26.3

27.2

15.6

16.0

16.6

16.8

17.7

18.0

18.6

20.1

21.1

21.0

23.0

23.9

25.2

26.1

26.3

26.1

27.1

15.3

16.2

16.3

16.8

17.3

18.2

18.8

19.4

20.0

28.1

26. S

1.2

i.3

1.3

1.4

2.0

1.9

2.1

2.6

2.5

2.4

3.3

3.3

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.7

4.3

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.4

2.0

1.8

2.2

2.6

2.5

2.4

3.3

3.0

3.B

3.7

3.4

3.4

4.2

1.5

1.6

1.2

1.5

1.9

2.4

1.6

2.3

2.7

2.9

3.3

4.2

3.5

4.0

3.8

5.2

4.0

PERCENTILE

5TH I 107H I 15TH ] 25TH \ 50TH \ 757H

UPPER ARM GIRTH IN CENTIMETERS

13.7 14.2

14.2 14.5

14.3 15.0

14.8 15.2

15.2 15.6

15.7 16.2

15.2 16.7

16.8 17.4

17.6 17.9

17.6 18.3

18.3 19.3

19.1 19.8

20.1 21.3

21.2 21.8

21.4 22.0

21.9 22.4

22.1 22.7

13.8 14.3

14.2 14.5

14.3 15.0

14.8 15.3

15.3 15.7

15.7 16.2

15.2 16.7

16.9 17.3

17.8. 18.2

17.4 18.4

18.5 19.4

19.7 20.4

20.2 21.3

21.1 22.3

21.7 22.8

21.6 22.4

22.1 22.7

13.5 13.6

13.5 14.5

14.8 15.0

14.0 14.5

13.9 15.3

15.9 16.0

16.5 16.7

16.4 17.4

16.6 16.6

17.6 18.3

18.0 18.0

18.5 18.5

19.2 20.5

21.2 21.4

19.7 21.4

23.1 23.1

14.3

14. B

15.2

15.6

15.8

16.4

16.8

17.8

18.3

18.7

19.7

20.3

21.6

22.7

22.5

23. o

23.3

14.4

14.8

15.2

15.7

15.8

16.4

16.8

17.8

18.4

18.8

20.0

21.0

21.7

22.9

23.3

23.0

23.2

14.0

14.8

15.3

15.3

16.0

16.1

16.7

17.4

17.4

18.7

19.6

19.1

21.5

21. a

21.7

23.2

23.6

14.8

15.2

15.7

16.0

16.4

17.0

17.5

18.2

19.0

L9. 4

20.5

21.3

22.4

23.4

23.5

23.6

24.1

14.8

15.2

15.8

16.0

16.5

16.9

17.5

18.2

19.3

19.4

20.5

21.6

22.4

23.5

24.4

23.6

24.1

14.2

14.9

15.5

16.0

16.3

17.2

17.0

17.7

17.8

19.7

20.0

19.4

21.8

22.3

22.0

24.3

24.1

15.6

16.0

16.7

16.7

17.3

17.6

18.3

19.’9

20.9

20.8

22.2

23.6

24.2

25.0

25.2

25.6

26.2

15.6

16.0

16.7

16.7

17.4

17.7

18.2

19.4

21.1

20.9

22.4

23.7

24.2

25.3

25.7

25.5

26.2

15.2

15.9

16.0

16.7

17.0

17.6

19.1

19.0

19.3

20.5

22.0

21.0

24.2

24.5

22.6

26.0

25.6

16.3

16.7

17.4

17.6

18.2

1S.8

19.8

21.4

22.3

22.5

24.7

25.4

26.7

27.7

27.9

28.3

29.6

16.4

16.7

17.5

17.6

18.4

18.7

19.5

21.3

22.4

22.5

24.4

25.6

26.9

27.7

28.2

28.3

29.6

16.1

17.5

16.8

17.7

18.0

19.0

20.2

21.5

21.3

23.3

24.7

25.3

26.4

28.6

25.7

30.1

27.5

135TH \ 90TH

16.7

17.2

17.9

18.2

18.8

19.3

20.5

22.5

23.5

23.6

26.2

26.7

29.0

29.8

29.0

29.3

30.8

16. S

17.2

17.9

18.2

19.0

19.1

20.5

22.4

23.5

23-2

26.2

26.8

29.2

29.9

29.1

29.1

30.4

16.3

18.3

17.1

18.6

18.5

19.5

20.2

22.5

23.7

25.3

26.2

26.0

27.6

29.5

26.7

34.4

30.1

17.0

17.5

18.1

18.5

19. T

20.2

20.9

23.6

24.8

24.3

27.0

28.1

30.3

30.9

29.2

31.8

32.6

17.1

17.3

18.1

18.4

20.3

20.1

20.9

24.4

24.8

24.3

27.0

28.1

30.3

31.1

29.2

31.4

32.4

17.0

10.7

17.6

18.9

18.5

20.5

20.3

23. o

23.7

25.5

26.6

27.9

30.7

29.5

28.1

38.2

32.8

)5TH

17.7

18.5

18.8

19.1

21.5

21.1

22.1

25.5

25.7

25.4

29.7

29.2

33.1

32.B

32.2

33.1

35.0

17.6

18.2

18.7

19.1

21.5

21.1

22.6

25.6

25.9

25.2

30.0

29.2

33.1

33.0

32.1

32.4

34.7

18.9

19.2

18.9

19.0

22.1

22.0

22.0

23.6

25.1

26.1

29.7

31.1

31.3

32.8

35.2

38.2

38.3

llNCLUOES OATA FOR RACES !6HICH ARE NOT SHCWN SEPARATELY.

25
T&&L: 11. NUMBER OF MALES AGCS 18-74 YEARS IN SAMPLE, ESTIMATED POPULATION, ANO MEANS, STANDARD DEVIATIONS, A’ND SELECTED

PCRCENTILES FOR UPPER ARM GIRTH, BY RACE. ANO AGE: UNITED STATES, 1971-74

I I

NUMBER

IN

SAMPL5

:S71MATE0

‘O PULATION

THOUi!NDS I!_3!-!’ 5TH bOTH 1157H 125T~EF~Li75TH 185TH IgoTHI=_

<ACE 4V0 iGC

ALL RAC=S7

18-74 Y5tJ S...

UPPER ARM GIRTH IN CENTIMETERS

5,261 61,180 31.8 3.4 26.4 27.6 28.5 I 29.6 31.7 33.9

_

32.2

33.1

34.4

34.8

34.2

33.4

32.4

33.8

32.5

33.1

34.3

34.6

34.2

33.3

32.4

34.7

35.1 36.0 \ 37.3

18-19 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

20-2~ YCA2S . . . . . . . . .

25-34 Y= AD S . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

45-54 Y! AD S . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YF.4QS . . . . . . . . .

.5-74 Y? Ads . . . . . . . . .

260

513

804

664

765

3,673

8,110

13,003

10,676

30.5

31.1

32.3

3.6

3.’4

25.3

26.1

27.0

27.8

26.7

25.6

25.3

26.5

26.6

27.2

28.2

28.7

27.8

27.3

26.5

27.7

27.4 28.1

27.7 29.0

28.9 30.0

29.6 30.7

28.9 30.0

28.2 29.6

30.1

31.0

32. o

32.7

32.1

31.7

30. T

31.7

30.1

31.0

32.1

32.6

32.2

31.7

30.7

31.8

33.7

34.3

35.6

35.8

35.4

34.5

33.6

35.1

34.0

34.4

35.4

35.7

35.4

34.5

33.5

36.3

35.3 37.9

35.5 37.4

36.6 37.6

36.3 :37.1

36.2 3?.6

35.2 36.6

34.4 35.5

3,5

3.1

3.3

3.3

3.1

32.7

32.1

31.5

30.5

11,150

9,073

5,496

598

1,657 27.3 I 28.5

35.9 37.1

WHITE

lB-T4 YE4RS . . . . .

I

4, 34+ 54,694

3,206

7,094

11,594

9,516

10,039

8,2T5

4,970

31.8 3.3 28.5 I 29.6

18-1s

?0-24

25-34

35-44

45-5+

Y5tl Pa . . . . . . . . .

YEA,s . . . . . . . . .

YEIDS. . . . . . . . .

YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

YEADS . . . . . . . . .

203

423

672

569

30.5

31.2

32.3

3.6

3.2

3.3

3.0

3.2

3.2

25.3

26.4

27.3

28.1

26.7

25.6

25.2

26.5

27.0

27.2

26.6

26.6

26.8

25.5

25.8

26.6

27.2

28.3

28.9

27.9

27.3

26.6

27.3

27.5 28.1

27.8 29.0

28.9 30.0

29.6 30.7

29.0 30.1

28.2 29.7

27.5 28.6

35.4 37.9

35.6 37.4

36.5 ,37.5

36.2 ‘37.1

36.2 ’37.5

35.0 36.4

34.2 35.2

32.7

32.1

31.4

30.5

628

505

1,344

55-64

65-74 3.1

BLACK

18-74 Y: AR S..... 847 5,753 32.3 4.4 28.1 I 29.5 37.6 I 39.3

18-19 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

23-24 Y5AR.S . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YE A=’S . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

52

80

11’3

87

130

85

294

404

866

1,232

1,005

1,057

703

30.6 3.8

3.9

5.3

3.6

3.9

4.6

27.2

27.8

28.1

28.0

26.8

27.4

26.6 -!27.4

28.1

29.3

29.0

27.6

27.5

27.1

28.5

29.4

30.5

31.8

29.4

29.5

28.2

30.1

31.3

32.1

34.6

31.5

32. o

30.8

31.7

33.3

35.1

36.2

32.8

35.0

33.0

32.8

34.3

36.6

37.1

35.2

38.2

35.2 L

33.1 42.5

34.6 38.0

37.6 38.3

37.8 38.7

38.8 39.3.

38.5 41.0

35.7 37.6

31.6

33.0

?,3 .6

31.8

32.5

486 30.9 3.6

llNCLUOES OATA FOR RACES WHICH ARE NOT SHOWN SEPARATELY.

TABLE 12. NUMBER OF FEMALES AGES 18-74 YEARS IN SAMPLE, ESTIMATE, POPULATION, AN, MEANS, STANOARO lJEIflATJQNsr AN, 5E’Ec7E,

PERCENTILES FOR UPPER ARM GIRTH, 8Y RAI:E ANO AGE: UNITED STATES, 1971-74

( NUMBER

IN

SAMPLE

S71MATED

0PULA710N

IN

HOUSANOS

* 5TH110TH 115TH 125TJ~1Li75TH185TH 190TH 195TH

RACE Au Q AGE

ALL RACES1

18-T4 YE AR S...

UPPER ARM GXR7H IN CENTIMETERS

8,410 67,837 29.4 4.15 23.2 24.3

_

23.0

23.0

24.2

25.2

25.7

25.1

25.2

24.3

25.0 26.2 28.7 31.9 [ 33.8 [ .35.2 37.8

1S-19 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

23-24 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

65-T4 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

280

1, 243

1, 096

1,664

836

669

1,822

3,6T9

9,215

13,933

11*593

12,163

9,976

7,277

26.6

27.2

28.6

30.0

30. T

30.7

28.2 30.5 31.5

29.0 30.8 31.8

30.4 32.5 34.1

32.2 34.5 36.2

32.9 34.9 36.8

33.3 35.0 36.3

32.6 34.2 35.3

3.”?

4.0

4.:)

4.7

4.5

4.0

4.2

22.1

22.2

23.3

24.1

24.3

23.9

23.8

23.2

21.7

22.2

23.4

24.1

24.3

24.0

24.0

23.1

23.2

23.6

24.8

25.8

26.6

26.1

2.5.2

25. o

24.1

24.6

25.7

26.8

27.5

27.7

27.4

26.2

26.2

26.5

27.8

29.2

30.3

30.2

2’3.9

28.6

iJ3.2

24.5

37.2

38.5

39.3

38.2

30.1 37.2

wHITE

18-74 YE ARS . . . . . 31.6

lE-19 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

29-24 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEAe S . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

65-T4 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

6, 757 59,923 29.2 4.4 33.4 34.9 37.5

3,159

7,972

12,161

10,111

10,879

9.037

26.6

2T.1

28.4

29.7

30.4

3.6

3.$1

4.11

23.0

23.0

24.2

25.0

25.7

25.1

25.2

24.3

23.3

23.6

24.7

25.7

26.5

26.1

26.3

25.2

24.2

24.6

25.6

26.7

27.4

27.6

27.4

26.7

26.2

26.5

27.6

29.0

30.0

30.1

29.8

30.1

25.6

26.8

29.0

31.9

32.1

32.6

31.5

28.2

28.9

30.2

30.5

30.7

32.3

34.1

34.4

34.8

34.0

31.5

31.7

33.8

33.0

34.1

26.1

956

1,539

1,302

705

551

4.A

4;2

4.1,

4.1.

31.6

32.7

33.0

32.5

35.7

36.0

35.8

35.2

38.2

~8.7

37.8

37. i

30.4

1,496 6; 603 30.1

BLACK

18-,4 YEARS . . . . . 1.557 II34.2 36.2 37.6

28.1 29.2 32.2

30.0 32.0 34.5

32.4 34.6 37.3

35.0 36.2 37.7

35.9 39.3 41.1

36.6 37.1 41.0

34.4 35.1 36.4

7,302

504

1,073

1,646

1,318

1,237

871

652

30.8 5.0 41.0

18-19 YEARS ;........

20-24 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEARs . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

70

259

335

334

126

115

318

26.5

27.9

29.9

32.1

33.3

33.2

31.0

4.()

4.5

5.n

5.5

22.2

22.2

23.0

25.0

25.5

23.5

22.2

22.8

23.4

24. o

25.8

27.2

24.8

24.2

23.1

24.2

25.1

27.0

27.7

27.6

25.8

23.5

24.8

26.5

28.3

29.6

28.4

27.7

37.2

37.6

40.2

41.1

44.7

44.3

38.0

5.9

7.0

4.9

llNCLUOES OATA FOR RACES !4H1CH ARE NOT SHOUN SEPARATELY.

26
TABLE 13. NLNIBER OF 13ALES AGES 1-17 YEARS IN SAMPLE, EST IMATEO POPULATION, AND MEANS, STANOARD DEVIATIONS, ANO SELECTEO

PERCENTILES FOR ELBOW BREAOTH, BY RACE ANO SINGLE YEAR OF AGE: UNITEO STATES, 1971-T4

RACF AVCI AGE

ALL RACES1

1 YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEADS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEAR S. . . . ...>.....

5 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YEA AS. . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 Years . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 Yearn s . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . . . .

HHITE

1 YEA R. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEADS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

T YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

B YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YAP . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEADS. . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YEADS. . . . . . . . . . . .

BLACK

1 YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEA AS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

T YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 Yaks . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEAds . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEARs . . . . . . . . . . . .

1A YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YEAds . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEARs . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

NuMBER

IN

SAMPLE

286

298

308

304

273

179

164

152

169

184

178

200

174

174

171

169

176

211

217

226

229

207

126

125

116

117

148

132

152

129

134

124

128

139

72

77

72

74

64

52

38

33

52

::

47

45

39

43

41

35

iSTIMATEO

‘D PuLATI ON

IN

rHOUSANOS

1,693

1,747

1,807

1,815

1,563

L,673

1,979

1;861

2,019

2,205

2t177

2,3o4

1.978

2;o3O

2,093

2,019

2,095

1,402

1,461

1,536

1,547

1,319

1,343

1,718

1,644

1,636

1,909

1,823

1,970

1,697

1,730

1,728

1,752

1,831

280

267

212

260

226

321

253

203

3a3

251

313

316

281

282

310

267

235

PERCENTILE

MEAN STANOARO

OEVIATION

5TH 107H 15TH 25TH 50TH 75TH 85TH

I I I I I I I I

ELBOM BREAOTH IN CENTIMETERS

4.0

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.9

5.0

5.1

5.3

5.6

5.7

5.9

6.3

6.5

6.8

6.9

7.1

7.0

4.0

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.9

5.0

5.1

5.3

5.6

5.7

5.9

6.3

6.5

6.8

6.9

7.1

7.0

4.0

4.4

4.4

4.7

4.9

5.0

5.1

5:5

5.6

5.a

6.0

6.4

6.5

6.8

7.0

7.1

7.0

.3

:;

.3

.3

.3

.4

.3

.4

.4

.4

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.4

.3

.4

.4

.4

::

.4

.5

.4

.4

.3

:;

.4

.3

.3

.4

.4

.4

.5

.4

.6

.4

.6

.4

.3

.4

3.5

:::

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.8

5.0

5.1

5.2

5.5

5.8

6.o

6.1

6.5

6.3

3.6

3.7

4.0

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.6

4.8

5.0

5.1

5.2

5.6

5.8

6.2

6.1

6.5

6.4

3.4

3.9

4.0

4.2

4.3

4.6

4.3

4.9

5.0

5.2

5.4

5.5

5.9

5.9

6.5

6.6

6.5

3.7

3.9

4.1

4.3

4.4

4.6

4.7

4.9

5.1

5.3

5.4

5.7

6.0

6.3

6.3

6.6

6.6

3.7

3.9

4.1

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.7

4.9

5.0

5.3

5.4

5.7

6.1

6.3

6.2

6.6

6.6

3.5

4.0

4.1

4.3

4.4

4.6

4.4

5.0

5.2

5.2

5.4

5.5

5.9

5.9

6.5

6.a

6.7

3.7

3.9

4.2

4.3

4.5

4.6

4.a

4.9

5.2

5.3

5.6

5.8

6.2

6.4

6.4

6.6

6.7

3.8

3.9

4.2

4.3

4.5

4.6

4.8

4.9

5.2

5.4

5.6

5.8

6.2

6.4

6.4

6.6

6.7

3.7

4.1

4.2

4.3

+.5

4.6

4. a

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.7

5. a

6.1

6.0

6.6

6.a

6.7

3.a

4.0

4.3

4.4

4.6

4.T

4.9

5.0

5.3

5.4

5.T

6.0

6.2

6.6

6.6

6.8

6.8

3.8

4.0

4.3

4.4

4.6

4.8

4.9

5.0

5.3

5.4

5.7

6.0

6.2

6.6

6.6

6.8

6.8

3.a

4.2

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.7

4.9

5.1

5.3

5.4

5.8

5.9

6.2

6.4

6.7

6.8

6.7

4.0

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.9

5.0

5.2

5.3

5.6

5.7

5.9

6.3

6.5

6.8

7.0

7.1

7.1

4.0

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.a

4.9

5.2

5.3

5.6

5.7

5.9

6.3

6.5

6.8

6.9

7.1

7.0

4.0

4.4

4.4

4.6

5.0

5.1

5.2

5.5

5.5

5.7

6.0

6.4

6.4

6.7

7.1

7.0

7.1

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.9

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.5

5.8

6.0

6.2

6.6

6. a

7.1

7.2

7.3

7.3

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.8

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.5

5.8

5.9

6.2

6.6

6. a

7.1

;::

7.3

4.1

4.5

4.5

5.0

5.1

5.2

5.4

5.7

5.7

6.1

6.2

6. a

6.9

7.1

7.2

7.3

7.2

4.3

4.5

4.7

4.9

5.2

5.3

5.5

5.6

6.0

6.1

6.3

6.7

7.0

7.2

7.3

T.6

7.5

4.3

4.5

4.7

4.9

5.2

5.3

5.5

5.6

6.0

6.1

6.3

6.7

7.0

7.2

7.3

7.6

7.5

4.3

4.6

4.6

5.2

5.1

5.3

5.5

5.7

5.9

6.1

6.3

6.9

7.1

7.3

7.4

7.4

7.4

30TH

4.4

4.t

4.e

5.C

5.3

5.4

5.5

5.7

6.1

6.2

6.4

6.e

7.1

T.3

1.5

7.e

7.6

4.4

4.t

4. E

5.C

5.3

5.4

5.t

5.1

6.2

6.2

6.4

6.a

7.1

7.3

7.5

7.6

r.t

4.4

4.8

4.8

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.5

5.9

6.0

6.6

6.4

7.3

7.1

7.7

7.7

7.6

7.6

;5TH

4.5

4.7

5.0

5.2

5.3

5.5

5.7

5.9

6.3

6.4

6.6

7.0

7.2

7.5

7.7

7.a

7.7

4.5

4.7

5.0

5.1

5.3

5.4

5.7

5.8

6.3

6.4

6.6

7.0

7.2

T.4

7.7

7.9

7.7

4.5

4.a

5.1

5.3

5.3

5.a

5.6

5.9

6.5

6.6

6.4

7.4

T.1

7.7

7.7

7.T

7.6

~INCLUOES OATA FoR RACES WHICH ARE N07 SHOWN SEPARATELY.

27
TABLE 14. NUMBER OF FEMALES AGES 1-17 YEARS IN SAMPLE, EsTIMATED POPULATION, ANO MEANS, STANDARD OEVIATIONS, ANO SELECTED

PERCENTILES FOR ELBOIJ BREAOTH, BY RACE ANO SINGLE YEAR OF AGE: UN ITEO STATES, 1971-74

RACE AvO AGE

ALL RACES1

1 YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEAAS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

T YEAAS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

B YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEAAS . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 VEALS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 VEALS . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 VEAL S . . . . . . . . . . . .

lT YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

HHITE

1 YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEAAS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YEADS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 YEARS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 VEALS . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YEAAS. . . . . . . . . . . .

16 VEALS . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 VEALS . . . . . . . . . . . .

BLACK

1 YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEARS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 Y EAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.10 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEAAS . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . .

17 VEALS . . . . . . . . . . . .

NUMBER

IN

SAMPLE

26T

272

292

281

314

1T6

169

152

171

197

166

177

19B

184

171

175

157

189

203

211

204

224

125

122

llT

129

148

122

128

153

132

125

141

117

73

66

7a

73

88

50

46

47

44

50

46

33

39

S71 MATEO

OPULATION

IN

HOUSANOS

1,620

1,708

1,701

1,599

1,695

1.787

1,754

1 ,BOO

2,017

2 ,1T3

1.911

1 *812

2.1T5

2,036

2,163

2,145

1,804

1,328

1,434

1 *43a

1.339

1,416

1,445

1,507

1,507

1,751

1.855

1 ;569

1,506

1,886

1,731

1,732

1 *933

1,549

257

261

245

246

265

336

241

293

247

303

315

284

20T

265

411

203

239

*klEl+Ek ELBOH BREAOTH IN CEN711SETERS

3.9

4.0

4.3

4.4

4.6

4.8

5.0

5.1

5.4

5.5

5.7

5.9

6.0

6.0

6.1

6.1

6.1

3.9

4.0

4.3

4.4

4.6

4.B

5.0

5.1

5.4

5.5

5.B

5.9

6.0

6.0

6.1

6.0

6.0

3.9

4.0

4.2

4.5

4.T

4.8

5.1

5.i

5.3

5.5

5.T

6.0

6.0

6.1

6.1

6.2

6.2

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.4

.4

.4

.4

::

.4

..4

,,4

,,3

(L3

,,3

,,4

‘,4

.,3

.,4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

.4

.3

.3

.3

.4

.3

.2

.3

.4

.3

.4

.4

.3

.3

.5

.4

3.4

3.6

3.B

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.8

4.9

5.2

5.3

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.5

5.4

3.4

3.6

3.8

4.0

4.1

4.3

4.4

4.6

4.7

4.9

5.2

5.3’

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.5

5.4

3.4

3.4

3.9

4.0

4.2

4.1

4.7

4.7

4.8

4.8

5.4

5.3

5.5

5.5

5.7

5.6

5.7

3.5

3.7

3.9

4.1

4.2

4.4

4.5

4.7

5.0

5.0

5.3

5.5

5.6

5.5

5.6

5.6

5.6

3.5

3.7

3.9

4.1

4.2

4.4

4.5

4.6

5.0

5.0

5.3

5.5

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.6

5.5

3.5

3.6

4.0

4.0

4.3

4.2

4.a

4.8

5.0

4. a

5.4

5.5

5.5

5. a

5.9

5.7

5.8

3.6

3. T

4.0

4.1

4.3

4.5

4.6

4.B

5.0

5.1

5.3

5.5

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.7

5.7

3.6

3.8

4.0

4.1

4.3

4.5

4.6

4.7

5.0

5.1

5.3

5.5

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.7

3.7

3.7

4.0

4.1

4.4

4.4

4.9

4.9

5.0

5.0

5.4

5.6

5.6

5.9

5.9

5.B

5. a

3.7

3.8

4.1

4.2

4.4

4.6

4. a

4.9

5.1

5.2

5.5

5.6

5.7

5. B

5. a

5. a

5.a

3.7

3.B

4.1.

4.2

4.4

% 6

4.7

4.9

5.1

5.2

5.5

5.6

5.B

5.7

5.7

5. a

5.8

3.7

3. a

4.1

4.2

4.5

4.5

5.0

5.0

5.1

5.2

5.5

5.7

5.6

5.9

6.0

6.0

6.0

3.a

4.0

4.3

4.4

4.6

4.7

5.0

5.1

5.4

5.5

5.7

5.9

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

3.a

4.0

4.3

4.4

4.6

4.7

5.0

5.1

5.4

5.5

5.a

5.9

6.0

6.0

6.1

6.0

6.0

3.9

4.1

4.2

4.5

4.7

4.7

5.0

5.2

5.3

5.5

5.7

6.0

6.0

6.1

6.0

6.1

6.2

4.1

4.2

4.4

4.6

4. a

5.0

5.2

5.3

5.6

5.7

6.0

6.1

6.2

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.3

4.1

4.2

4.4

4.6

4. a

5.0

5.2

5.4

5.6

5.7

6.0

6.1

6.2

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.2

4.1

4.3

4.4

4.6

4.9

5.0

5.2

5.3

5.5

5. a

5.9

6.2

6.3

6.2

6.2

6.6

6,4

—

15TH

4.2

4.3

4.5

4.7

5.0

5.1

5.3

5.5

5.7

5.B

6.2

6.3

6.3

6.4

6.4

6.5

6.5

4.2

4.3

4.5

4.7

5.0

5.1

5.3

5.6

5.7

5.8

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.4

6.4

b. 4

6.4

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.9

5.0

5.3

;::

5.6

5.9

5.9

6.2

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.9

6.6

?OTH

4.3

4.4

4.6

4.7

5.0

5.1

5.4

5.6

5 .B

5.9

6.3

6.4

6.4

6.5

6.6

6.6

6.6

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.7

5.0

5.1

5.3

5.7

5.9

5.9

6.3

6.4

6.4

6.5

6.6

6.5

6.6

4.4

4.6

4.6

4.9

5.0

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.6

6.1

5.9

6.4

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.9

6.a

>5TH

4.4

4.5

4.7

4.9

5.2

5.3

5.5

5.7

6.0

6.0

6.4

6.5

6.6

6.5

6.7

6.7

6.7

4.3

4.5

4.6

4 .a

5.2

5.2

5.4

5.7

6.0

6.0

6.5

6.5

6.b

; 6.5

6.7

6.7

6 .T

4.6

4.7

.4.a

5.0

5.2

5.4

5.7

5.4

5.a

6.3

6.2

6.7

6.6

6.6

6.6

7.0

6 .a

lINCLUOES OATA FOR RACES wHICH ARE NOT SHOHN SEPARATELY.

28
TABLE 15. NUMBER OF MALES AGES 18-74 YEARS IN SAMPLE, ESTIMATED POPULATION, ANO HEANS, STANOARO OEVIATICINS, AND SELECTEO

PERcENTILES FOR ELBOIA BREAOTH, BY RACE AND AGE: UN ITEO STATES, 1971-74

RACE AND AGE

NUMBER

IN

SAMPLE

:sTIMATEo PERCENTILE

JcPuLATI ON MEAN ST ANOARO

IN OEVIATION

rHOUSANDS 5TH 10TH 15TH 25TH 50TH 75TH 85TH 90TH 95TH

ALL RACES1

18-74 YE4Q S...,

I

EL80U BREAOTH IN CENTIMETERS

61,160 7.2 .4 6.5 6.7

3,673 T.1 .4 6.4 6.6

8,110 T.1 .4 6.3 6.5

13,003 7.2 .4 6.4 6.6

10,676 7.2 .4 6.6 6.7

11,150 7.3 .4 6.6

9.073

6.8

7.3 .4 6.7 6.8

5,496 7.3 .4 6.6 6.8

6.8

6.T

6.7

6.8

6.8

6.9

6.9

6.9

6.8

6.9

6.6

6.8

6.9

7.0

7.0

7.0

-r.o

7.0

7.2

:::

7.2

7.2

7.3

7.3

7.3

7.2

7.5

7.3

7.4

7.4

7.5

7.5

7.6

7.6

7.5

5,261 7.9

7.6

7.8

7.9

8.0

7.9

8.0

8.0’

7.9

7.7

=

7.5

7.5

7.6

7.b

7.7

7.7

7.7

7.7

7.7

=

7.6

7.6

7.7

7.7

7.8

7.8

T.8

7.-1

18-19 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YEAR S. . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEAR S. . . . . . . . .

35-44 YE Ads . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YAPS . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

HHI TF

18-74 YEAR S.....

18-19 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YEARs . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEA~S . . . . . . . . .

35-+ YEARS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YAPS . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEA AS. . . . . . . . .

65-7L YEARs . . . . . . . . .

BLACK

18-74 YEAR S.....

18-19 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YEADS. . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

65-T4 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

260

513

804

664

765

596

1,657

54,694 II 4,344 7.2 .4 I 6.5 I 6.7

203

423

672

569

628

505

1,344

3,206 T.1 .4 6.4 6.6

7,094 7.1 .4 6.3 6.5

11,594 7.2 .4 6.4 6.6

9,516 7.2 .4 6.6 6.7

10,039 7.3 .4 6.6 6.8

8,275 7.3 .4 6.7 6.8

4,970 7.3 .4 6.6 6.8

6.7

6.7

6.6

6.9

6.9

6.9

6.9

6.8

6.9

6.8

6.9

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.1

7.1

7.2

7.2

7.3

7.3

7.3

7.2

7.3

7.3

7.4

7.5

7.5

7.6

7.6

7.5

T.5

T. 5

7.6

7.6

7.7

7.7

7.7

7.7

7.6

7.6

7.7

7.7

7.8

7.8

T.8

7.8

7.6

7.8

7.9

8.0

7.9

8.0

8.0

847 5,753 I 7.2 .5 I 6.5 I 6.7 8.0 m

52

80

119

87

6.5

6.9

6.8

6.9

7.0

6.9

6.9

6.T

7.0

6.9

7.1

7.0

7.0

7.1

7.1

7.3

?.1

7.3

7.2

7.2

7.4

7.3

7.4

7.5

7.7

T. 5

7.5

7.6

7.6

7.5

7.6

7.6

7.6

7.8

7.8

7.7

7.7

7.7

7.9

7.7

7.9

7.9

7.9

T.?

7.9

8.0

8.0

8.1

8.1

130

85

294

lINCI.UOES 0AT4 FOR RACES HHICH ARE NOT SHCilN SEPARATELY.

TA8LE 16. NuMBER CF FEMALES AGES 16-74 YEARS IN SAMPLE, FSTIMATEO PCPULA710N, ANO MEANS, STANOARO DEVIATIONS, ANO SELECTEO

PERCENTILES FOR ELEIOH BREAOTH, BY RACE ANO AGE: UNITEO STATES, 1971-74

NUMBER

SAfiLE

ES71MATE0

pnPuLATI oN

IN

THOUSANOS

PERCENTILE

14EAN ST ANOARO

OEVIATIDN

5TH 10TH 15TH 257H 50TH 75TH 857H 90TH 95TH

RACE AvO AGE

ALL RACES1

18-74 YEvS...

EL80U 8REAOTH IN CENTIMETERS

8,410 67, B37 6.3 .5 5.6

.

5.5

5.4

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.8

5.8

5.6 —

5.5

5.4

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.8

5.8

5.6

5.7 5.8 6.0 6.2 6.5 6.7 6.9 7.1

_

18-19 YE4~S . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

25-36 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 Years . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YEARs . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEAR S. . . . . . . . .

65-74 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

HH1 T:

18-74 YEAR S.....

18-19 YEARS.. . . . . . . .

20-24 YE ADS. . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YE ADS. . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

65-7+ YEADS . . . . . . . . .

8LACK

18-74 YEARS. . . . .

18-19 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YEARs . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEAAS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEA AS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YEAAs . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEADS. . . . . . . . .

65-74 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

280

1,243

1,896

1,664

3,679

9,215

13,933

11,593

12,163

9,9T6

7,277

6.1

6.1

6.2

6.3

6.4

6.5

6.4

6.3

6.1

6.1

6.1

6.3

6.4

6.5

6.4

6.4

.4

::

.4

.5

.5

.4

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.8

5.9

6.0

5.9

5.7

5.6

S.6

5.7

5.8

5.9

6.0

5.9

5.8

5-7

5.7

5.7

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

5.7

5.7

5.8

5.9

5.9

6.0

6.0

5.8

5.7

5.7

5.8

5.9

5.9

6.0

6.0

5.9

5.8

5.8

5.9

6.0

6.1

6.2

6.2

6.0

5.8

5.8

5.9

6.0

6.1

6.2

6.2

6.0

5.8

5.9

6.0

6.2

6.2

6.3

6.3

6.1

6.1

6.1

6.2

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.2 —

6.1

6.1

6.1

6.2

6.3

6.4

6.4

6.3

—

6.1

6.2

6.2

6.5

6.4

6.6

6.6 —

6.3

6.3

6.4

6.5

6.7

6. T

t.7

6.5

6.3

6.3

6.4

6.5

6.6

6.7

6.7

6.7

6.4

6.4

6.5

6.8

6.9

7.0

6.9

6.4

6.4

6.5

6.7

6.8

6.9

6.9

6.7

6.4

6.4

6.5

6.7

6.8

6.9

6.9

6.9

6.7

6.5

6.7

7.0

7.0

T.1

7.1

6.6

6.5

6.6

6.8

6.9

7.0

7.0

6.8

6.6

6.5

6.6

6.8

6.9

7.0

7.0

7.0

6.7

6.7

6.7

7.1

7.2

7.3

7.2

6.7

6.7

6.8

7.1

7.2

7.3

T.2

7.0

6.7

6.6

6.8

7.0

7.2

7.3

7.2

7.3

6.8

6.8

7.0

7.3

7.5

7.4

7.4

636

66s

1,822

6,757 59,923. .4

.4

.4

::

.5

.5

.4

208

956

1,539

1.302

3,159

T,972

12,161

10.111

705

551

1,496

10;879

9,037

6,603

1,557 7,302 .5

70

259

335

334

126

115

318

504

I,0T3

1,646

1,318

1,:;:

652

6.1

6.1

6.2

6.5

6.5

6.6

6.6

.4

.4

.4

.5

5.5

5.2

5.4

5.8

5.9

5.8

5.9

5.7

5.7

5.8

6.1

6.0

6.0

6.1

:;

.5

lINCLUOES OATA FOR RACES HHICH ARE NOT SHOWN SEPARATELY.

29
TABLE 17. NUMBER OF MALES AGES 2-17 YEARS IN SAMPLE, ESTIMATED PDPULAT ION, ANO MEANS, STANDARD DEvIATIONS, AND SELECTED

PERCENTILES FOR SITTING HEIGHT, BY RACE AND SINGLE YEAR OF AGE: UN ITEO STATES, 1971-74

.

RACE AVD AGE

ALL RACES1

2 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YE Ads . . . . . . . . . . . .

WHITE

2 YE Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

lT YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

BLACK

2 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEA A S . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

NUMBER

IN

SAMPLE

139

308

304

273

179

164

152

16$

184

178

200

174

174

171

16q

176

108

226

229

207

126

125

116

117

148

132

152

129

134

124

128

139

29

72

74

64

52

38

33

52

33

43

47

45

39

43

41

35

E STI MATED

POPULAT! ON

IN

THOUSANOS

12)

1 *80T

1,815

1,563

1,673

1,979

1,861

2,019

2,205

2,177

2,304

1,978

2,030

2,093

2,019

2,095

{Q)

1,536

1,547

1,319

1,343

1,718

1,644

1,636

1,909

1,823

1,970

1,697

1,730

1,728

1 ;752

1,831

(2)

212

260

226

321

253

203

383

251

313

316

* 5TH110TH1151H 125T;~~Li75m 185TH 190TH17TH SITTING HEIGHT IN CENTIMETERS

53.7

56. T

59.9

62.4

64.4

67.3

68.9

TI.6

T3.5

75.7

78.6

81.8

85.4

87.7

90.3

91.5

54.0

56.9

60.2

62.6

64.7

67.5

69. o

71.9

73.8

75.8

79.0

82.3

85.9

88.2

90.9

92.0

51.9

55.3

58.4

61.3

62.9

66.2

68.3

70.3

71.6

75.0

76.3

78.9

83.1

85.0

86.8

88.1

2.2

2.4

2.7

2.7

3.3

3.4

2.7

3.5

3.1

3.5

4.2

5.0

4.3

4.7

4.4

3.8

2.2

2.2

2.(5

2.B

3.1

3.3

2.b

3.b

2.!9

3.’5

4.0

4.9

3.9

4.9

4.,?

3.!5

l.(i

2.9

3.:1

2.:3

3.6

3.8

2.5

2.7

4.2

3.0

4. s

4.t,

4.4

2.EI

4.3

3.6

—.

49.8

52.4

55.2

58.1

58.7

62.1

64.3

65.9

67.8

70.1

72.9

73.9

77.6

78.6

81.6

85.6

49.8

53.4

55.9

58.1

59.5

62.8

64.6

65.9

68.7

70.1

73.0

74.3’

79.6

78.5

84.6

86.6

48.4

51.3

53.7

57.9

57.3

60.4

64.3

65.3

65.1

71.8

69.1

71.3

76.3

79.7

81.1

.31.5

51.1

53.9

56.3

59.1

59.5

63.4

65.7

66. s

69.1

71. e

73.4

75.5

80.3

80.8

85.1

86.7

51.6

54.3

57.0

59.4

61.3

63.6

65.9

66.5

70.1

71.6

73.8

75.6

81.0

80.6

85.5

87.0

50.3

52.1

54.4

59. D

57.3

60.7

65.0

67.1

65.1

71.9

70.0

72.3

77.4

81.6

81.3

81.6

51.6

54.3

57.1

59.6

61.3

64.0

66.2

67.8

70.5

72.6

74.1

76.3

81.3

82.7

86.0

87.1

52.0

54.6

57.4

59.6

61.5

64.1

66.7

67.8

70:’8

72.7

74.5

77.2

82.1

83.5

86.8

88.0

50.8

52.4

54.7

59.1

58.6

62.1

65.7

67.9

66.8

72.0

71.7

75.5

74’.5

82.2

81.6

85.0

52.1

55.3

58.0

60.3

62.5

65.4

67.5

69.6

71.6

73.5

75.4

78.6

82.6

85.0

87.7

89.0

52.7

55.4

58.2

60.6

62.8

65.6

67.6

69.9

72.1

.73.6

75.6

79.1

83.1

85.5

88.5

89.6

51.5

53.6

55.8

59.5

60.6

63.2

66.2

68.5

68.5

73.0

72.9

75.8

80.1

82.7

83.6

85.3

53.6

56.8

59.9

62.6

64.3

67.6

68.7

71.3

73.7

75.4

78.2

81.3

e5. 9

88.0

90.6

91.9

54.0

57.2

60.1

62.9

64.6

67.8

68.6

71.4

73.7

75.5

70.5

82.3

86.3

88.4

91.2

92.1

52.0

55.1

59.0

61.2

63.8

66.5

69.1

70.5

72.5

74.9

76.9

79.1

82.0

85.0

87.0

89.0

55.2

58.3

61.6

64.5

66.6

69.4

71. D

73.8

75.7

78.0

81.5

85.1

88.6

90.6

93.5

94.2

55.3

58.4

61.9

64.6

66.7

69.6

71.0

74.1

76.0

78. o

81.7

85.5

88.7

91.7

93.6

94.5

52.1

57.1

60.2

62.6

65.7

68.5

70.0

71.9

74.6

76.8

79.0

81.4

86.9

86.9

88.3

90.1

55.7

59.0

62.8

65.1

68.1

70.5

72.0

75.0

76.7

79. a

82.5

86.5

89.6

92.3

94.8

95.1

56.0

59.2

62.9

65.1

68.4

70.6

72.1

75.1

76.7

79.3

83.1

86.6

89.8

93.7

94.8

95.3

53.1

58.2

62.1

63.8

67.1

69.4

71.1

73.4

76.7

78.5

81.0

83.1

89.5

88.0

90.8

92.4

56.5

59.6

63.3

66. C

69. C

71.5

72.6

75.7

77.1

79.8

84.3

88.3

90.5

94.1

95.1

95.6

56.6

59.7

63.6

66.1

69.0

71.5

72.6

76.6

77.1

79.9

84.5

89.0

90.6

94.3

95.1

96.1

53.3

58.6

62.8

64.5

67.4

73.6

71.2

73.6

77.4

78.6

81.1

84.6

89.6

88.1

91.6

93.0

57.4

61.0

64.6

66.6

h9.5

)2.6

73.1

:;:

81.0

86.2

90.8

91.6

95.0

97.0

97.9

57.9

Eil.o

64.8

66.7

69.6

72.1

73.1

j;.;

81:1

66.2

91.2

92.4

95.3

97.0

qa.z

54.5

61.0

63.1

64.7

69.0

73.7

73.0

74.6

?8.9

19.6

84.2

66.1

70.4

89.8

9T .3

93.8

1 IN CLUOES OATA FOR RACES WHICH ARE NOT SHO!4N SEPARATELY.

2P OPULA710N NOT INCLUOED BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE BIAS DUE TO MISSING VALUES .

30
TABLE 18. NUMBER CF FEMALES AGES

PERCENTILES FOR

RACE AVD AGE

ALL RAC=S1

~ yaks . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEADS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

b YEADS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 Y? ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YEADS. . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YE LPS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YEAUS . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

WHITE

2 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 Years . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEAAS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YAPS . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YAPS . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

BLACK

2 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

B YEAAS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YEhQs . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 YEAR S. . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YEARS. . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

NuMBER

IN

SAMPLE

110

292

281

314

176

169

152

171

197

166

177

198

184

171

175

157

81

211

204

224

125

122

117

129

148

122

128

153

132

125

141

117

46

2-17 YEARS IN SAMPLE, ESTIMATED POPULATION, ANO MEANS, STANOARO OEVIATIONS, ANO SELECTEO

S17TING HEIGHT. BY RACE ANO SINGLE YEAR OF AGE: UNITEO STATES, 1971-74

!ISTI MATEO

POPULATION

IN

THOUSANDS

(2)

1,701

1,599

1,695

1,787

1,754

1,800

2,017

2,173

1,911

1,81.3

2,1T5

2,036

2,163

2,145

1,804

(2)

1.438

11339

1,416

1,+45

1,507

1,507

1,751

1,855

1,569

1,506

1,886

1,731

1.752

1 ;933

1,549

12)

245

246

265

336

241

293

247

303

315

284

287

265

411

203

239

HEAN

PERCENTILE

S7ANDAR0

OEVIAT ION

5TH 10TH 15TH 25TH 50TH 75TH 85TH 90TH 95TH

52.7

55.7

58.2

61.8

63.8

66.8

68.6

71.5

73.0

76.8

80.0

82.7

84.1

85.6

85.4

85.8

52.7

55.9

58.3

61.9

63.9

67.1

68.8

T1.8

73.1

7T.3

80.6

83.0

84.5

86.3

85.6

86.1

52.7

54.6

5T.8

60.9

63.4

65.2

67.1

69.2

72.1

75.2

76.8

80.6

81.8

82.7

83.5

83.0

2.3

2.4

2.6

2.8

2.9

3.1

3.2

3.3

3.8

4.2

4.0

3.3

3.3

3.4

3.2

3.3

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.8

2.9

3.1

3.2

3.3

3.6

4.0

3.7

3.3

3.1

3.3

3.1

3.0

2.6

2.2

3.0

2.9

2.6

3.0

2.7

2.8

4.7

4.3

4.0

2.6

3.1

2.4

2.8

3.8

SIT71NG HEIGHT IN CENTIMETERS

49.2

51.8

54.2

57.0

59.4

62.2

63.1

66.3

66.5

69.8

71.9

77.4

78.6

79.7

80.3

79.6

49.2

51.9

54.2

57.3

59.4

62.8

63.7

66.3

67.9

69.9

74.1

77.4

79.0

80.9

80.7

81.2

48.4

51.5

52.6

56.0

59.9

60.7

62.2

65.5

65.3

70.0

71.5

76.2

75.7

79.0

78.6

78.4

49.6

52.7

54.9

58.3

60.8

63.1

64.5

67.2

68.8

71.5

74.5

78.1

79.8

82.0

81.1

81.2

49.6

52.9

55.1

58.6

60.8

63.2

64.5

67.8

69.0

72.5

76.3

78.3

80.4

82.7

81.4

81.9

49.5

51.8

54.0

56.5

60.6

61.1

64.3

66.3

65.5

70.6

71.6

78.1

76.9

79.4

80.2

79.0

50.0

53.5

55.7

59.1

61.1

63.7

64.7

68.4

69.3

72.5

76.3

78. T

80.6

82.9

82.3

82.0

50.1

53.6

55.9

59.3

61.1

63.9

65.1

68.7

69.5

T3. I

T6.6

50.9

54.3

56.5

60.0

61.5

64.7

66.5

69.1

70.6

73.7

77.2

80.3

82.0

83.5

83.3

83.7

50.9

5%5

56.8

60.1

61.5

64.7

66.6

69.8

71.1

74.4

78.0

79.3 80.6

81.1 82.6

83.4 84.1

82.3 83.4

82.9 84.6

49.8

52.0

54.7

58.3

61.1

61.4

64.6

66.3

50.9

53.0

55.7

59.1

61.1

63.3

65.5

66.6

66.5 70.0

71.1 T2.2

71.7 72.6

78.6 78.7

78.1 79.5

79.7 81.6

80.3 81.9

79.5 80.0

52.8

55.6

58.3

61. T

63.6

66.6

68.2

T1.4

72.6

76.6

80.5

83.0

84.0

85.3

85.6

86.2

52.8

55.9

58.3

61.8

63.8

66.7

69.1

71.6

72.8

77.1

80.9

83.2

84.8

86.1

85.7

86.3

52.3

54.9

58.1

60.9

62.8

65.1

67.4

68.7

70.6

74.0

76.4

80.5

82.9

83.5

83.6

82.5

54.2

57.3

59.7

63.3

66.0

69.0

TO.7

T3.6

T5.2

80.1

82.9

85.0

86.7

87.6

87.8

88.1

54.2

57.4

59.8

63.4

66.3

69.1

TI.O

73.6

75.2

80.3

83.1

85.2

87.0

88.1

88.0

88.1

54.7

56.1

59.6

62.4

64.6

67.3

68.8

71.1

74.9

79.2

7%8

81.5

84.0

83.6

85.6

85.7

54.8

58.3

60.7

64.3

66.9

70.3

T2.1

74.9

76.1

81.1

83.9

86.3

87.7

89.1

88. T

88.8

54.8

58.4

60.7

64.5

67.0

70.5

72.2

75.4

76.1

81.5

64.1

86.5

87.8

89.4

89.0

88.9

55.8

56.6

61.6

63.3

66.2

68.7

70.6

72.8

76.8

80.2

80.6

84.5

84.6

84.5

86.9

86.9

56.1

58.7

61.4

65.4

67.5

T1.3

72.6

75.7

77.6

82.4

84.7

87.1

88.1

90.1

89.5

89.1

56.1

58.8

61.1

65.5

67.5

71.5

T3.2

75.9

77.5

82.5

84.9

8T.3

88.1

90.9

89.6

89.5

55.9

57.1

62.4

64.7

67.4

69.6

71.0

T3.5

81.4

80.2

81.7

84.6

85.2

84.6

87.5

88.4

57.2

59.6

63.0

66.9

68.1

72.1

T3.9

77.0

80.9

84.0

86.2

8T.7

88.8

91.5

90.8

91.4

57.1

59.6

62.8

67.0

68.1

72.1

74.0

77.1

80.0

83.9

86.7

88.0

88.9

92.4

90.9

91.5

5T.2

57.4

63.0

66.9

67.8

70.5

71.1

74.1

81.5

84.3

83.4

85.2

85.9

86.1

88.6

88.5

1 INCLUOES OATA FOR RACES WHICH ARE NOT SHOHN SEPARATELY.

2P OPULA71CN NOT INCLUOED 8ECAUSE OF POSSI 8LE 81AS OUE TO HISSING VALUES.

31
‘1

TABLE 19. NUMBER OF MALES AGES 18-74 YEARS IN SAMPLE, EST I14ATE0 PoPuLATION, AND MEANS, STANOARD DEvIATIONS, ANO SELECTED

PERCENTILES FOR SITTING I+EIGHT, BY RACE AND AGE: UNITED STATES, 1971-74

,

:STIt8ATED

,OPULATI ON

~HOUtiNOS

RACE AVO AGE

NuMBER

IN

SA14PLE

PERCENTILE

MEAN ST ANOARO

OEVIAT ION

—

5TH 10TH 15TH 25TH 50TH T57H 85TH 90TH 95TH

ALL RACES1 SITTING HEIGHT IN CENTIMETERS ——

18-74 YEAQS... 89.3

89.8

90.2

90.4

89.8

89.5

88.3

86.6

89.7

91.6

92.1

92.5

92.8

92.1

91.7

90.8

89.2

92.0

94.1

93.8

95.0

95.5

94.2

93.9

92.9

91.5

94.3 T

96.6 97.8

.

95.7 96.9

97.6 99.0

97.5 9B.8

96.6 97.6

S’6.1 97.5

94.8 96.4

93.8 95.0

5,261 61,180 91.7 85.3

85.3

86.1

86.3

86.5

a 5.3

84.8

82.8

a5.9

07.1

67.1

87.4

87.0

05.9

85.0

83.5

82.1

86.8

8T.9

87.6

87.6

87.5

86.5

86.1

84.4

8T.4

88.5

88.2

88.4

88.0

87.5

06.8

84.8

83.9

67.7

88.5

88.8

88.5

68.4

a7. a

87.1

85.3

95.6

94.9

96.6

97.0

95.6

95.3

94.0

92.7

96.0

95.5

96.8

97.1

96.0

95.6

94.2

93.0

92.7

91.9

93.6

92.7

93.3

91.5

92.7

89.6

3.9

3.T

4.0

3.9

3.5

3.6

3.7

3.7

91.7

92.6

92. T

92.0

91.6

90.6

89.1

18-19 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YEARs . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

WHITE

18-74 YEAR S.....

26C

513

804

664

765

59E

1,657

4* 344

3,673

8,110

13,003

10,616

11,150

9,073

5.496

54,694 92.0 3.8 aa.3 96a I 98.0

96.0 97.1

97.8 99.3

97.6 99.0

96.6 5’7.8

96.1 97.8

95.0 96.5

93.9 95.2

3,206

7,094

11*594

9,516

10,039

a,275

4,9T0

92.2

93.0

93.2

92.3

92.0

90.8

a9.3

3.3

3.8

3.T

3.4

3.4

3.6

3.6

89.5

89.4

89.5

90.4

90.6

91.0

90.2

89.9

88.6

87.0

86.0

“85.1

87.0

86.3

86.9

85.7

85.6

84.1

92.5

92.8

93.1

92.3

92.1

91.0

89.5

88.5

88.2

88.8

88.5

89.7

88.0

88.3

86.7

94.0

95.3

95.7

94.4

94.1

93.1

91.6

91.1

90.5

92.5

91.7

92.8

90.5

90.8

88.9

18-19 YE Ads . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YEAR S. . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEAds . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YE Ads . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEAR S. . . . . . . . .

65-74 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

BLACK

18-74 YEAR S.....

18-19 YEAR S. . . . . . . . .

20-24 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

35-46 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YEADS. . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

2 o?

42:

67i

56!

62C

50!

1,34~

84”

5i

8(

Ill

a.

131

8!

294

88.8

88.5

87.4

85.6

I

5.753 88.6 3.8 85. d 93.3 I 94.7

82.1

85.6

85.7

85.7

84.5

85.1

82.6 T

92.4 92.8

94.7 97.2

93.5 9%.5

94.0 94.7

92.0 93.1

93.4 94.0

3.7

4.3

3.6

3.7

3.4

3.3

3.6

81.1

83.4

83.4

82.1

83.5

83.3

79.8

81.6

84.3

85.0

84.5

84.0

84.0

82.0

404

066

1,232

1,005

1,057

703

87.6

89.7

89.0

89.5

08.0

88.3

486 86.3 -mJ_&

~INCLUCIES OATA FOR RACES !4HICH ARE NOT SHOWN SEPARATELY.

TtBLE 20. NLIhBE? ?F FEM4LES AGES 18-T4 YEARS I N SAMPLE, EST IMATEO populations ANo MEANs~ sTANDARo oEvf ATIoNs~ ANo sELEcTEo

PERCENTILES FOR SIT71NG HEIGHT, 8Y RACE AND AGE: UNITED STATE% 1971-74

PERCENTILE

MEAN ST ANDARO

DEVIA710N

5TH 10TH 15TH 25TH 50TH 75m 85TH 90TH 95TH

‘4ACE AND AGF

bLL R4CES1

18-74 YE6?S. . .

S17TING HEIGHT IN CENTIMETERS

8,410 67, a37 a7.9

~

88.7

88.4

88.7

88.6

87.8

86.6

85.1

a8.1

91.1

T

a5.6 3.5

a6..5 3.1

a6.2 3.4

a6 .,4 3.4

86.4 3.4

85.8 3.1

84.3 3.4

79.7

81.7

80.5

81.0

81.1

81.0

7a.6

T6.9

80.2

al.3 82.1

83.3

82.7

83.1

83.0

82.6

81.3

79.3

a2.5

a3.3

84.6

a3.9

84.3

84.2

83.9

82.2

80.6

83.6

84.9

84.5

84.7

84.6

84.0

a2.5

80.9

81.3

81.9

81.0

81.8

82.1

82.4

80.4

78.8

85.7

86.8

a6.4

86.4

86.5

85.9

84.5

82.9

86.0

89.1

89.6

a9. 5

89.9

89.8

89.0

87.6

86.3

89.3

09.8

a9. T

90.1

90.1

a9. 1

87.7

86.4

86.7

85.5

87.0

87.1

88.1

86.6

a6. o

84.3

89.9

280

1,243

1,!396

1,664

836

669

1,822

3.679 82.6

az. o

82.3

82.1

82.1

80.3

78.5

81.6

90.1

90.3

90.7

90.7

89.6

88.3

87.0

90.1

90.5

90.5

91.1

90.9

89.8

88.4

87.1

87.6

91.6

91.6

92.1

92.2

90.6

fJd.3

88.1

91.3

;$:;

9Z.3

92.4

90.6

89.3

a8.1

89.1

8ti.4

89.2

89.1

90.2

8?.8

8# .5

86.2

19-19 YEAds . . . . . . . . .

2>-24 YCA?S . . . . . . . . .

25-3+ YEARS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YE4DS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 Years . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEAds . . . . . . . . .

55-74 vEA’?s . . . . . . . . .

)IHITG

la-74 yEa Rs . . . . .

19-19 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

23-24 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEh~S . . . . . . . . .

35-44 Y? ADS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YAP S. . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEATS. . . . . . . . .

65-74 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

BLACK

18-74 YEAR S.....

lB-13 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

23-24 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YE bu s . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

45-5$ Y= ADS. . . . . . . . .

55-64 WADS. . . . . . . . .

55-74 YEAAS . . . . . . . . .

9,215

13,933

11,593

12.163

9.976

7;277 82.7 1 3.5

t

85.8 3.5

87.0 z.a

86.6 3.2

86.8 3.3

86.7 3.3

a6. o 3.0

84.5 3.3

82.9 3.5

6.757 59,923

82.5

81.6

81.6

81.6

81.4

79.0

77.1

78.1

76.3

T8.2

79.2

79.6

78.6

75.6

75.5

83.2

82.6

82.7

82.7

82.3

ao.6

78.8

79.2

a4.3

83.5

83.6

83.4

a2.9

81.5

79. t

80.1

87.1

86.9

86.6

86.6

86.1

a4.6

83.1

83.6

89.1

88.6

89.0

88.8

88.0

86.6

85.2

85.6

208

956

1,539

1,302

705

551

1,496

1,557

3,159

7,972

12,161

10,111

lo, a79

9,037

6,603

7,302 83.5 3.3

81. !

80.1

80..!

81. ?

81. (

79.;

78. (

-

83.9

83.1

84.2

84.7

84.4

82.3

81.0

85.4

85.5

86.0

86.8

86.0

84.5

83.1

87.2

87.6

88.1

89.1

aT. o

86.1

85.0

70

259

335

334

126

115

318

504

1,073

1,646

1,318

1,237

a71

652

83.6 3.0

83.4 3.3

84.0 3.0

a4.6 3.4

79.6

79.6

80.1

80.6

79.2

78.2 --xl_E 77.0

II NCLUDES OATA FOR RACES WHICH ARE NOT 3$IOUN SEPARATELY.

32
T48LE 21. NuMBER @F HALES AGES 1-17 YEARS IN SAMPLE, ESTIMATED POPULATION, AND MEANS, STANOARD DEVIATIONS, ANO SELECTEO

PERCENTILES FOR BITROCHANTERIC.BREADTH, BY RACE ANO SINGLE YEAR OF AGE: UNITED STATES, 1971-74

74c E tIYO 4GE

ALL RACES2

1 Y=4! . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

z yE&Qs . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEh AS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YE6?s . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 yaks . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YG4R5 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

? YE6{S . . . . . ...+....

9 YE&? S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 yF&Qs . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 VEd?S . . . . . . .. i...

11 Y5AQS . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 Y5~RS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 Y! ADS. . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YEAAS. . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YE~RS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 W4QS . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YEt. QS. . . . . . . . . . . .

HHITC

1 y~4Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

z ‘f~~ks.............

3 yc475 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YE6QS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YE A’?S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YE4QS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 yF4?. s . . . . . . . . . . . . .

B YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YF6QS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 Y= fans . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YF4RS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YEARS. . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YEARS. . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YEARS. . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YEARS. . . . . . . . . . . .

BLAC<

1 YEAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEbQS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEARS. . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YS4QS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YE*? S. . . . . . . . . . . . .

~ y~&?s . . . . . . . . . . . . .

? YEAAS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEARS. . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 fFAOs . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 Y? ADS. . . . . . . . . . . .

14 Y~4Rs . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 Y: ADS. . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 YE WS. . . . . . . . . . . .

NUHBER

IN

SAMPLE

286

298

308

304

273

179

164

152

169

184

178

200

174

174

i71

169

116

211

217

226

229

207

72

77

72

74

64

52

38

33

52

33

43

47

45

39

x

35

FSTIM4TE0

POPULATION

THOUflNOS

1,693

1,747

1,807

1,815

1,563

1,673

1.979

1;861

2,019

2,205

2,177

2,304

1,978

2,030

2,093

2,019

2,W!5

1,402

1,461

1,536

1,547

1,319

1,343

1,718

1,64+

1,636

1,909

1,823

1,970

1,697

1,730

1,728

1,752

1,3.31

2B0

267

212

260

226

321

253

203

383

251

313

316

281

282

310

267

235

15.1

15.9

16.9

18.0

18.9

19.4

20.6

21.1

22.7

23.6

24.4

26.0

27.4

28.9

30.0

31.0

31.0

15.0

15.9

17.0

18.0

19.0

19.5

20.6

21.1

22.7

23.6

24.5

26.1

27.6

29.2

30.1

31.1

31.2

15.1

16.2

16.7

lT.8

18.7

19.3

20.1

21.4

22.3

23.3

24.0

25.5

26.4

27.8

29.5

30.0

29.6

1.0

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.2

1.4

1.5

1.6

2.1

1.9

2.2

2.2

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

1.0

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.4

1.4

1.5

2.1

1.8

2.2

2.1

2.3

2.2

2.3

2.2

2.1

1.3

1.5

1.3

1.7

1.3

1.5

1.6

1.7

2.0

2.2

2.1

2.6

2.2

1.7

2.0

1.8

2.3

PERCENTILE

5TH 10TH 15TH 25TH 50TH 75TH 85TH 90TH 95TH

BITRoCHANT ERIC BREAOTH IN CENTIMETERS

13.5

13.8

15.2

16.0

17.0

17.3

18.0

18.7

19.6

20.6

21.0

22.5

23.7

25.4

26.2

27.2

27.6

13.6

13.8

15.4

16.1

17.0

17.4

18.3

18.8

19.5

21.1

21.3

22.-I

24.1

25.5

26.2

27.2

27.8

13.4

14.2

14.9

15.6

16.4

16.7

lT.5

18.5

19.8

20.0

21.0

22.0

22.3

25.3

26.2

27.8

26.0

13.8

14.5

15.5

16.4

17.4

18.0

18.8

19.0

20.2

21.4

22.3

23.5

24.3

26.0

27.0

28.2

28.3

13.9

14.6

15.6

16.5

17.4

18.1

18.9

19.0

20.2

21.7

22.4

23.9

24.8

26.2

27.0

28.2

28.5

13.4

14.4

15.1

15.6

16.8

16.7

17.9

18.5

19.9

20.3

21.0

22.5

23.1

26.1

27.0

28.4

26.4

14.0

14.7

15.8

16.6

17.8

18.2

19.1

19.5

20.6

21.8

22.6

24.1

25.1

26.6

27.6

28.8

28.7

14.0

14.8

15.8

16.6

17.8

18.3

19.1

19.5

20.6

21.9

22.9

24.3

25.3

27.0

27.7

29.1

29.4

13.8

14.5

15.5

16.1

17.3

17.8

18.6

19.5

20.6

20.6

21.4

23.o

23.1

26.1

27.2

28.4

27.o

14.3

15.2

16.2

17.0

18.2

18.6

19.5

20.3

21.4

22.4

23.2

24.7

25.8

27.5

28.6

29.6

29.8

14.3

15.2

16.2

17.3

18.3

18.6

19.5

20.3

21.5

22.4

23.2

24. T

25.8

27.6

28. -f

30.0

30.0

14.3

15.0

16.0

16.5

18.0

18.7

18.9

20.5

21.2

21.2

22. T

24.1

25.1

26.7

28.3

28.8

2T. O

15.0

15.9

17.0

18.0

18.9

19.5

20.5

21.0

22.5

23.5

24.0

25.9

27.4

29.0

30.3

31.1

31.2

15.1

15.9

17.0

18.0

19.0

19.4

20.6

21.0

22.5

23.5

24.0

26.0

27.5

29.3

30.3

31.5

31.4

14.9

16.0

16.7

17.7

18.6

19.5

19.5

21.4

22.3

23.5

23.T

25.1

27.4

27.6

J

29.5

29.5

30.0

15.8

16. T

17.7

18.8

19.7

20.3

21.6

22.1

23.8

24.6

25.5

27.3

28.9

30.5

31.4

32.6

32.3

15.8

L6.6

17.7

IB.8

15.8

20.3

21.6

22.0

23.9

24.6

25.6

27.4

29.0

30.7

31.4

32.6

32.4

16.1

17.5

17.4

19.1

19.5

20.1

21.7

22.5

22.9

24.5

25.4

26.4

28-2

28.7

30.8

30.4

31.6

16.1

17.2

18.1

19.3

20.0

20.7

22.1

22.6

24.5

25.4

26.4

28.1

30.0

31.4

32.0

33.1

32.9

16.1

17.1

1s.1

19.2

20.1

20.8

22.1

22.6

24.5

25.4

26.6

28.3

30.2

31.6

32.1

33.1

33.2

16.5

17.8

18.1

19.8

19.7

20.5

22.4

22.8

23.9

2S.4

25.5

27.7

28.4

28.8

31.6

32.6

32.6

16.3

17.4

1s.3

19.5

20.3

21.0

22.3

23.o

24.8

26.2

27.0

28.8

30.5

31.8

32.5

33.5

33.7

16.3

17.4

18.3

19.5

20.4

21.0

22.2

23.o

24.8

26.2

27.1

28.8

30.6

31.8

32.6

33.6

33.8

16.9

19.1

18.2

20.5

20.0

20.9

22.6

23.2

24.2

25.6

25.6

27.7

2.3.4

29.o

32.5

33.5

32.8

16.7

17.9

18.6

20.5

21.0

21.4

22.8

23.8

26.0

27.1

28.3

29.5

31.5

32.1

33.1

34.2

34.4

16.5

17.6

18.6

19.9

21.1

21.4

23.0

23.8

26.0

26.6

28.9

29.5

31.7

32.4

33.4

34.6

34.5

17.4

19.1

18.7

20.6

20.1

21.6

22.6

24.2

28.2

25.6

26.9

30.6

28.7

31.4

32.6

33.6

33.1

lINCLUOES OATA FOR RACES HHICH ARE NOT SHOWN SEPARATELY.
rABLE 22. YU14BER @F FFMALES AGES 1-17 YEARS IN SAMPLE, ESTIMATED POPULATION, AND MEANS, STANDARD DEVIATIONS, AND SE LECTEO

PCQCENTILES FOR BITROCH,4NTERIC BQEAI)TH, BY RACE ANO S.INGLE YEAR OF AGE: UNITEO STATES, 1971-74

ALL RACESI

1 YE!7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YFAQs . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YE& AS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 ‘fear s . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 Y, b’l S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 Years . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 Y= AD S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YFi7S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YF4RS . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 f5t As . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YS.4RS . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 Y= AD S . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 f54RS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 vc&Qs . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 V5b AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

UHITE

1 ycfij . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 y~no. s . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 Years . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 yEfiQs . . . . . . . . . . . . .

B y~ARs . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 Y= AD S . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEA As . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 YF6RS . . . . . . . . . . . .

IT YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . .

BL51CK

~ y~~? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YE4QS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 yE&Ys . . . . . . . . . . . . .

+ years . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YEb AS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

E YAP S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 VFb AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 Y? ADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 YEADS . . . . . . . . . . . .

13 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 YFAQS . . . . . . . . . . . .

16 VFARS . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 flaw . . . . . . . . . . . .

NUM8ER

IN

SAMPLE

26T

272

292

2B1

314

176

169

152

171

197

166

177

198

184

171

175

157

1B9

203

211

204

224

125

122

117

129

148

122

128

153

132

125

141

117

T3

66

78

73

8B

50

46

35

41

4a

42

47

+4

50

46

33

39

s71Mfi TED

CIPULATI ON

IN

‘HOUSANDS

1,620

1 ,70B

1,701

1,599

1,695

1 ,T87

1,754

1,800

2,017

2,173

1,911

1,812

2,175

2,036

2,163

2,145

1,804

1,328

1,434

1,438

1,339

1,416

1,445

1.507

1 ;507

1,751

1,855

1,569

1,506

1,886

1,731

1,752

1*933

1,549

257

261

245

246

265

336

241

293

2+7

303

315

284

287

265

411

203

239

1: MEAN ST ANOAF!O

OEVIATION

14. B

15.8

16. B

17.8

18.8

19.6

20.6

21.8

23.3

23.7

25.8

27.8

29.0

29.8

30.1

30.5

31.0

1+.8

15.9

16.8

lT. B

10.8

19.5

20.6

21.9

23.4

23.7

26.0

27.8

29.1

29.9

30.3

30.5

31.1

14.9

15.5

17.0

17. B

19.0

19.8

20.5

21.4

22.3

24.0

25.3

27.5

28.6

29.4

29.3

31.0

30.5 ——

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.4

1.6

1.2

1.5

2.3

2.4

1.8

2.5

2.5

2.2

2.3

1.9

2.2

2.1

1.3

1.2

1.0

1.4

1.6

1.2

1.6

2.4

2.5

1.8

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.3

1.8

2.0

:2.0

11.1

1.4

1.6

1.1

1.1

1,.3

1..8

:!.~

2!.3

3.4

2!. 1

;!.2

;!.1

?1.5

~!.z

——

PERCENTILE

5TH 10TH 15TH 25TH 50TH 75m 85TH 90TH 95TH

BIT RoCHANT ER IC BR EAOTH IN CENTIMETERS

12.5

13.7

15.0

15.6

16.6

17.5

18.5

19.1

20.4

21.3

22.0

23.6

25.8

26.2

2T.2

27.8

28.0

12.5

14.0

15.0

15. T

16.6

17.5

18.5

19.1

20.4

21.5

22.0

24.1

25.8

26.2

27.3

27. B

28.2

12.6

12.9

15.2

15.3

16.3

18.2

18.6

19.7

18.8

21.3

22.0

22.6

25.5

26.8

24.9

27.0

27.4

13.0

14.5

15.5

16.3

17.0

18.0

19.2

19.6

20.9

21.7

22.5

24.4

26.4

26.9

27.8

28.0

29. o

12.9

14.5

15.5

16.3

17.1

17.8

19.2

19.2

21.0

21.7

22.7

24.7

26.2

26.8

28.1

2B. O

29.o

13.0

13.5

15.7

15.9

17.0

18.5

19.2

19.7

20.1

21.3

22.5

22.6

26.5

27.1

27.0

27.5

27.6

13.6

14.7

15.8

16.5

lT.4

18.5

19.3

20.0

21.3

21.9

23.3

24.9

26.5

27.6

28.4

28.3

29.2

13.5

14.7

15.8

16.5

17.5

18.4

19.3

20.0

21.4

21.9

23.7

25.4

26.6

27.6

28.5

28.3

29.2

13.8

14.0

15.9

16.5

17.1

19.0

19.5

20.0

21.0

22.3

22.7

23.6

26.5

27.2

27.8

28.0

28.3

14. I

15.1

16.2

16.9

IT.8

lB. T

19.7

20.4

21.7

22.5

24.1

25.9

27.4

28.6

28.9

29.0

29.7

14.1

15.2

16.2

16.9

17.9

10.6

19.6

20.4

21.7

22.5

24.3

25.9

27.5

28.7

29.2

29.0

29.7

14.2

14.6

16.3

16.8

17.6

19.1

19.9

20.5

21.4

22.4

23.4

24.5

27.2

27.9

28.4

28.9

28.9

14.6

15.8

16.9

17.9

18. T

19.6

20.5

21.6

23.0

23.5

25.7

28.0

25’.1

29.9

30.0

30.0

31.2

14.8

15.9

16.8

17.9

18.6

19.6

20.5

21.6

23.2

23.5

25.8

28.0

29.4

30.0

30.3

30.0

31.2

14.7

15.4

17.1

17.8

19.0

19.8

20.5

21.4

22.5

23.9

25.4

27.0

28.3

29.7

29.6

30.1

30.2

15.6

16.5

17.4

18.5

19.5

20.4

21.2

22.8

24.4

24.6

27.4

29.4

30.4

31.0

31.3

31. B

32.2

15.6

16.5

17.4

18.5

19.5

20.3

21.2

23.0

24.4

24.6

27.5

29.4

30.5

31.0

31.5

31.7

32.2

15.7

16.5

17.6

19.0

20.1

20.6

21.0

22.2

23.2

25.2

27.4

29.8

29.7

30.5

30.2

32.8

32.1

16.0

16.8

18.0

19.0

20.3

20.7

21.9

23.6

25.1

25.5

2B.4

30.3

31.1

31. T

31.8

32.9

33.0

16.0

16.8

17.8

18.8

20.2

20.6

21.9

23.8

25.2

25.5

28.7

30.3

31.1

31.7

31.9

32.6

33.0

16.2

17.2

18.2

19.5

20.8

21.0

21.4

23.0

23.8

26.2

2T.9

32.5

30.3

31.9

30.7

34.4

32.4

16.4

17.3

18.2

19.5

20.8

21.0

22.9

24.1

25.8

26.1

29.3

30.8

31.4

32.4

32.0

33.5

33.7

16.4

17.3

18.2

19.3

20.8

20.9

22.9

24.2

25.9

25.9

29.4

30.8

31.4

32.4

32.1

33.4

33.6

16.5

17.5

18.4

19.6

21.5

21.1

22.5

23.0

24.5

27.0

27.9

32.5

31.2

33.0

31.1

36.6

34.1

16.6

17.9

18.6

19.7

21.6

21.4

23.5

25.1

26.9

27.4

30.4

32.5

32.4

34.0

33.0

34.3

34.3

16.8

17.8

18.6

19.7

21.2

21.5

23.5

25.1

27.3

27.3

30.4

31.3

32.1

34.4

33.0

34.1

34.0

16.5

lB.O

18.8

19.8

21.6

21.4

22.5

23.8

25.5

28.0

29.6

32.8

33.8

33.1

32.2

36.6

34.5

lINCLUOES OATA F3R RACES WHICH ARE NOT sHOIIN SEPARATELY.

34
TfJBLF 23. YIJWBFR ttF MALES AGES 18-74 YEARS I N SAMPLE, EST I MATED POPULAT ION, ANO MEANS, STANDARD OBVIATIONS, ANO SELECTEO

PERCENTILES FOR BITROCHANTERIC BREADTH, BY RACE ANO AGE: UNITED STATES, 1971-74

NUMBFQ PERCENTILE

IN

sAMPLE

:STIM4TED

>OPULAT1 ON

IN

THOUSANOS

2AC= AvO AGE ST ANOARO

DEvIATION

5TH 10TH , 15TH 25TH 50TH 757H 85TH 907H 95TH

36.0

35.0

35.8

36.0

36.0

36.1

36.2

36.2

36.1

35.0

35.8

36.0

36.1

36.2

36.2

36.2

36.0

35.2

34.9

36.0

36.0

35.6

37.0

34.6

bLL RhCFS1 3.ITROCHANTERIC BREAOTH IN CENTIMETERS

18-74 YFA? S... 32.7 34.0

32.9

33.3

33.8

34.1

34.2

34.5

34.3

34. I

5,261 61,180 32.7 2.0 29.5 30.2 30.7 34.7

33.6

34.1

34.5

34.9

34.9

34.9

35.1

34.7

35.2

34.1

34.6

35.0

35.4

35.2

35.4

35.5

35.3

31.4

.

30.7

30.7

2.0 28.7

29.0

29.5

29.6

30.1

30.1

30.1

29.9

29.5

29.6

30.2

30.2

30.7

30.7

31.0

30.5

30.0

30.2

30.6

30.8

31.2

31.4

31.4

31.0

31.7

31. s

32.6

33.0

33.0

33.2

33.2

32.8

18-19 YE Ads . . . . . . . . .

23-24 YFA7S . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YGAQS . . . . . . . . .

65-54 Y= ADS . . . . . . . ...

55-64 WARS. . . . . . . . .

65-14 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

UHIT=

10-74 YEAPS . . . . .

lE-19 YFAQs . . . . . . . . .

23-24 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YE Ads . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YEAds . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEA As . . . . . . . . .

55-74 Y! Ads . . . . . . . . .

BLACK

18-74 YWQS. . . . .

19-19 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YEAR S. . . . . . . . .

25-3+ Y? ADS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEARs . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YE ADS. . . . . . . . .

55-6+ YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

65-76 YFkRS . . . . . . . . .

260

513

804

664

3,673

.3,110

13,003

10,676

11,150

9,073

5,496

31.8

32.0

32.6

32.9

33.0

33.2

33.2

32.9

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.8

31.2

31.6

31.9

31.9

32.0

765

598

1,657

4,344 54,694 1.9 31.6

1.s

1.9

I .9

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.8

29.3

29.2

30.0

25’.9

30.4

30.2

30.4

28.4

29.9

29.7

30.4

30.5

31.1

31.0

31.1

29.0

30.4

30.3

30.8

31.0

31.5

31.5

31.5

29.5

31.1

30.8

31.4

31.8

32.1

32.1

32.1

31.9

32.0

32.6

33.1

33.1

33.3

33.3

31.6

30.1

31.0

31.6

32.0

31.8

32.0

32.0

32.9

33.4

33.9

34.2

34.3

34.5

34.4

33.1

31.2

32.3

32.8

33.6

33.5

34.4

33.2

33.7

34.3

34.6

35.0

35.0

34.9

35.2

34.0

32.9

33.4

33.6

34.0

34.5

34.8

33.8

34.1

34.7

35.1

35.4

35.3

35.4

35.6

34.6

34.1

33.5

34.1

34.5

34.6

35.4

34.2

203

423

672

569

628

3,206

7,094

11,594

9,516

10,039

8,275

32.0

32.2

32.7

33.0

33.2

33.2

33.3

31.8

505

1,344 4;970

847 5*753 2.4 30.2

30.7

31.3

31.7

32.1

31.9

32.4

32.0

3.0

2.2

28.0

28.1

28.4

29.0

28.8

28.9

29.2

28.3

28.9

28.6

29.0

29.6

29.5

29.5

28.4

29.5

29.5

30.0

29.8

29.7

30.0

28.7

30.0

30.2

30.3

30.5

30.4

30.6

52

80

119

87

130

85

294

066

1,232

1,005

1,057

703

486

2.5

2.2

2.1

2.6

1.9

~INCLUDES OATA FYR RACES WHICH ARE NOT SHOW SEPARATELY.

TABLE 24. W48E~ @F FEMALES AGEs 18-74 YEARS IN SAMPLE, ESTIHATEO POPULATION, ANO MEANS, S7ANOAR0 OBVIATIONS, ANO SELECTEO

PERCENTILES FOR BITROCHANTERIC 8REAOTH, 8Y RACE ANO AGE: UNITEO STATES, 1971-74

NUNB=R ESTIWATEO PERCENTILE

IN POPLNATION MEAN STANOARO

SAMPLE OEVIATION

TH@Ui!NOS 5TH 10TH 15TH 25TH 50TH 75TH 85m 9om 95TH

<ACE ANO AGF

8,410 67,837 32.1

280 3,679 31.1

1,243 9,215 31.4

1,896 13,933 31.9

1,664 11,593 32.4

B36 12,163 32. T

669 9,976 32.4

1,822 1,277 32.5

ALL RACES1 BITROCHANTERIC BREAOTH IN CENTIMETERS

18-74 VFAI S... 33.5

32.1

32.6

33.2

33.7

33.9

33.7

33.7

33.5

2.2 36.0

2.1

2.3

29.4 29.9

29.0

29.2

29.7

30.3

30.6

30.3

30.4

30.0

29.2

29.4

29.9

30.4

30.6

30.4

30.5

29.2

28.0

28.4

29.1

29.9

30.7

30.0

29.5

30.7

29.7

29.8

30.5

30.9

31.2

31.1

31.1

30.8

32.0

31.0

31.3

31.7

32.2

32.6

32.3

32.5

32.1

31.1

31.4

31.8

32.3

32.6

32.3

32.5

31.7

30.4

30.6

31.2

32.2

32.7

32.3

31.9

34.3

32.8

33.4

34.0

34.5

34.8

34.6

34.5

34.3

28.7 35.0

27.8

28.2

28..5

28.9

29.4

28.9

29.2

28.8

28.2

28.4

28.6

29.1

29.4

28.9

29.+

28.1

27.2

27.7

28.1

28.7

29.2

28.6

28.5

28.6

28.8

29.4

29.8

29.9

30.0

29.9

29.5

28.9

29.0

29.5

29.9

29.9

30.0

30.0

28.7

27.5

28.2

28.5

29.4

30.3

29.5

29.2

33.4

33.9

34. T

35.2

35.6

35.2

35.1

35.0

34.5

34.9

36.0

36.2

36.5

36.0

35.8

35.9

18-19 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

23-24 YE ADS. . . . . . . . .

25-34 YE ADS. . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YEADS. . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YEARs . . . . . . . . .

HHI TE

lB-74 YEARS. . . . .

18-19 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

2’2-24 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

25-34 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEARs . . . . . . . . .

+5-54 YEAQS . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

6,757 59,923 32.2 2.2

30.0

30.0

30.5

31.0

31.3

31.1

31.2

30.1

29.0

29.0

29.7

30.7

31.0

31.2

30.6

32.1

32.7

33.2

33.7

33.9

33.7

33.8

33.3

32.0

32.3

32.6

33.8

33.9

33.5

33.4

33.0

33.4

34.1

34.5

34.7

34.6

34.5

34.2

33.4

33.9

34.7

35.2

35.5

35.2

35.0

35.3

34.3

34.8

36.0

36.2

36.3

35.7

35.8

36.8

31.1

31.4

32.0

32.4

32.6

32.4

32.5

31.9

1.8

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.0

BLACK

IE-74 YEAR S.....

lB-19 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

20-24 YEARS. . . . . . . . .

25-34 YEARs . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YEADS. . . . . . . . .

55-64 Y! ADS . . . . . . . . .

55-74 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

1,557 I 7,302 2.7

32.7

33.4

33.7

34.6

35.3

34.6

34.6

34.0

33. B

34.7

35.5

36.5

35.3

35.4

37.7

35.8

36.1

36.6

38.0

38.7 4-4-4 36. i

3.3

2.7

2.6

2.4

2.6

2.5

2.6

lINCLUOES OATA FOR RACES HHICH ARE NOT SHO16N SEPARATELY.

35
rABL= 25. VU4BER OF CHILDREN AGES 1-7 YEARS IN SAMPLE, ESTIMATED POPULATION, ANO BEANS, STANOhRO OBVIATIONS, ANO SELECTEO

PERCENTILES FOR CHEST CIRCUMFERENCE, BY SEX, RACE, ANO SINGLE YEAR OF AGE: UN ITEO STATES. 1971-74

SCX, RACE, AVO AGE

MALE —

ALL RAC=S1

1 VEAIQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YE CI?S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEAQS.. ~ . . . . . . . . . .

5 yearly . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YE4q S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

HHITE

1 y~&o . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YE bus . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YFfi A s . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 yFh2s . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YE A~s . . . . . . . . . . . . .

BL A C<

1 yE&Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YEIIs . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEh7s . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 y~hqs . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YE@.A S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

W

ALL RiCES1

1 year . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YE4QS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YFE,RS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YFAQs . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 YE@.AS . . . .. . . . . . . . . .

7 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

WHITE

1 YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YE4?s . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YE4QS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 YE4Qs . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 ‘f E4QS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . .

BL h CK

1 YEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 YE& As . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

f) YEARs . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 Y?h?s.., . . . . . . . . . .

6 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7 Years . . . . . . . . . . . . .

NUMBEP

IN

SAMPLE

286

29B

308

304

273

179

164

211

217

226

229

207

126

125

72

7T

72

74

64

52

38

267

272

292

281

314

176

169

189

203

211

204

224

125

122

73

66

T8

73

88

50

46

:STIMA7E0

‘O PULATION

IN

WOUSANOS

1,693

1 ,T47

1,807

1,815

1,563

1,673

1,979

1,402

1,461

1,536

1*547

1,319

1,343

1,718

280

267

212

260

226

321

253

1,620

1,708

1,701

1 ,s99

1,695

1,787

1,754

1,328

1,434

1,438

1,339

1,416

1,445

1,507

257

261

245

246

265

336

241

1: MEAN S7ANOA1R0

OEVIATION

48.5

50.4

52.4

54.1

56.5

57.6

60.4

40.7

50.3

52.5

54.2

56.6

57.6

60.6

47.6

50.7

51.7

53.6

56.0

57.3

58.9

47.2

49.2

51.2

52.4

54.7

56.2

58.6

47.2

49.3

51.2

52.5

54.9

56.2

58.7

47.0

48.4

50.6

52.1

53.5

56.1

57.6

2.6

2.6

2.8

2.8

3.5

3.8

4.2

2.3

2.4

2.8

2.8

3.5

3.8

4.2

3.3

3.4

3.0

2.6

3.4

3.9

4.2

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.7

3.B

3.9

4.1

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.6

3.9

3.0

4.2

2.9

2.9

2.2

3.0

3.6

4.1

3.7 ——

PERCENTILE

57H \ 10TH I 15TH I 257H ] 50TH [ 75TH I 85TH

CHEST C !RCUM FERENCE IN CENTIMETERS

44.8

46.6

4B.3

49.9

51.3

52.1

53.4

45.0

46.8

48.5

49.6

51.3

52.3

55.1

43.4

46.6

47.4

50.0

51.2

51.8

50.8

43.0

44.7

47.7

48.5

49.4

51.0

52.6

43.0

45.5

4T. 7

48.5

50.0

51.1

52.6

43.3

43.9

47.5

48.3

48.9

50.1

52.6

45.2

47.2

49.1

50.6

52.3

53.3

55.7

45.5

47.2

49.1

50.6

52.3

53.3

56.0

44.6

47.0

49.2

50.3

52.3

53.5

52.4

43.8

46.1

48.3

49.1

50.7

51.8

53.7

44.0

46.2

48.3

49.3

50.9

51.9

54.0

43.3

44.7

48.0

48.8

49.0

51.7

52.6

45.8

4T.6

49.7

51.5

53.2

53.5

56.6

46.3

47.6

49.7

51.6

53.3

53.6

57.0

44.8

47.8

49.5

50.9

53.0

53.5

53.5

44.4

46.9

48.9

49.8

51. +

52.3

54.1

44.4

47.2

48.8

50.1

51.5

52.4

54.1

44.4

45.4

48.9

49.1

50.1

51.9

54.2

47.0

48.5

50.6

52.4

54.2

54.5

57.5

47.2

48.5

50.8

52.4

54.2

54.6

5T.6

45.5

48.6

50.1

51.6’

53.5

54.4

56.2

45.5

47.7

49.5

50.6

52.1

53.8

55.7

45.5

47.7

49. T

50. s

52.5

53.8

56.2

45.1

46.7

49.1

49.8

51.2

53.7

54.9

48.2

50.2

52.1

54.0

56.2

57.6

59.8

48.6

50.2

52.2

54.1

56.4

57.6

60.2

47.2

49.8

51.1

53.8

56.0

56.2

58.7

47.2

49.1

51.0

52.4

54.3

55.9

58.0

47.2

49.1

51.0

52.5

54.4

55.9

58.6

47.4

48.5

50.3

51.4

53.4

55.9

57.1

49.9

52.0

53. B

56.2

58.5

59.3

63.3

50.0

51..9

54.0

56.3

58.6

59.3

63.6

48.5

53.0

52.6

55.3

57.5

59.8

62.8

48.8

50.7

52.5

54.0

56.2

58.2

60.8

48.8

50.8

52.5

54.0

56.3

58.2

60.8

48.2

50.5

51.1

54.5

55.3

57J.2

61.1

50.8

53.1

55.0

57.3

59.7

61.2

64.6

50.8

52.6

55.0

57.3

59.7

61.2

65.1

49.6

53.5

54.2

56.5

60.0

60.5

64.0

50.1

51.6

53.9

55.3

57.7

60.1

62.0

50.2

51.6

53.9

55.1

57.9

60.1

62.0

50.1

51.7

53.2

55.7

56.5

59.2

61.9

51.9

53.7

55.5

58.0

60.4

62.9

65.5

51.9

53.7

55.5

58.1

61.3

62.9

65.6

51.2

58.1

55.4

57.2

60.0

63.2

64.1

50.4

52.3

54.2

55.8

59.3

61.2

63.4

50.5

52.3

54.2

55. T

59.4

61.4

63.4

50.2

52.0

53.9

57.4

57.1

60.5

63.5 —

52.8

54.6

56.5

58.8

62.3

64.1

66.5

52.6

54.3

56.6

5B.8

62.4

64.0

67.5

52.8

58.1

56.4

5a. o

60.4

66.0

64.4

51.1

52.9

55.9

57.4

62.3

61.6

65.6

51.1

52.9

55.9

57.1

63.8

61.6

65.9

53.5

52.3

55.0

57.8

60.7

61.5

63.7

lINCLU@ES DATA F9R RACES UHICH ARE N07 SHOWN SEPARATELY.

36
TABLE 26. NUMBER @F AOULTS AGES 25-74 YEARS I N SAMPLE, EST IMATEO POPULATION, ANO klEANS, STANOARO OBVIATIONS, ANO SELECTEO

PERCENTILES FOR CHEST CIRCUMFERENCE AT FULL EXPIRATION, BY SEX, RACE, /f6D AGE: UNITEO STATES, 1971-75

SEX, RACE, ANO AGS

: STI MATED

JOPULATI ON

IN

rHOUSANO S

NUMBER

IN

SAt4PLE

PERCENTILE

MEAN STAtWARO

OEVIATION

51 H 10TH 15TH 25TH 50TH 75TH 85TH 90TH 95TH

HAL E —

ALL RACES1

25-74 YEAR S.....

25-34 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

HHITE

25-74 YEARS.....

25-34 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

35-46 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEAAS . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

ELACK

25-74 YEARS . . . . .

25-34 YEAR S.. . . . . . . .

35-44 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

45-56 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YE ADS. . . . . . . . .

65-7+ YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

FEHALE

ALL RACES1

25-74 YEARS. . . . .

25-34 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEARS.. . . . . . . .

45-54 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

HHITE

25-74 YEARS . . . . .

25-34 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YE ARS.. . . . . . . .

BLACK

25-74 Y EARS.....

25-3+ YEARS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEADS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

65-T4 YE ADS . . . . . . . . .

CHEST CIRCUMFERENCE IN CENTIMETERS AT FULL EXPIRATION

3,139 50,054 93.6

—

91.9

94.1

95.1

94.2

93.0

93.8

8.0 81.2 85.4

_

84.0

86.3

86.8

86.3

85.6

85.9

88.C

.

86.1

89. C

89.4

88.3

88. t

88.2

90.1

9T. O

99.4

100.5

99.1

97.3

9a. 8

104. C

102. C

103. (

105. (

104. (

102.1

104.1

106.5

106.9

105.4

107.4

106.8

105.1

106.5

10T. o

105.3

107.3

106.2

104.4

106.9

106.1

105.5

110.0

118.4

105.9

99.3

a3.9

_

82.4

84.6

85.1

84.5

83.6

84.1

93.2

91.2

93.6

95.0

94.2

92.9

93.3

91.8

93.6

95.2

94.4

92.8

92.8

88.6

95.1

93.6

92.7

95.1

81.6

102.0

100.4

102.4

103.6

101.9

99.9

102.1

100.6

102.4

103.8

101.6

99.6

102.0

98. r.

102.0

102.1

103.5

103.1

91.8

8.3

T.5

7.9

8.2

T.2

.

80.1

82.0

82.6

82.0

81.2

81.5

669

524

737

621

588

13,582

10,667

11*114

9,131

5*559

2,T19 44,862 7.9

585

466

635

541

492

12,073

9,523

9,963

8*283

5,020

92.2

94.1

95.3

94.3

93.1

93.0

8.3 80.3

82.0

82.6

82.7

82.1

8.0.6

82.6

85.1

85.5

85.1

84.1

82.3

82.1

82.6

83.4

82.3

81.3

73.1

.

71.4

73.2

T4.5

75.2

75.5

73.1

84.1

86.5

87.0

86.5

86.2

84.1

83.1

84.6

84.6

84.1

81.7

74.5

.

72.4

74.3

75. T

76.5

77.0

74. +

86.5

89.2

90. C

88.3

88. t

86. ?

85.2

87.1

86. t

W.a

84.2

76.5

.

74.1

76.5

78.1

79.5

79.4

76.4

97.2

99.3

100.7

99.1

97.1

98.1

95.9

100.9

98.7

100.6

100.0

88.1

103.:

103. (

104. $

103. !

lol. f

lo4. e

102. (

103.1

Ios. f

104.1

105.1

94.6

7.3

7.8

8.0

7.0

383 4,601 8.8

71

51

97

74

90

1,271

985

90.6

94.6

93.3

94.3

93.2

83.0 —

79.6

82.3

84.0

85.7

85.5

82.6

7.8

8.2

8.6

10.3

9.1

80.2

81.5

82.1

80.3

78.5

71.4

.

70.2

T1.3

72.6

73.1

73.5

71.5

1,089

761

495

3,703 55,335

14,375

11,423

12,088

10,102

7,347

8.8

879 8.0

. .

78.1

80.6

83.1

84.6

84.6

81.3

83.5

86. T

88.3

91.0

90.7

87.5

88.0

91.0

92.1

94.6

93.1

91.2

91.0

93. t

95.1

97.3

96.0

9+.0

89.6

93.1

94.2

96.1

95.6

101.3

95.6

99.8

98.9

102.3

101.7

98.5

95.1

98.6

97.6

100.6

100.4

105.5

685

857

658

624

8.7

0.7

8.8

8.1

3,190 48,965 8.4

765

576

746

571

532

12,505

9,085

10,791

9,119

6,665

79.2

81.7

83.5

85.1

85.6

86.6

7.7

8.3

8.1

8.7.

8.0

TO.2

71.3

72.6

73.1

73..3

72.1

TI.4

73.1

74. +

75.1

75.6

74.2

72.3

74.3

75.5

76.5

77.1

75.6

74.0

76.2

77.8

79.2

79. +

78.6

7T.6

79.9

82.3

84.2

8+.9

84.7

83.0

85.6

88.0

90.5

90.8

92.1

87.0

89.3

91.5

94.0

93.1

478 5,864 11.0 91.1

1,685

1,392

1,221

899

667

82.1

87.1

89.3

91.4

85.7

9.5

9.4

70.5

74.1

74.2

73.2

T3.1

71.1

76.5

77.8

75.3

74.6

72.8

77.0

76.4

77.6

75.4

75.5

ao.7

83.0

83.3

80.2

79.6

86.3

87.5

89.8

84.0

88.1

92.0

95.2

98.2

89.6

92.0

96.5

98.6

105.4

94.8

94.0

99.8

105.0

112.0

LO1.8

10I. T

101.5

107.6

114.6

103.0

11.7

12.6

9.1

liNCLUOES OATA FOR RACES WHICH ARE NOT SHOWN SEPARATELY.

37
TA6LE 27. NUMBER OF ADULTS AGES 25-T4 YEARS IN SAMPLE, ESTIMATED POPULATION, ANO MEANS, STANOARO DEVIATIONS, AND SELECTED

PERCENTILES F@R CHEST CIRCUMFERENCE AT FULL lNSPIRAr ION, 8Y SEX, RACE, ANO AGE: UN ITEO STATES, 1971-75

SEX, RACE, ANO AGE

NUMBER

IN

SAMPLE

STIMATEO

,OPULATI ON

IN

‘HOUSANOS

PERCENTILE

ST ANOARD

DEVIATION

5TH 10TH 15TH 25TH 50TH 75TH 85TH 90TH 95TH

MEAN

MAL E

ALL RACES1

25-74 YEA RS . . . . .

25-34 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

WHITE

25-74 YEAR S.....

25-34 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YE Ads . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

65-T4 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

BLACK

25-T4 YEAR S.....

25-34 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

FEMALE

ALL RACES1

25-74 YE AR S.....

25-34 YEAR S . . . . . . . . .

35-44 Years . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YE AD S: . . . . . . . .

UHITE

25-T4 YEh YS . . . . .

25-34 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

BLACK

25-74 YEAR S.....

25-34 YFAQS . . . . . . . . .

35-44 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

45-54 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

55-64 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

65-74 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

CHEST CIRCUMFERENCE IN CENTIMETERS AT FULL INSPIRATION

3,140 50,092 99.8 90.4 112.0

113.2

111.2

112.4

112.1

109.9

112.1

7.6 OT.9

87.5

89.0

89.2

87.4

87.0

88.7

92.2

.

91.1

93.4

92.6

92.3

91.5

92.6

91.9

93.9

93.5

92.5

92.1

90.1

94,5 99.6

.

98.4

Loo.1

101.1

Loo.1

98.2

99.8

98.6

100.4

101.3

100.1

98.3

97.5

104.8

103.2

105.0

106.2

105.1

102.3

105.0

107.5

106.6

108.0

108.7

107.6

105.0

10T.6

109.5

109.6

109.4

110.2

109.6

107.0

109.6

669

525

737

621

13,582

10,706

11,114

9,131

5,559

44,862

98.9 7.T 89.6

91.2

91.0

91.1

88.8

91.1

93.6

95.5

95.5

94.2

93.7

95.0

100.4

100.9

100.1

98.1

T.1

7.5

8.0

588 6.9

2,719 100.1 7.5

585 12,073

9,523

9,963

8,283

5,020

99.3

100.6

101.3

100.2

.

98.2

7.7

T.O

88.0

89.9

89.3

87.8

87.1

86.1

87.0

88.6

87.2

85.1

83.2

77.1

90.0

92.0

91.2

91.5

89.6

88.9

94.2

95.6

96.1

94.5

93.8

92.1

103.5

105.3

106.5

105.0

102.3

104.1

106.7

108.1

108.7

107.6

104.6

106. T

109.8

109.5

110.2

109.6

106.5

109.1

113.4

111.4

112.2

112.0

109.7

111.7

466

635

541

492

7.4

7.8

6.7

384 4,639 98.2 B.3

71 1,2T1 96.6 7.3

7.3

8.3

10.1

9.0

89.8

89.0

89.6

87.0

85.4

78.8

90.4

90.2

90.5

89.9

86.1

80.3

91.5

93.5

91.6

93.1

88.8

82.1

94.0

99.1

98.0

97.4

98.3

87.0

101.3

104.2

103.6

106.7

105.0

92.6

105.1

105.1

105.9

108.1

107.5

96.2

106.6

109.1

111.0

108.2

109.9

98.9

95.7

98.3

99.6

101.1

99.6

98.4

110.3

109.6

114.8

123.1

111.7

103.3

101.0

103.2

102.5

105.4

104.0

102.3

52

97

74

90

1,o24

1,089

761

495

99.5

98.1

99.6

97.7

55.398 88.1 —3.706 8.3

. _ _

881

685

857

65E

14,416

11,423

12,088

10.102

85.4

87.7

89.0

90.2

T.8

8.3

8.1

8.3

76.0

TT. O

78.0

78.2

78.1

77.1

77.2

78.6

79.5

80.3

80.5

78.9

78.3

80.6

81.0

82.0

81.5

80.3

80.4

82.3

83.2

85.0

84.0

82.1

83.6

86.2

88.2

89.0

89.4

86.7

89.0

91.9

93.4

95.1

94.6

92.4

92.9

95.6

97.0

98.7

97.5

95. T

625 T;369 89.8 7.7

3*193 49,028 87.8 7.9

83.6

85.6

87.9

88.7

89.6

88.8

88. t

90. t

93. C

94.4

94.8

95.8

92.3

94.5

95.8

98.3

97.4

101.4

95.0

97.5

98.4

100. +

99.4

104.5

100.4

102.3

101.8

103.8

103.6

109.3

761

576

74t

571

12,547

9,885

10, T91

9.119

85.2

87.3

88.6

89.7

7.6

8.1

7.6

7.7

7.5

T6. O

77.1

T8. O

78.2

78.6

77.0

75.1

78.6

80.0

78.1

75.6

77.2

79.0

79.4

80.5

80.9

78.6

77.0

80.8

83.1

79.1

77.2

78.3

80.6

80.6

82.0

81.8

81.0

80.3

82.1

83.1

84.6

84.0

83.5

533 6,686 89.9

4Tt 5,864 90.8 10.4

85.4

91.0

91.6

93.0

87.4

92.1

95.8

100.1

102. (

94.5

95.5

101.3

103.0

107.8

98.8

98.3

103.1

107.9

114.3

104.0

108.5

108.0

109.8

115.5

105.6

101

97

105

84

1,685

1,392

1,221

099

86.8

91.6

93.4

94.9

89.1

9.3

8.9

10.9

11.8

9.1

78.1

84.0

83.4

81.9

80.0

81.1

86.2

87.0

88.2

667 83.6

llNCLUOES OATA FOR RACES WHICH ARE NOT SHOWN SEPARATELY.

38
TABLE 28. NUMBER OF PERSONS AGES 1-20 YEARS IN SAMPLES, ESTIMATED POPULATION, ANO MEANS, STANOARO OBVIATIONS, AND

SELECTEO PERCENTILES FOR UPPER ARM GIRTH, BY SEX ANO AGE: UNITEO STATES, 1963-65, 1966-TO. ANO 1971-74

SEX ANO AGE

M4LE

1.00-1.24 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

1.25-1.74 YEADS. . . . . . . . . .

1.75-2.24 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

2.25 -2. T4 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

2.75-3.2+ YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

3.25-3.74 YEADS . . . . . . . . . .

3.75-4.24 YEADS. . . . . . . . . .

4.25-4.74 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

4.75-5.24 YEADS. . . . . . . . . .

5.25-5.74 YEADS. . . . . . . . . .

5. T5-6.24 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

6.25-6.74 YEADS. . . . . . . . . .

6. T5-7.24 YEADS. . . . . . . . . .

?.25-T.74 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

7.75-8.24 YEADS. . . . . . . . . .

8.25-8.74 YEARS. . . . . . . . . .

8.75-9.24 YEADS . . . . . . . . . .

9.25-9.74 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

9.75-10.24 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

10.25-10.74 YEAR S........

10.75-11.24 YE ADS........

11.25-11.74 YEAR S........

11.75-12.24 YEARS . . . . . . . .

12-25-12.74 YEARS . . . . . . . .

12.75-13.24 YEAR S........

13.25-13.74 YE ADS........

13.75-14.24 YEAR S........

14.25-14.74 YEAR S........

14.75-15.24 YEAR S........

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

i5.25-15.74 Y

15.75-16.24 *

16.25-16.74 1

16.75-17.24 YEA AS . . . . . . . .

17.25-17.74 YEARS . . . . . . . .

17.75 -1 S.24 YEAR S........

lE.25-113.99 YEARS . . . . . . . .

19.00-19.99 YEAR S........

20.00-20.99 YEAR S........

FEMALE

1.00-1.24 YEA AS. . . . . . . . . .

1.25-1.74 YEA AS. . . . . . . . . .

1. T5-2.24 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . .

2.25-2.74 YEADS. . . . . . . . . .

2.75-3.24 YAPS . . . . . . . . . .

3.25-3.74 YEADS. . . . . . . . . .

3.75-4.24 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . .

4.25-4.74 YAP S . . . . . . . . . .

4.75-5.24 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . .

5.25 -5. T4 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

5.75-6.24 YEARS . . . . . . . . . .

6.25-6.74 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

6.75-7.24 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

7.25-7.74 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

7.75-8.24

8.25 -8. T4

8.75-9.24 YE

9.25-9.74 YE

9.75-10.24 YI

10.25-10.74 1

10.75-11.24 1

11.25-11.74 YEAR S........

YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

ADS. . . . . . . . . .

ADS. . . . . . . . . .

EARS . . . . . . . . .

YEAAS . . . . . . . .

YE ADS. . . . . . . .

11.75-12.24

12-25-12.74

12.75-13.24

13.25-13.74

13.75-14.24

14.25-14.74

14.75-15.24

15.25-15.74

15.75-16.24

16.25-16.74

16.75-17.24

17.25-17.74

17.75-18.24

18.25-18.99

19.00-19.99

20.00-20.99

YE ADS........

YE ADS........

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

y&!Rs. . . . . . . .

YEAR S........

YE4F S........

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

YE WS. . . . . . . .

YEAR S........

YE4Qs . . . . . . . .

YE Ads . . . . . . . .

YEAR S........

WJMBER

It+

SAMPLES

44

172

147

15T

147

146

152

162

135

146

254

375

384

411

375

381

386

392

393

3a6

373

387

382

44T

435

414

362

412

411

394

382

336

357

326

199

98

135

I 04

48

148

154

147

110

149

135

145

146

154

243

359

398

376

394

403

377

35.9

407

378

351

321

392

375

400

397

388

371

362

339

358

320

377

299

la8

106

137

236

ESTIMATEO

POPULATION

IN

7HOUSANOS1

236

995

804

972

807

682

867

919

856

864

865

976

937

,055

991

939

983

993

,061

,055

, 041

944

997

19078

1,140

1,041

941

1,006

1,097

909

1,040

867

1,042

“925

039

1,250

2,073

1,663

298

908

866

991

629

903

773

801

833

845

864

998

928

925

997

980

996

894

1,082

1,036

837

826

1,039

987

1,025

1,080

1,042

919

996

1,012

904

859

1,137

832

854

1,665

1,606

1,859

PERCENTILE

MEAN STANOARO

OEVIATION

5TH 10TH 25TH 50TH 757H 90TH 95TH

15.7

16.1

16.0

16.4

16.4

16.8

lT.1

17.0

17.4

17.8

17.8

17.7

18.2

18.5

18.8

19.0

19.5

20.2

20.7

21.0

21.6

22.1

22.7

23.0

23.7

24.5

25.3

26.0

26.1

27.0

27.4

28.0

28.7

28.9

29.6

30.6

30.3

30.7

15.0

15.6

15.8

16.1

16.5

16.5

16.6

16.8

17.2

17.6

17.T

17.8

18.0

18.4

19.0

19.6

20.2

20.4

20.6

21.1

21.7

22.1

23.0

23.4

24.0

24.8

25.0

25.8

25.5

25.9

25.9

26.3

26.7

26.5

26.7

26.4

27.0

26.4

1.0

1.4

1.3

1.8

1.4

1.8

1.3

1.4

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.9

2.2

2.0

1.9

2.4

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.7

3.2

3.4

2.8

3.2

3.1

3.3

3.5

3.3

3.3

2.9

3.0

3.3

3.1

3.6

4.0

3.3

3.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.9

2.3

1.7

1.9

2.0

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.5

2.7

2.7

2.9

3.3

3.2

3.0

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.8

3.3

3.5

3.3

3.8

3.6

4.1

3.7

3.4

3.9

3.6

UPPER ARM GIRTH IN CEI

14.3

14.0

14.2

14.1

14.8

14.9

15.1

14.5

15.2

15.6

15.4

15.3

15.6

15.7

16.0

16.8

16.2

16.9

17.2

17.7

18.2

18.1

18.6

19.2

19.7

20.0

20.9

21.6

22.2

22.2

23.0

23.6

24.4

24.5

25.0

25.1

25.3

26.2

12.2

14.0

13.6

14.2

14.5

14.3

14.4

14.8

15.2

15.0

15.3

15.2

15.4

15.2

16.1

16.4

17.0

16.9

17.0

17.1

17.7

17.8

18.5

18.9

19.1

20.2

20.1

21.2

20.7

21.8

21.7

21.8

22.0

22.0

22.5

21.6

22.1

21.7

14.7

14.3

14.7

14.3

15.2

15.2

15.5

15.3

15.4

16.3

16.0

15.9

16.0

16.1

16.3

17.1

16.8

17.2

18.0

18.1

18.5

19.0

19.1

20.0

20.1

21.1

21.8

22.4

22.8

23.1

24.2

24.5

25.0

25.3

25.7

26.5

26.5

27.1

13.8

14.2

14.2

14.5

14.8

14.9

15.2

14.8

15.8

15.5

15.6

15.9

15.9

16.1

16.7

17.0

17.4

17.6

17.7

17.8

18.5

18.3

19.2

19.9

20.1

21.0

21.0

21.8

21.6

22.0

22.4

22.4

22.8

22.4

23.1

23.0

22.8

22.5

14.8

15.2

15.1

15.4

15.6

15.9

16.4

16.1

16.2

16.8

16.6

16.6

16.9

17.3

17.5

17.6

18.1

18.3

19.0

19.1

19.6

20.0

20.3

21.1

21.6

22.5

22.9

23.6

24.0

25.0

25.5

25.9

26.6

26.6

27.1

27.8

28.0

28.1

14.4

14.9

14.9

15.2

15.6

15.7

16.0

15.9

16.3

16.5

16.5

16.5

16.9

17.0

17.4

17.8

18.2

18.5

18.8

19.2

19.6

19.9

20.8

21.1

21.5

22.4

22.8

23.3

23.2

23.7

23.5

23.6

24.4

23.6

24.1

24.0

24.4

24.1

METERS

15.6

15.9

15.7

16.2

16.3

16.5

17.0

17.1

17.5

17.5

lT.7

17.4

18.0

18.0

18.6

18.7

19.1

19.5

20.3

20.5

21.1

21.5

22.0

22.5

23.1

24.1

24.8

25.4

25.3

26.3

27.4

27.6

28.3

28.4

28.6

30.0

29.8

30.6

15.2

15.6

15.9

16.1

16.7

16.5

16.6

16.8

17.1

17.5

17.3

11.6

17.8

18.1

18.4

19.1

19.7

20.2

20.1

20.8

21.2

21.4

22.7

23. o

23.5

24.2

24.1

25.1

24.8

25.5

25.4

25.4

26. o

25.9

26.4

26.0

26.3

26.0

16.8

17.0

17.0

17.2

17.2

17.4

17.8

18.0

18.3

18.4

18.7

18.4

1$.2

19.3

19.8

20.0

20.4

21.1

22.2

22.2

23.0

23.6

24.5

24.7

25.6

26.3

27.1

28.0

28.0

29.0

28.8

29.7

30.4

31.0

32.0

32.4

32.2

32.6

15.7

16.2

16.7

16.6

17.2

17.4

17.5

17.7

18.0

18.2

18.3

18.8

19.0

19.5

20.0

20.8

21.8

21.8

22.0

22.5

23.1

23.8

24.7

25.1

26.0

26.5

27.0

27.6

27.4

27.9

27.5

28.3

28.5

27.9

29.1

27.8

28.8

28.1

17.2

17.8

17.6

18.3

17.6

18.2

18.6

18.8

19.0

19.5

19.6

19.8

20.5

21.5

21.5

21.4

22.8

25.0

24.5

24.7

25.1

26.1

27.1

26.9

27.8

28.6

29.8

30.5

30.4

31.9

31.2

32.2

32.6

33.6

34.5

36.5

34.3

34.2

16.4

17.0

17.3

17.8

17.8

18.0

18.4

18.5

18.8

19.4

20.5

20.1

20.5

21.0

21.8

22.5

24.4

23.5

24.5

25.0

25.3

26.4

27.2

27.4

29.2

29.2

30.0

30.9

29.9

29.6

30.0

31.5

31.9

31.2

31.0

30.8

32.3

31.0

17.7

19.3

18.6

18.8

18.2

18.8

19.0

19.2

19.4

20.2

20.8

21.0

21.8

22.9

22.5

22.6

25.2

26.4

25.5

26.2

26.8

28.2

29.3

28.2

28.9

30.1

31.2

32.1

31.9

33.2

32.7

33.8

35.5

34.3

36.5

38.6

37.1

35.5

16.6

17.9

17.8

18.6

18.5

19.0

18.9

19.2

19.5

21.5

22.4

20.9

21.0

22.1

23.5

24.7

25.2

25.3

25.7

26.1

27.3

2T.9

29.0

29.0

30.5

31.3

32.2

32.2

32.0

32.2

32.0

33.8

34.3

35.0

32.4

33.0

33.5

32.1

lTHCSE C5LLS CONTAINING SUBJECTS FRCM NHANES I ANO NHES 11 OR NHES 111 HAVE BEEN CUT IN HALF TO MAINTAIN F!EPRESENTATIVENESS

39
TABLE 29. NUMBER OF PERSONS AGES 1-20 YEARS IN SAMPLES, ESTIMATEO POPULATION, ANO MEANS, ST bNOARO OBVIATIONS, ANO

SE LECTEO PEP CENT ILES FOR TRICEPS SK INFOLO, BY SEX Af40 AGE: UNITEO STATES, 1963-65, 1966-70, ANO 1971-74

—

SEX ANO AGE

MALE —

1.00-1.24 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . .

1.25-1.74 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . .

1.75-2.24 Years . . . . . . . . . .

2.25-2.74 YEAD S . . . . . . . . . .

2.75-3.24 YEARS . . . . . . . . . .

3.25-3.74 YEA A S . . . . . . . . . .

3.75+.24 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . .

4.25-4.74 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . .

4.75-5.24 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . .

5.25-5.74 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . .

5. T5-6.24 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . .

6.25-6.74 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . .

6.75-7.24 YE& A S . . . . . . . . . .

7.25-7.74 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . .

7.75-8.24 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . .

8.25-8.74 YEAR S . . . . . . . . . .

8.75-9.24 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . .

9.25-9.74 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . .

9.75-10.24 YE AD S . . . . . . . . .

10.25-10,74 YE AD S........

10.75-11.24 YEAR S........

11.25-11.74 YEAR S........

11.75-12.24 YEAR S........

12-25-12.74 YEAR S........

12.75-13.24 YE AD S........

13.25-13.74 YEAR S........

13.75-14.24 YEA AS . . . . . . . .

14.25-14.74 YEARS . . . . . . . .

14.75-15.24 YEAR S........

15.25-15.74 YEARS . . . . . . . .

15.75-16.24 YEAR S........

16.25-16.74 YEAR S . . . . . . . ..

16.75-17.24 YEA A S........

17.25-17.74 YE AD S........

17.75 -18.24 .Y EARS... . . . . .

lB.25-l B.99 YEARS . . . . . . . .

19.00-19.99 YE AD S........

20.00-20.99 YEAR S........

FEMALE

1.00-1.24 YEARS . . . . . . . . . .

1.25-1.74 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . .

1.75-2.24 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . .

2.25-2.74 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . .

2.75-3.24 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . .

3.25-3.74 YEA AS . . . . . . . . . .

3.75-4.24 YE AD S . . . . . . . . . .

4.25-4.74 YEA A S . . . . . . . . . .

4. T5-5.24 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . .

5.25-5.74 YEARS.

5.75-6.24 YEARS.

6.25-6.74 YEARS.

6.75-7.24 YEARS.

7.25-7.74 YEARS.

7.75-8.24 YEARS.

8.25-8.74 YEARS.

8.75-9.24 YEARS.

9.25-9.74 YEARS.

9.75-10.24 YEARS

10.25-10.74 YEAR

10.75-11.24 YEAR

11.25-11,74

11.75-12.24

12-25-12.74

12.75-13.24

13.25-13.74

13.75-14.24

14.25-14.74

14.75-15.24

15.25-15.74

15.75-16.24

16.25-16.74

16.75-17.24

17.25-17.74

17.75-18.24

18.25-18.99

19.00-19.99

20.00-20.99

.. .... ..

...... ..

.... .. ..

... ... ..

.. . ... . .

... ... . .

... ... ..

... . .. . .

... ... . .

... ... . .

... . ... .

.. .. .. . .

SE MI S........

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

YE AD S........

YAPS . . . . . . . .

YE AD S........

YE AD S........

YEARS . . . . . . . .

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

YEARS . . . . . . . .

YEAR S........

YE AD S........

YEAR S........

YE AD S........

YE AD S........

JJMBER

IN

;AMPLES

lx

147

157

147

146

152

162

135

146

254

375

384

411

375

381

386

392

393

386

373

387

382

447

435

414

362

412

411

394

382

336

357

326

199

98

135

104

48

14B

154

147

110

149

135

145

146

154

243

359

398

376

394

403

377

358

407

378

351

321

392

375

400

397

388

371

362

339

35B

320

377

299

188

106

137

236

EST IMATEO

POPULA71ON

IN

THOUSANOS1

236

995

884

972

807

882

867

919

856

864

865

976

93T

1,055

991

939

983

993

1,061

1,055

1.041

944

997

1,078

1,140

1,041

941

1,006

1,097

909

1,040

867

1,042

925

B39

1,250

2,073

1;663

298

908

866

991

629

903

773

801

833

845

864

998

928

5’25

997

980

996

894

1,002

1,036

837

826

1,039

987

1,025

1,080

1,042

919

996

1,012

984

859

1,137

832

854

1,665

1,606

1.859

I 1

PERCENTILE

HEAN STANDARCl

OEVIATICIN

5TH 10TH 25TH 50TH 75TH 90TH 95TH

10.7

10.4

10.2

10.0

9.9

9.8

9.9

9.2

9.4

9.3

8.7

8.3

8.5

8.6

8.9

8.9

9.4

10.3

10.5

10.3

11.0

11.6

11.0

11.1

11.2

10.7

10.5

10.0

10.0

9.3

9.0

9.3

9.6

9.1

9.6

11.1

10.6

10.8

10.0

10.3

10.4

10.5

11.1

10.7

10.6

10.5

10.5

10.6

10.5

9.8

10.1

10.6

11.2

11.6

12.9

12.4

12.5

13.2

13.5

13.0

14.1

13.6

14.1

15.0

15.7

16.6

16.0

16.9

16.6

17.1

18.6

L7.6

18.2

17.7

19.3

18.4

2.9

3.4

2.5

;!.6

2.9

3.5

;!.9

;!.,

3.3

1).5

3.5

3.4

4.2

r,.9

4.6

1,.2

5.0

6.1

6.6

5.8

6.2

6.0

(5.0

6.4

6.0

!5.4

!5.1

4.9

5.9

5.1

5.6

15.9

!5.5

b. 1

,2.8

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.4

2.7

3.0

2.8

2.6

3.5

4.2

3.1

3.5

3.7

4.3

4.4

5.1

4.7

4.7

5.3

5.7

5.7

5.8

5.8

6.0

6.5

7.0

7.2

6.7

6.7

6.8

6.7

7.3

7.6

6.6

5.2

8.3

6.6

TRIc EPs sKINFOLO IN MILLIMETERs

6.0

6.0

6.5

6.0

6.0

6.5

6.0

b. O

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.5

5.0

5.5

5.5

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.5

4.5

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.5

4.0

5.0

3.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

7.0

7,5

6.0

6.0

7.0

7.0

6.0

5.0

5.5

6.0

5.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.5

7.0

6.5

7.0

6.0

7.0

6.0

7.0

6.5

7.5

7.5

7.0

8.0

7.5

8.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.5

8.0

10.0

6.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

6.5

7.0

7.0

6.0

7.0

6.0

6.0

5.5

5.0

5.0

5.5

6.0

5.0

6.0

6.0

6.o

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.5

5.0

4.5

4.5

5.0

4.5

5.0

5.0

4.5

5.1

4.0

6.5

6.5

7.0

7.5

8.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.5

7.0

6.0

6.5

6.0

6.5

7.0

7.0

8.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

8.0

7.0

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

8.5

9.0

8.5

10.0

9.5

9.5

10.0

10.0

11.5

12.0

9.0

11.5

8.5

8.0

B.O

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

7.5

7.5

7.0

7.0

6.5

6.5

6.0

6.5

6.5

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

8.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

6.5

7.0

6.5

6.0

6.0

6.0

5.5

6.0

5.5

6.0

6.0

6.5

6.5

6.0

7.0

8.0

8.5

9.0

9.0

9.0

8.5

8.0

8.5

8.0

8.0

8.0

7.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

9.0

8.5

9.0

9.5

9.0

9.0

10.0

9.5

10.0

10.0

10.5

11.0

11.0

12.5

12.0

12.0

14.0

12.5

13.0

14.0

14.0

13.0

11.5

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

9.0

9.0

8.5

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.o

8.0

9.0

9.0

10.0

9.5

10.0

9.5

10.0

10.0

9.0

8.5

8.0

8.0

7.5

7.5

8.0

.9.0

7.5

7.5

9.0

8.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

11.0

11.0

11.0

10.5

10.0

10.0

10.0

9.0

10.0

10.0

11.0

10.5

11.5

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

13.0

12.0

12.5

14.0

13.5

15.0

15.0

16.0

15.0

16.0

17.0

16.0

17.0

17.0

18.0

18.0

12.0

12.5

12.0

12.0

11.5

11.0

12.0

11.0

11.0

10.0

10.0

9.5

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

11.0

12.0

13.0

12.0

14.0

14.0

14.0

13.0

13.5

12.5

13.0

11.5

11.5

11.5

10.5

11.5

12.0

11.0

12.0

13.0

14.5

15.0

11.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

13.0

12.5

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

12.0

13.0

13.5

16.0

15.0

15.0

16.0

16.0

15.5

17.0

17.0

17.0

18.5

20.0

20.5

20.3

20.0

20.0

22.0

22.0

21.0

22.5

21.0

24.0

22.0

14.0

15.0

14.0

13.5

13.1

13.0

14.0

12.0

12.0

14.0

12.0

12.0

13.0

12.0

13.0

13.0

15.0

17.0

17.0

15.5

19.0

20.0

21.5

18.5

19.0

22.0

19.0

18.0

19.0

17.0

17.0

16.0

15.0

15.0

16.5

21.0

18.0

21.0

14.0

. . .L3. 5

14.5

14.0

14.0

14.0

14.0

14.5

14.0

15.0

14.5

13.0

15.0

16.0

16.0

18.0

20.0

19.0

19.5

22.0

20.0

22.0

22.0

22.0

23.5

24.5

25.0

25.5

26.0

25.0

25.0

25.5

29.0

26.5

26.0

24.0

32.0

27.0

15.5

16.5

15.0

15.0

15.0

14.0

14.5

13.0

14.0

15.0

13.0

13.0

15.5

16.0

16.0

17.0

18.0

19.0

19.0

19.0

21.0

24.5

26.0

24.0

25.5

24.0

22.0

21.0

24.0

21.0

20.0

22.0

22.0

19.0

23.2

29.0

21.0

22.5

16.0

15.0

15.0

15.5

14.9

15.0

15.5

16.0

15.0

17.5

19.0

16.0

16.0

18.0

19.0

20.0

24.0

22.0

22.0

24.0

26.0

25.0

26.0

24.5

25.0

26.0

28.5

32.0

28.5

28.0

31.5

29.0

34.0

30.5

29.5

26.0

3b. O

30.5

‘THOSE CELLS CONTAINING SUBJECTS FROM NH ANES

40

NO NHES II CR NHES 11 I HAVE BEEN CUT IN HALF TO MAINTAIN REPRESEN7ATIVENEh
TABLE 30. NUMBER OF PERSONS AGES 1-20 YEARS IN SAMPLES, ESTIMATEO POPULATION, ANO MEANS, STANOARO OBVIATIONS, AND

SELECTEO PERCENTILES FOR SUBSCAPULAR SKINFOLO, BY SEX ANO AGE: UNITEO STATES, 1963-65, 1966-70, ANO 1971-74

SEX ANO AGE

MALE —

1.00-1.24 YEARS . . . . . . . . . .

1.25-1.74 YEARS. . . . . . . . . .

1.75-2.24 YEARS . . . . . . . . . .

2.25-2.74 YEARS . . . . . . . . . .

2.75-3.24 YEADS. . . . . . . . . .

3.25-3.74 YEA AS. . . . . . . . . .

3.75-4.24 YEADS. . . . . . . . . .

4.25-4.74 YEADS. . . . . . . . . .

4.75-5.24 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

5.25-5.74 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

5.75-6.24 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

6.25-6.74 YAP S. . . . . . . . . .

6.75-7.24 YAP S. . . . . . . . . .

7.25 -T.74 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

7.75-8.24 YEARS . . . . . . . . . .

8.25-8.74 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . .

8.75-9.24 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . .

9.25-9.74 YAP S. . . . . . . . . .

9.75-10.24 YEARS . . . . . . . . .

10.25-10.74 YEAR S........

10.75-11.24 YEARS . . . . . . . .

11.25-11.74 ‘

11.75-12.24 ‘

12-25 -12. T4 ‘

12.75-13.24 ‘

13.25-13.

13.75-14.24 YEAR S........

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

YEARS . . . . . . . .

YEAR S........

74 YEAAS . . . . . . . .

14.25-14.74

1+.75-15.24

15.25-15.74

15.75-16.24

16.25-16.74

16.75-17.24

17.25-17.74

17.75-18.24

18.25-18.99

19.00-19.99

20.00-20.99

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

YEA AS........

YE ADS........

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

YE4QS . . . . . . . .

YEAR S........

YE ADS........

YEARS . . . . . . . .

YEARS . . . . . . . .

FEMALE

1.00-1.24 YEARS . . . . . . . . . .

1.25-1.74 YEARS . . . . . . . . . .

1.75-2.24 YEARS . . . . . . . . . .

2.25-2.74 YEADS. . . . . . . . . .

2.75-3.24 YEADS. . . . . . . . . .

3.25-3.74 YEADS. . . . . . . . . .

3.75-4.24 YEADS. . . . . . . . . .

4.25-4.74 YE ADS . . . . . . . . . .

4.75-5.24 YEADS . . . . . . . . . .

5.25-5.74 YEA AS. . . . . . . . . .

5.75-6.24 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

6.25-6.74 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

6.75-7.24 YEADS. . . . . . . . . .

7.25-7.74 YEADS. . . . . . . . . .

7.75-8.24 YE ADS. . . . . . . . . .

8.25-8.74 YAPs . . . . . . . . . .

8.75-9.24 YEADS. . . . . . . . . .

9.25-9.74 YE A17S. . . . . . . . . .

9.75-10.24 YEARS. . . . . . . . .

10.25-10.74

10.75-11.24

11.25-11.74

11.75-12.24

12-25-12.74

12.75-13.24

13.25-13.74

13.75-14.24

14.25-14.74

14.75-15.24

15.25-15.74

15.75-16.24

16.25-16.74

16.75-17.24

17.25-17.74

17. 75-L8.24

18.25-18.99

19.00-19.99

20.00-20.99

YEARS . . . . . . . .

YAPS . . . . . . . .

YE ADS........

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

YE ADS........

YEAR S........

YEA AS........

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

YE ADS........

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

YEAR S........

WMBER

IN

SAMPLES

44

172

147

157

147

146

152

162

135

146

254

375

384

411

375

381

306

392

393

386

373

387

382

447

435

414

362

412

411

394

382

336

357

326

199

lR

104

48

14s

154

147

110

149

135

145

146

154

243

359

398

376

394

403

3 7-I

358

407

378

351

321

392

375

400

397

388

371

362

339

358

320

377

299

188

106

137

236

EST1MA7E0

POPULATION

THOU:NOS~

236

995

884

972

807

882

867

919

856

864

865

976

937

1,055

991

939

983

993

1,061

1,055

1,041

1,078

1,140

1,041

941

1,006

1,097

909

19040

867

1,042

925

839

1,250

2.073

1;663

298

908

866

991

629

903

773

.301

833

845

864

998

928

925

997

980

996

894

1,082

1,036

837

826

1,039

987

1,025

1,080

1,0+2

919

996

1,012

4’84

059

1.137

832

854

1,665

1,606

1,859

PERCENT ILE

MEAN STANOARO

OEVIbTION

57H 107H 25TH 50TH 75TH 90TH 95TH

6.1

6.4

5.i

5.:

5.?

5.3

5.4

5.C

5.?

5.?

4.<

4.s

5.?

5.3

5.5

5.3

5.7

6.7

6.7

6.4

7.C

?.e

T. 5

7.4

7. s

8.6

8.4

8.6

8.C

8.~

8.7

8.9

9.6

9.4

10.7

11. e

12.4

12.3

6.2

6.3

6.2

6.1

6.0

5.7

5.8

5.4

5.8

6.2

6.0

5.7

6.o

6.1

6.7

6.9

8.1

7.6

.3.5

8.T

9.2

8.9

9.8

10.2

10.7

11.5

11.6

12.9

12.0

12.1

12.5

13.2

14.3

14.5

14.3

13.6

15.1

14.4

1.6

2.0

1.6

2.3

1.6

2.1

1.8

1.3

2.2

3.2

1.8

1.9

2.6

2.6

3.2

2.3

3.1

4.7

4.6

4.2

4.3

5.5

6.3

5.4

6.0

6.6

6.1

6.4

6.5

5.6

5.5

4.5

6.3

5.3

6.5

6.9

7.1

7.1

1.9

1.9

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.0

2.0

1.6

2.1

3.5

3.3

2.3

2.9

2.9

4.3

4.1

5.3

4.4

5.3

5.5

5.6

5.4

6.4

6.4

6.2

6.8

7.5

8.3

6.6

6.8

7.2

7.9

8.4

9.1

T.3

6.6

9.0

7.7

SUBSCAPULAR SKI NFOLO IN

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.0

3.0

3.5

3.5

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.5

3.5

3.5

4.0

4.0

3.5

3.5

3.5

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.5

5.0

5.0

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.0

6.0

4.0

4.0

3.0

+.0

4.0

4.0

3.0

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.5

3.5

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.5

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.5

5.5

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.5

6.0

6.5

6.0

6.5

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.5

4.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.5

6.0

6.0

T.O

6.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.5

4.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.5

5.5

6.0

6.0

6.5

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

5.0

5.0

4.5

4.5

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.5

5.5

6.0

6.0

6.5

6.5

7.0

7.5

8.0

7.5

4.5

5.0

5.0

4.5

5.0

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.5

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

6.0

5.5

6.0

6.0

6.5

7.0

6.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

9.0

9.0

8.0

9.0

LLIMETERS

6.0

6.0

5.5

5.5

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.5

6.0

5.5

5.5

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.5

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.5

7.5

8.0

8.0

9.5

10.0

10.0

5.5

6.0

6.0

6.0

5.5

5.0

5.5

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

6.0

6.5

6.0

6.5

6.5

7.0

7.0

8.0

8.0

9.0

8.5

9.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.5

11.5

12.0

12.0

11.0

13.0

12.0

7.0

7.5

7.0

7.0

6.0

6.o

6.0

5.5

6.0

6.0

5.0

5.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.o

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

8.5

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

9.0

8.5

9.0

10.0

9.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

12.0

13.0

13.0

13.0

8.0

8.0

7.5

7.0

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.0

6.5

6.5

6.0

6.5

7.0

7.0

7.0

8.0

9.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

10.0

11.5

12.0

13.5

15.0

14.0

16.0

14.5

14.5

13.5

15.0

17.0

17.5

18.0

lT.5

19.0

18.0

8.0

9.0

8.0

9.5

7.5

7.0

7.0

6.5

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

8.0

8.0

7.5

9.0

13.0

12.0

10.0

12.5

15.0

16.5

12.5

14.0

17.0

16.0

16.0

15.0

15.0

14.0

15.5

15.0

16.0

20.0

24.0

23.0

24.0

9.0

9.0

8.5

9.0

8.0

7.5

8.0

8.0

8.0

9.5

8.0

8.0

8.5

10.0

11.0

13.0

15.0

14.0

18.0

17.0

18.0

16.5

18.0

20.0

19.5

22.0

20.0

23.5

22.0

21.5

24.0

24.0

26.5

26.0

25. o

22.0

27. o

25.0

9.0

10.0

9.0

11.5

9.0

9.0

8.0

7.0

7.5

8.0

7.5

7.5

11.0

11.0

12.5

11.0

12.0

14.0

15.5

14.0

16.5

19.0

21.0

17.5

19.5

26.0

22.0

23.0

21.0

22.0

17.5

19.0

22.0

19.0

28.5

2s.0

30.0

26.5

9.5

9.0

10.5

10.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

15.5

12.0

10.0

11.0

11.5

15.0

15.0

21.0

18.0

19.0

21.0

20.5

21.5

25.0

23.5

25.0

25.5

28.0

30.0

27.0

27.0

28.5

31.0

32.1

33.0

26.0

28.0

32.0

31.0

lTHDSF CELLS CONTAINING SU8JECTS FROM NHANES I ANO NHES 11 CR NHES II I HAVE 8EEN CUT IN HALF TO HA INTAIN REPRESENT ATIVENESS

41
Table 31. Selected smoothed percentiles for upper arm girth of persons ages 2-18 years, by sex and age: United States, 1863-65, 1866-70, and 1971-74

Sex and age

Male —

Smoothed 1 percentile

5th 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th 95th

Upper arm girth in centimeters

4.3

,4.5

14.7

14.9

I 5.0

15.1

15.1

15.2

I 5.3

I 5.4

I 5.5

I 5,7

I 5,9

16.2

I 6.5

I 6.8

17.2

17.6

I S.o

I 8.5

I S.9

I 9.4

I 9.9

20.4

20.9

21.4

22.0

22,4

22.9

23.4

23.9

24.3

24.7

13.s

14.0

14.3

14.5

14.7

14.6

15.0

15.1

15.2

15.4

15.5

15.7

15.9

16.1

16.3

16.6

I7.0

17.4

I 7.7

I 8.2

I S.6

19.0

19.4

19.9

20.3

20.6

21.0

21.3

21.6

21,8

22.0

22.1

22.1

—

14.6

14.9

15.1

15.3

15.4

15,5

15.6

15,7

15.8

15.9

16.0

16.2

16.4

16.7

17.0

17.3

17.7

18.1

18.6

19.0

19,6

20,1

20,6

21.1

21.7

22,2

22.7

23.3

23.8

24.3

24.8

25.3

25.8

14.3

14.5

14.7

14.9

15.1

15.2

15.4

15.6

15.7

15.9

16.1

16.3

16.5

16.7

17.0

17.3

17.7

18.1

18.4

18.9

19.3

19.7

20.1

20.5

20,9

21.3

21.7

22.0

22.3

22.5

22.7

22.s

22.9

I 5.3

15.6

15.8

16.0

16.1

16.3

16.4

16.5

16.6

16.7

16.9

17.1

17,3

17.6

18,0

18.3

18.S

18.2

19.7

20.2

20.7

21.3

21.8

22.4

23.0

23.5

24.1

24.7

25.2

25.8

26.3

26.8

27.2

15.0

15.3

15.5

15.6

15.8

16.0

16.2

16,4

16.5

16.7

17.0

17.2

17.4

17.7

18.1

18.4

18.8

19.3

19.7

20,2

20.6

21.1

21.6

22.0

22.4

22.8

23.2

23.5

23,8

24.0

24.2

24.2

24.2

16.0

16.3

16.5

16.7

16.9

I 7,1

17,2

I 7,3

17.5

I 7.7

17.9

18.1

18.4

18.S

18.1

19.6

20.0

20.5

21.1

21.6

22,2

22.8

23.4

24.0

24.6

25.2

25.8

26.4

26.9

27.5

2s.0

28.5

29.0

15.9

16.1

16.2

16.4

16.6

16.8

17.0

17.3

17.5

17.8

18.0

18.4

18.7

19,1

19.4

19.9

20.3

20.8

21.3

21.8

22.3

22.8

23.3

23.8

24.2

24.6

25.C

25.4

25.~

25+

26.C

26.1

26.:

17.1

17,2

17.4

17.6

17.7

17.9

1S.1

18.3

18.5

18.7

19.0

19.4

19,8

20,2

20,7

21.2

21,8

22.4

23.0

23.6

24.2

24.9

25.6

26.2

26.9

27.6

28.2

28.8

29.4

30.0

30.6

31.1

31.5

16.5

16.7

16.9

17.1

17.4

17,6

17,9

1s.2

1S.6

18.9

18.3

19.8

20.2

20.7

21.2

21.7

22.2

22.8

23,4

24.0

24.5

25.1

25.6

26.2

26.6

27.1

27.5

27.8

28.1

28.3

28.~

28.6

28.5

17.7

17.8

17.9

18.1

18.4

18.7

19,0

19.4

19.8

20.2

20.7

21.2

21 .s

22.3

22.9

23.5

24.1

24.8

25.4

26.0

26,7

27,4

2s.0

28.7

29.4

30.0

30.7

31.4

32.0

32.6

33.2

33.8

34.3

17.2

17.4

17.6

17.9

18.2

18.6

19.0

18.4

19.9

20.4

20.9

21.5

22.1

22.7

23.3

23.9

24.6

25.2

25.S

26.5

27.1

27.7

2S.3

2S,8

29.3

29.8

30.2

30.6

30.9

31.2

31.4

31.5

31.6

18.6

18.4

18.4

18.6

18.8

19,2

19.6

20,2

20.7

21.3

22.0

22.6

23.2

23.9

24.5

25.1

25.7

26.4

27.0

27,6

28,2

28.9

29,5

30.2

30.8

31.5

32.2

32.8

33.5

34.2

35.0

35.7

36.4

17.9

18.2

18.5

18.8

19.2

18.6

20.1

20.5

21.0

21.6

22.1

22,7

23.3

23,9

24.6

25.2

26.0

26.7

27.4

28.1

28.8

29.5

30.2

30.8

31.4

31.9

32.4

32.8

33.2

33.4

33.6

33.7

33.7

42
Table 32. Selected smoothed percentiles for triceps skinfold of persons ages 2.18 years, by sex, and age: United States, 1963-65, 1966-70, and 1971-74

Sex and age

—Male

Smoothed 1 percenti Ie

5th 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th 95th

Triceps skinfold in millimeters

6.2

6.1

6.0

5.6

5.7

5.6

5.4

5.3

5.2

5.1

5.0

4.9

4.9

4.8

4.8;

4.8

4.9

4.9

4.9

5.0

4.9

4.9

4.8

4.6

4.5

4.3

4.1

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.9

4.2

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.3

6.3

6.2

6,2

6,1

6.1

6.0

6,0

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.1

6.2

6.3

6.4

6.6

6.7

6.9

7.1

7.3

7.5

7.7

7.9

8.0

8.2

8.4

8.5

8.6

6.9

6.8

6.7

6.6

6.5

6.4

6.3

6.1

6.0

5.9

5.8

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.4

5.3

5.1

4.9

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.6

7.0

7.1

7.1

7.1

7.1

7.1

7.0

7.0

6.9

6.9

6.8

6.8

6.8

6.7

6.8

6.8

6.9

7.0

7.2

7.3

7.6

7.8

8.0

8.3

8.5

8.8

9.1

9.3

9.6

9.8

I 0.0

I 0.2

I 0.4

8.2

8.0

7.9

7.7

7.6

7.4

7.3

7.1

7.0

6.9

6.8

6.7

6,7

6.6

6.7

6.7

6.8

6,9

7.0

7.0

7,1

7.1

7,0

6,8

6.6

6.4

6.2

5.9

5.8

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.9

8.4

8.4

8.4

8.4

8.3

8.3

8.3

8.2

8.2

8.2

8.2

8.2

8.2

8.3

8,4

8.5

8.6

8.8

9.0

9.2

9.5

9.8

10.1

10.4

10.7

11.1

11.4

11.8

12.2

12.5

12.8

13.2

13,5

I 0,3

10,0

9,8

9.5

9.3

9.0

8.8

8.6

8.5

8.4

8.3

8.2

8.2

8.3

8.4

8.6

8.8

9.0

9.3

9.4

9.6

9.6

9.6

9.4

9.1

8.7

8.4

8.0

7.7

7.4

7.3

7.3

7.5

I 0.3

I 0.3

I 0.2

I 0.2

I 0.2

[0.2

I0.2

I0,3

I0,3

I0.4

I0.4

I0,5

10.6

10.8

11.0

11.2

,1.4

11.6

11.9

12.2

12.6

12.9

13.3

3.7

14,1

14.5

4.8

!5.2

5.6

6.0

6.3

6.6

7.0

12.1

11.8

11.5

11.2

10.9

10.7

10.5

10.4

10.3

10.2

10.3

10.4

10.5

10.8

11.1

11.5

11.9

12.4

12.8

13.2

13.4

13.6

13.5

13.3

13.0

12.5

12.0

11.5

11.2

10.9

10,9

11,1

11.7

12.1

12,0

11.9

11.8

11.9

11.9

12.0

12.2

12.3

12.5

12.8

13.0

13.4

13.7

14.1

14.5

15.0

15.4

15.9

16.4

16.9

17.5

18.0

18.5

19.0

19.5

20.0

20.5

20.9

21.3

21.7

22.0

22.2

14.1

13.7

13.4

13.1

12.8

12.6

12.5

12.4

12.4

12.5

12,7

13.0

13.4

14,0

14.6

15,5

16,4

17.4

18,3

19,1

19.8

20,2

20.3

20.1

19.6

19,0

18.2

17.4

16.8

16.2

16.0

16.1

76.6

14.0

13.7

13.5

13.4

13.5

13.7

13.9

14.3

14.8

15.3

15.8

16.5

17.1

17.8

18.5

19,1

19.8

20.4

21.1

21.6

22.2

22.8

23.3

23.8

24.2

24.7

25.1

25.5

25.9

26.3

26.7

27.0

27.3

15.4

14.9

14.4

14.1

13.9

13.8

13.8

13.9

14.1

14.5

14.9

15.4

16.1

16.9

17.8

18.7

19.8

20.8

21.8

22.7

23.4

23.9

24.1

24.0

23.7

23.2

22.7

22.1

21.6

21.3

21.3

21.6

22.3

15.2

15.0

14.9

15.0

15,2

15.5

15.9

16.4

16.9

17.5

18.2

18.9

19.7

20.4

21.2

22.0

22.8

23.5

24.2

24.9

25.6

26.2

26.8

27.4

28.o

28.5

29.0

29.4

29.8

30.1

30.4

30.7

30.9

43
Table 33. Selected smoothed percentiles for subscapular dcinfold of persons ages 2-18 years, by sex and age: United States, 1963-65, 1968-70, and 1971-74

Sex and age

Male

Female

_

Smoothed 1 percentile

5th 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th 96th

.% bscapular skinfold in millimeters

3.7

3.5

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.6

3.6

3.7

3.8

3.9

4.0

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.6

4.8

4.9

5.1

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.4

3.4

3.6

3.7

3.8

4.0

4.1

4.3

4.5

4.6

4.6

5.0

5,2

5.4

5,5

5,7

5.8

6.0

6.1

6.2

6.3

4.0

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.7

3.7

3.8

3.6

3.9

3.9

4.0

4,1

4,2

4.3

4.4

4.6

4.7

4.8

5.0

5.2

5.4

5.5

5.7

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4,0

4.0

4.0

4,0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.1

4,3

4.5

4.6

4.8

5.1

5.3

5.5

5.7

5.9

6.2

6.3

6.5

6.7

6.8

7.0

7.0

—

4.6

4.4

4.3

4.2

4.1

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

4.0

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.8

5.0

5.1

5.3

5.5

5.7

5.9

6.1

6.4

6.6

6.8

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.3

4.3

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.8

5.0

5.2

5.4

5.7

5.9

6.2

6.4

6.7

7.0

7.2

7.4

7.7

7,9

8.1

8,2

8,4

8.5

5.6

5.4

5.2

5.0

4.9

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.7

4.7

4,8

4.9

5.0

5,0

5,2

5,3

5,4

5.6

5,7

5,9

6.1

6.3

6.5

6.7

7.0

7.2

7.5

7.8

8.2

8.5

5.8

5.6

5.4

5.3

5.2

5.1

5.0

5.0

5,0

5.1

5.2

5.3

5,4

5,6

5,8

6,1

6.4

6.7

7.0

7.3

7.7

8.1

8,4

8.8

9.2

9.5

9.9

10.2

10.6

10.9

11.2

11.5

11.7

6.9

6.5

6.2

6.0

5.8

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.8

6.0

6.1

6.3

6.4

6.6

6.8

7.0

7.2

7.4

7.6

7.9

8.1

8.4

8.6

8.9

9.2

9.5

9.9

10.2

10.6

11.0

11.4

7.4

7.0

6.6

6.4

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.4

6.6

6.9

7.2

7.6

6.0

8.4

8.9

9.4

9.9

10.4

11.0

11.5

12.1

12.6

13,2

13.8

14.3

14.6

15.4

15.8

16.3

16.7

17,1

17.5

8.4

7.5

6.9

6.5

6.3

6.4

6.5

6.8

7.2

7.7

8.2

8,8

9.4

9,9

10.4

10,9

11.4

11.8

12.2

12.6

13,0

13.4

13.8

14.2

14.6

15.1

15.5

16.1

16.6

17.3

18.0

18.7

19.5

8.6

8.0

7.6

7.4

7.4

7.6

7.9

6.4

8.9

9.6

10.3

11,1

12.0

12.8

13.6

14,5

15.3

16.2

17.0

17.6

18,6

19.3

20,1

20.8

21.5

22,1

22.7

23.2

23.7

24.2

24.6

24.9

25.1

9.6

6.6

7.9

7.5

7.4

7,5

7.6

8.2

8.8

9.5

10,3

11.1

12.0

12,6

13.6

14,4

15.2

15.9

16,6

17.2

17.9

18.5

19.1

19.7

20.3

20.9

21.5

22.1

22.7

23.3

24.0

24.6

25.3

9.4

9.1

8.9

9.0

9.2

9.6

10.1

10.7

11,5

12.3

13.2

14.2

15,2

16.2

17.2

16.2

19,2

20.2

21,2

22,2

23,2

24,1

25,0

25.6

26.6

27.4

28.1

28.7

29.2

29.7

30.1

30.4

30.6

44
TABLE 34. PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF ADULTS AGES 25.74 YEARS BY EXTENSION OF RIGHT HIP, ACCORDING TO SEX, RACE, AND AGE:

UNITED STATES, 1971.72

EXTENSIDN OF SEX RACE

QIGHT HIP

AGE IN YEARS

IN DEGREES

ALL AOULTS1 MALE FEMALE HHITE BLACK 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74

TOTAL2 . . . . . . . . 100.0

LESS THAN lo . . . . . . . . . . 5.B

150-160 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.0

165 OR 170 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.2

IT5 @R 180 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

T

100.0 100.0 100.0

5.1 6.3 6.2

56.5 49.9 53.5

35.0 37.4 35.7

3.4 6.4 4.5

100.0

.8

+8.4

41.1

9.7 I

100.0 100.0

10.5 7.2

62.7 57.9

23.6 31.9

3.3 3.1 I

100.0 100.0

4.0 3.1

48.5 4T. 3

4+. 1 44.7

3.3 +.8

100.0

.6

40.5

43.2

15.7

1INCLUOES OATA FOR RICES HHICH ARE NOT SHOklN SEPARATELY.

2MEASUREMENTS TAKEN IN INTERVALS OF 5 OEGREES.

TABLE 35. PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF AOULTSAGES 25.74 YEARS BY EXTENSION OF LEFT HIP, ACCORDING TO SEX, RACE, ANO AGE:

UNITED STATES, 1971.72

SEX RACE AGE IN YEARS

ALL AOULTS1 MALE FEMALE HHITE BLACK 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74

EXTENSION OF

LEFT HIP

IN OEGREES

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

I

100.0 100.0

1.3 2.1

55.0 42.5

36.9 45.8

6.8 9.6

TOTAL2 . . . . . . . .

LESS THAN 150..........

150-160................

165 OR 170.............

175 OR 180.............

100.0 100.0 I 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

4.1 7.3

57.1 55.5

36.B 31.6

2.1 5.5

6.1

5T.4

33.1

3.4

2.0

45.9

43.7

8.4

10.6

60.8

27.2

1.5

7.5

59.5

30.7

2.4

4.4

56.4

36.6

2.7

5.8

56.3

34.1

3.9

llNCLUOES OATA FOR RACES HHICH ARE NOT SHOHN SEPARATELY.

‘MEASUREMENTS TAKEN IN INTERVAL S OF 5 OEGREES.

TABLE 36. PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF AOULTS AGES 25.74 YEARS BY ASDUCTION OF RIGHT HIP, ACCORDING TO SEX, RACE, ANO AGE:

UNITEO STATES, 1971.72

ABDUCTION OF .

SEX

RIGHT HIP

RACE AGE IN YEARS

IN OEGREFS

ALL 40 ULTS1 MALE FEMALE WHITE BLACK 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74

T@TiL2 . . . . . . . .

K

100.0

LESS THAN 115 . . . . . . . . . . 3.1

PERcENT OISTRIBUT ION

t

100.0 100.0

2.3 5.8

17.4 20.1

37.8 35.s

30.0 25.9

7.9 9.4

4.6 3.0

100.0

6.B

24.6

33.4

21.5

10.0

3.7

100.0 I 100.0

I

100.0 100.0

2.9 6.1

15.4 21.2

34.4 36.8

30.6 23.3

12.8 7.9

4.0 4.8

100.0

1.3

13.1

32.0

100.0

2.0

10.0

33.0

35.9

2.6 I3.7

115 CR 120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.0 17.8 I16.0

125 5R 130.............

135 OR 140.............

145 CR 150.............

34.4

30.1

12.2

I

34.9 33.9

31.0 29.2

12.3 12.2

5.1 3.2

32.1

17.4

4.1

14.5

155-180................ 4.1 4.7

1INCLUOES OATA FOR RACES IIHICHARE NOT SHOWN SEPARATELY.

‘MEASUREMENTS TAKEN IN INTERVALS OF 5 OEGREES.

45
TABLE 37. PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF ADULTS AGES 25.74 YEARS BY ABOUCTION OF LEFT HIP, ACCORDING TO SEX, RACE, ANO AGE:

UNITED STATES, 1971.72

ABDuCTION OF

LEFT HIP

SEX RACE AGE IN YEARS

IN OEGREES

ALL AOULTS1 MALE FEMALE WHITE BLACK 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

TOTAL2 . . . . . . . .

+

100.0

LESS THAN 115 . . . . . . . . . . 2.6

115 OR 120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.1

..

125 OR 130 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.0

135 OR 140 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.0

145 OR 150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9

L55-180 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 “’ 100.0

2.7 2.6 2.6 3.1 .9 1.6 2.6 3.9 6.4

16.1 21.7 18.4 24.5 11.2 15.4 19.4 26.5 30.3

33.8 3B.1 36.6 33.9 35.8 31.7 41.4 35.2 35.4

27.1

13.7

6.7

24.9 26.0 25.9

10.3 11.9 9.2

2.3 4.5 3.3

26.7 I 31.5

18.3 I

13.2

7.1 6.6

26.3

T.7

2.3

22.6 18.3

9.3 8.1

2.5 1.5

lINCLUDES DATA FOR RACES WHICH ARE NDT SHOWN SEPARATELY.

2MEASUREMENT5 TAKEN IN INTERVALS DF 5 DEGREES.

TABLE 3S, PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF AOULTS AGES 25.74 YEARS BY FLEXION OF RIGHT HIP, ACCOROING TO SEX, RACE, ANO AGE:

UNITEO STATES, 1971.72

FLEXI ON OF SEX RACE 6GE IN YEARS

RIGHT HIP

IN DEGREES

ALL ADULTS1 MALE FEMALE UHITE BLACK 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-T4

TCTAL2 . . . . . . . .

LESS THAN 50 . . . . . . . . . . .

50 OR 55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

60-70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

75-s5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

90-180 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

100.0

14.8

31.7

42.0

5.2

3.3

100.0

13.2

34.5

43. s

6.5

1.9

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

16.2 15.8 6.6 19.7 15.4 13.4 9.6 13.6

29.1 32.8 1s.3 31.1 35.3 31.7 34.5 22.0

40.4 41.3 50.8 +0.9 37.7 44.4 42.5 47.3

9.8 7.5 15.3 6.9 7.8 7.0 9.3 12.9

4.5 2.6 9.0 1.4 3.9 3.5 4.1 4.2

lINCLUOES OATA FOR RACES WHICH ARE NOT SHO!4N SEPARATELY.

‘MEASUREMENTS TAKEN IN INTERVALS OF 5 OEGREES.

TABLE 39. PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF ADULTS AGES 25.74 YEARS BY FLEXION OF LEFT HIP, ACCORDING TO SEX, RACE, AND AGE:

UNITED STATES, 1971.72

FLEX ION OF

LEFT HIP

IN OEGRE5S

TOTAL2 . . . . . . . .

LESS THAN 50 . . . . . . . . . . .

50 OR 55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

60-70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

75-85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

90-1s0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SEX RACE AGE IN YEARS

ALL AOULTS7 MALE FEMALE 14H1TE BLACK 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74

PERCENT OISTR I13UTION

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

15.4 14.2 16.5 16.2 8.7

32.9 32. S 32.9 33. s 22.3

39.2 44.2 34.7 38.7 45.6

9.4 7.4 11.1 8.7 16.6

3.2 1.3 4.8 2.7 6.9 I

100.0 100.0

19.3 21.2

33.1 34.1

39.9 32.6.

5.6 9.1

2.1 3.0

100.0

—

12.6

34.6

41.3

9.1

2.4

100.0 I 100.0

9.9 10.4

31.3 29.2

41.3 42.5

11.8 14.5

5.6 3.4

lINCLUOES OATA FOR RACES ‘WH:CP ARE NOT SHOMN SEPARATELY.

2MEASUREMENTS TAKEN IN INTERVALS OF 5 OEGREES.

46
TABLE 40. PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF AOULTS AGES 25.74 YEARS BY INTERNAL ROTATION OF RIGHT HIP, ACCOROING TO SEX, RACE, AND AGE:

UNITEO STATES, 1971.72

INTERNAL ROTATION SEX RACE

OF RIGHT HIP

AGE IN YEARS

IN DEGREES

ALL AOULTS1 MALE FEMALE uHITE BLACK 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74

TOTAL2 . . . . . . . .

I

100.0

LESS THAN 50 . . . . . . . . . . .

r

6.7

50 OR 55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.1

60-70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53..9

75-90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 2.9

100.0

9.9

39.3

45.5

1.8

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

3.8 T. 1 3.3 9.2 5.4 7.7 5.5 4.0

31.4 37.1 IT. O 42.3 39.8 30.9 31.7 25.2

57. T 50.2 67.6 43.5 49.0 56.2 55.8 60.5

4.0 2:5 T.4 2.6 2.6 3.0 2.6 4.7

1INCLUOES OATA FOR RACES WHICH ARE NOT SH@UN SEPARATELY.

‘MEASUREMENTS TAKEN IN INTERVALS OF 5 OEGREES.

TABLE 41. PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF AOULTS AGES 25.74 YEARS BY EXTERNAL ROTATION OF LEFT HIP, ACCOROING TO SEX, RACE, ANO AGE:

UNITEO STATES, 1971.72

EXTERNAL ROTATION SEX RACE

OF LEFT HIP

AGE IN YEARS

IN OEGREES

ALL AOULTS1 MALE FEMALE !4HITE BLACK 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74

I

PERCENT OISTRIEUTION

T@TAL2 . . . . . . . .

LESS THAN 50 . . . . . . . . . . . HI=++

50 OR 55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.0

60-70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.1

75-90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4

30.7 44.6

55.4 3T.6

3.9 2.9

100.0 I100.0

9.5 6.0

38.6 31.3

45.6 52.3

3.1 5.6 n

100.0 100.0 100.0

16.9 9.1 7.7

3B.2 43.9 42.7

40.0 43.0 44.6

1.3 I 1.3 I 3.0 T

100.0 100.0

4.6 4.0

35.9 21.7

51.0 59.2

5.7 1 8.6

lINCLUOES DATA FOR RACES WHICH ARE NOT SHOMN SEPARATELY.

‘MEASUREMENTS TAKEN IN INTERVALS OF 5 OEGREES.

TABLE 42. PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF AOULTS AGES 23-74 YEARS BY EXTERNAL ROTATION OF RIGHT HIP. ACCOROING TO SEX, RACE, AND AGE:

UNITEO STATES, 1971.72

EXT5RNAL ROTAT I~N SEX RACE

OF RIGHT HIP

AGE IN YEARS

IN OEGREES

ALL AOULTS1 MALE FEMALE UHITE BLACK 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-T+

I

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

TOTAL2 . . . . . . . .

r

100.0

LESS THAN 110 . . . . . . . . . . 3.6

110 nR 115 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.7

120 CR 125 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.9

130 CR 135 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.3

140-160 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 4.5

100.0 I 100.0

5.6 1.8

30.2 15.9

42.7 48.8

19.0 27.2

100.0

3.4

22.1

46.2

23.6

2.5 6.2 4.6

100.0

—

5.4

29.3

41. T

20.7

3.0

100.0

2.1

17.0

46.3

25.5

9.2 I

100.0 100.0

.9 3.6

17.1 23.1

46.0 47.6

32.4 22.4

3.6 3.4

100.0

.

4.9

26.0

50.2

17.7

1.2

100.0

10.1

39.0

35.3

12.6

2.9

1I NCLUOES DATA FOR RACES WHICH APE NOT SHOMN SEPARATELY.

2HEAsuREK5ENT5 TAKEN IN INTERv ALs oF 5 oEGREEs.

47
TABLE 43. PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF AOULTS AGES 25.74 YEARS BY INTERNAL ROTATION OF LEFT HIP, ACCOROING TO SEX, RACE, ANO AGE:

UNITED STATES, 1971.72

ItATERN&L ROTATION SEX RACE

0= LEFT HIP

AGE IN YEARS

IN DEGREES

ALL AOULTS’ MALE FEMALE HHITE BLACK 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-7+

PERCEN7 DISTR IBU7 ION

TOTAL2 . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

LESS THAN 110 .... ...... 3.0 2.5 3.6 2.1 10.7 .8 2.1 3.6 5.8 4.2

110 CR 115 ... ... ....... 29.0 23.8 33.7 27.0 48.2 24.3 22.4 35.1 29.4 38. 6“

120 @R 125 ... ... ....... 49.4 49.8 49.1 51.5 31.2 54.7 47.8 46.9 50.3 45.0

130 OR 135 .. .... .. ... .. 16.0 19. T 12.6 16.8 8.2 16.5 22.8 12.8 14.4 11.0

1+0-180 .... ..... .. ..... 2.4 4.1 .s 2.6 .4 3.7 4.2 1.7 .1 1.0

lINCLUOES OATA FOR RACFS WHICH ARE NOT SHOWN SEPARATELY.

2MEASUREMENTS TAKEN IN INTERVALS OF 5 OEGREES.

TABLE 44. PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF AOULTS AGES 25.74 YEARS BY FLEXION OF RIGHT KNEE, ACCORDING TO SEX, RACE, AND AGE:

UNITEO ‘STATES, 1971.72

~’l:lalB. TOTAf . . . . . . . . 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0:-34 100.0‘35-4:G 100.0 100.0 100.0 “5-7 100.0

LESS THEN 60 . . . . . . . . . . . 89.3 90.5 80.2 90.3 79.7 92.3 92.1 92.1 84.8 ~ 79.5

60-70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8 8.9 10.6 9.0 18.1 7.7 -7.2 6.6 14. s 17.5

75-85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 .4 .6 .4 2.0 .1 .7 .5 2.1

90-180 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 .1 .6 .4 .2 .6 .5 .0 .8

‘I NCLUOES OATA FOR RACES WHICH ARE NOT SHO’IiN SEPARATELY.

2MEASUREMENTS TAKEN IN IN7ERVALS OF 5 DEGREES.

TABLE 45, PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF ADULTS AGES 25.74 YEARS BY FLEXION OF LEFT KNEE, ACCOROING TO SEX, RACE, AND AGE:

UNITED STATES, 1971.72

==FJ==+1:2::1BUT TOTAL2 . . . . . . . .:-34‘35-4:G‘T-7

k

100.0

LESS THEN 60 . . . . . . . . . . . 8B.5

60-70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2

75-85 . .. .. ... ... . . ... ..

I

.4

90-100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 1.0 II

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 I 100.0

91.7 85.6 89.7 76.9 91.8 91.2 88.7 85.5 ; 80.6

7.1 12.9 9.1 20.4 7.2 8.1 9.9 13.2 16.2

.2 .6 .3 1.7 .2 .0 .8 1.8

.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 .6 1.3 .5 1.4

lINCLUOES OATA FOR RACES WHICH ARE NOT SHOHN SEPARATELY.

‘MEASUREMENTS TAKEN IN INTERVALS OF 5 OEGREES.

48
.,.,

APPENDIXES

CONTENTS

II.

III.

IV.

I.

II.

III.

Iv.

v.

VI.

VII.

I.

II.

III.

Iv<

v.

Statistical Notes ........................................................................................................................... 51

Survey Design ......................................................................................................................... 51

Mk.sing Data ........................................................................................................................... 53

Parameter and Variance Estimation ........................................................................................ 53

Demographic Terms ..................................................................................................................... 59

Data Tape Summary .................................................................................................................... 60

Anthropometric and Goniometric Data Tape–NHANES 1...................................................... 61

Measuring Procedures and Definitions .......................................................................................... 63

Anthropometry ....................................................................................................................... 63

Goniome@ ............................................................................................................................. 66

LIST OF APPENDIX FIGURES

Recording form for anthropometric measurements ..................................................................... 64

Diagrams of anthropometric measurements ................................................................................. 65

Diagram of extension of hip ........................................................................................................ 66

D]agram of flexion of hip ............................................................................................................ 66

Diagram of abduction and adduction of hip ................................................................................ 67

Diagram of internal and external rotation of hip ......................................................................... 67

Diagram of extension and flexion of knee ................................................................................... 68

LIST OF APPENDIX TABLES

Number of examined persons in the NHANES I nutrition 65-location design and the estimated

number of persons in the U.S. population as of November 1972, by sex, race, and age at

examination: United States, 197 l.74 ........................................................................................ 52

Number of examined persons in the NHANES I detailed 100-Iocation design and the estimated

number of persons in the U.S. population as of Februmy 1974, by sex, race, and age at

examination: United States, 197 l.75 ........................................................................................ 52

Number of examined persons in the NHANES I detailed 35-location design and the estimated

number of persons in the U.S. population as of November 1971, by sex, race, and age at

examination: United States, 1971-72 ........................................................................................ 52

Number of examined persons in the NHANES I nutrition 65-location design with missing

anthropometric measurements: United States, 197 l.74 ............................................................ 53

Number of examined persons in the NHANES I detailed 35-location design with missing

goniometric measurements: United States, 1971-72 ................................................................. 53

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VI. Estimated design effects in the NHANES 1, by rmthropometric measurement and demographic

classification: United States, 1971-74 ....................................................................................... 55

VII. Standard errors of the percent by extension of the hip, according to sex, race, and age for

adults ages 25-74 years: United States, 1971-72 ....................................................................... 55

VIII. Standard errors of the percent by abduction of the hip, according to sex, race, and age for

adults ages 25-74 years: United States, 1971-72 ....................................................................... 56

Ix. Standaxd errors of the percent by rotation of the hip, according to sex, race, and age for adults

ages 25-74 years: United States, 1971-72 .................................................................................. 57

x. Standard errors of the percent by rotation of the hip, according to sex, race, and age for adults

ages 25-74 years: United States, 1971-72 .................................................................................. 57

XI. Standard errors of the percent by flexion of the hip, according to sex, race, and age for adults

ages 25-74 years: United States, 1971-72 .................................................................................. 58

XII. Standard errors of the percent by flexion of the kuee, according to sex, race, and age for adults

ages 25-74 years: United States, 1971-72 .................................................................................. 58

f,’

50
APPENDIX I

STATISTICAL NOTES

Survey Design

The sample design for NHANES I is basically

a three-stage, stratified, probabilityy sample of

Ioose clusters of persons in land-based segments.

The sample was designed to be representative of

the civilian noninstitutionalized population, ages

1-74 years, living within the coterminous United

States, with the exception that all persons residing upon reservation lands set aside for the

use of American Indians would be excluded.

In the first stage of the design, 100 primary

sampling units (PSU’S) were selected with probability proportional to size from the approximately 1,900 PSU’S into which the United

States has been divided. (Ten of the PSU’S were

selected into the sample twice, so that in fact

there were only 90 distinct PSU’S selected.) A

PSU consists of a county, a smalI group of contiguous counties, or a standard metropolitan statistical area. Before selecting the 100 PSU’S for

inclusion in NHANES I, the approximately

1,900 PSU’S were first grouped into 40 strata of

which 15 contained ordy one PSU, consisting of

a single large metropolitan area with a population of more than 2 million. All 15 of the largest

PSU’S and three PSU’S from each of the other 25

strata were selected. In the nutrition examination component in NHANES I, two PSU’S from

each of the other 25 strata were selected resulting in a total of 65 PSU’S for this component

sample design.

At the second stage of the design a sample of

segments, consisting of approximately six

households each, was systematically selected

within each selected PSU. Although the 1970

census data were used as the frame for sampling

within PSU’S when they became available, the

calender of operations required that the 1960

census data be used for the first 44 selected

PSU’S. Generally, three types of segments were

used: (1) segments from the Census Listing

Books that were created in taking the population census, (2) area segments that are defined

geographically, and (3) permit se~ents, using

updated lists of building permits issued in sample PSU’S since January 1970.

At the third stage of sampling, a list of all

eligible persons was made within each selected

segment. From this list, persons were then systematically selected for inclusion in NHANES 1.

A more complete description of the survey

design is included in Vital and Health Statistics,

Series 1, No. 10al and supplemented in Series 1,

No. 14.2

Because the design of NHANES I is a multistage probabilityy sample, it is necessary to use

complex procedures in the derivation of estimates. Three basic operations are involved.

Inflation by the reciprocal of the probability

of selection. The probability of selection is the

product of the probabilities of selection from

each step of selection in the design (PSU, segment, and sample person).

Nonresponse adjustment. –The estimates are

inflated by a muItipJ.ication factor calculated

within each PSU for each of five seIected income

groups. The numerator of these factors consists

of the sum of the weights for sample persons resulting from the reciprocal of the probability of

selection and the denominator consists of the

sum of the weights for examined persons also resulting from the reciprocal of the probability of

selection.

NOTE:A listof referencesfollows thetext.

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Table 1. Numter of examined Dersons in the NHANES I nutrition 65-location design and the estimated number of persons in the U.S. population as of Novemtw 1972, by WC, race,

and age at examination: United States, 1971-74

Total II Male Female

Black I II All races White All races White Black

r

‘Opulation in

thou- Sample

sands size

Popula.

Sample tion in Sample

size thou- size

sands

1,707 10,414 11,929

72 280 267

77 267 272

72 212 262

13s 486 595

251 1,724 1,031

250 1,692 1,062

52 404 2s0

80 866 1,243

119 1,232 1,696

87 1,005 1,664

130 1,057 636

85 703 669

294 466 1,822

Age at examination Sample

size

20,749

553

570

600

1,172

2,057

2,126

540

1,756

2,700,

2,326

1,6o1

1,267

3,479

>Opulation in Sample

thou- size

sands

Population in

thousands

--IL

‘Opda -

tion in Sample

thou- size

sands

L19,737 9,347

‘OptAation in

thmlwnds

-—

12,000

-—-—

257

261

245

511

1,734

1,690

504

1,073

1,646

1,31s

1,237

871

652

sample

size

tion in

thou.

d~93,976 8,82o ~4,240 II 7o04 82,741 86,s6s

1,328

1,434

1,43s

2,755

9,634

10,355

3,159

7,972

12,161

10,111

10,879

9,037

6,603

. . .

2,456

73

56

78

161

262

259

70

259

335

334

126

115

31s T >72,

1,620 1S9

1,70s 203

1,701 211

3,294 428

11,442 763

12,134 795

3,679 20s

9,215 956

13,933 1,539

11,593 1,302

12.163 705

3,313 2s6

3,455 29s

3,50s 30s

6,672 577

23,356 1,026

24,654 1,064

7,352 260

17.325 513

1,693 211

1,747 217

1,607 226

3,379 436

11,914 764

12.520 S06

1,402

1,461

1,536

2,866

10,073

10,709

3,206

7,094

11,594

9,516

10,039

8,275

4,970

3;673 203

8,110 423

13,003 672

10,676 569

11,150 626

9,073 505

5,496 1,344

26;936 604

22,268 664

23,313 765

19,048 598

12,774 1,657

9;976 I

551

7,277 1,496

II

NOTE: The numbers in this table constitute estimates and closely approximate the U.S. population as estimated by the U.S. Bureau of the Cenms as ot Nov. 1,

Table II Number of examined Derso”s in the NHANES I detailed 100-locaticm design and the estimated “umber of persons in the u.S. population as of February 1974, by sex, race,

and age at examination: United States, 1971-75

Total Male Female

All races White 61ack All races II White I Black

Poplda.

Sample tion in Pop”la. POpula- POp”lasize thou- Sample tion in Sample tion in Sample tion in Sample

sands size thw. size thw- size thou. size

sands sands sands

6,9t 3 106,639 3,171 50,587 2,744 45,303 390 4,693 3,742

1,563 28,297 672 13,663 567 12,123 72 1,303 891

1,216 22,302 528 10,761 469 9,679 52 1,024 688

1,613 23,549 746 11,268 642 10,131 99 1,095 S67

1,2S8 19,346 626 9,192 544 8,336 768 662

1,233 13,145 599 5,6S2 502 5,134 : 504 634

NOTE: The numbers in this table constitute estimates and closely approximate the U.S. population as estimated by the U.S. Bureau of the Census as of Fob. 1, 1974.

a=- Age at examination

14,634 775 12,713 103 1,736

11,541 579 10,003 97 1,392

12,260 754 10,922 107 1,263

10,154 574 9,164 85 906

7,463 542 6,7S1 91 667

Table Ill, Number of examined persons in the NHANES I detailed 35-10catio” design a“d the estimated number of persons in the US, population as of Novembw 1971, by sex, race,

and age at examination: lJnited States, 1971.72

ToIal Male Female

All races White 61eck Al I races White 61ack

Age at examination Poplda.

Sample ticm in Popula- Pop” la. Pop”la. POpula- Popula. PoplJl&+

size thou- Sample tion in Sample tion m Sample tion in Sample tion In Sample tion in Sample tion in

sands size thou- size thcm- size thcw size thou- size thou- size thOusand$ sands sands sands sands sands

25.74 years .............. 1,891 23,934 907 13,013 701 11,473 194 1,389 984 10,921 761 9,655 217 999

25.34 years...,.., ....................... 337 4,427 153 2,915 121 2,569 26 303 184 1,511 147 1,356 37 156

35.44 years .............................. 309 3,767 141 2,450 119 2,’175 20 241 168 1,317 124 1,136 41 167

45.54 years .............................. 460 7,551 22s 3,704 176 3,303 51 399 232 3,s47 160 3,473 51 370

55.S4 years .............................. 366 6,426 1s4 3,139 136 2,712 44 361 1s4 3,289 144 3,046 38 194

65.74 vears .............................. 417 1,761 201 S05 147 714 51 S4 216 956 166 844 50 112

NOTE: The numbers in this table comtit”te estimates a“d closely approximate the US. pop”latio” as estimated by the U.S. Sureau of the Census as of NOV. 1, 1971.

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Posts gratification by age-sex-race. –The estimates are ratio adjusted within each of 60 agesex-race cells to an independent estimate, provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, of the

population of each cell as of the midpoint of the

survey. The effeet of the ratio-estimating process

is to make the sample more closely representative of the civilian noninstitutionalized population by age, sex, and race, which thereby reduces sampling variance.

In NHANES I the locations were drawn for

the detailed examination component so that locations 1-35, 1-65, 66-100, and 1-100 are separate but overlapping probability samples of the

civilian noninstitutionalized population ages 25-

74 years. Examinations for the first 65 locations

were conducted between April 1971 and June

1974. For the remaining 35 locations, examinations were started in July 1974 and completed

by October 1975. The total examined sample

population and the estimated U.S. population

for locations 1-35, 1-65, and 1-100 are presented

in tables I, H, and III.

Missing Data

Examination surveys are subject to the loss

of information not only through the failure to

examine all sample persons but also from the

failure to obtain and record all items of information for examined persons. For a number of

examinees, one or more of the anthropometnc

measurements were not available. The extent of

these missing measurements is indicated in table

IV. The number of missing goniometric measures is in table V.

For most measures, estimates for missing

anthropometric data were made on the basis of

a multiple regression type decision, substituting

for the missing measurements those of an individual who was of the same age, sex, and race,

and had other dimensions similar to those available for the examinee with incomplete data.

Skinfold measurements recorded as “tight skin”

were imputed using the same procedure as those

that were not recorded.

For those few sample persons with no anthropometric measurements available, a respondent of the same age-sex-race group was selected

at random and his measurements were assigned

to the nonexamined person.

Table IV. Number of examined persons in the NHANES I

nutrition 65-1 ocation design with missing anthropometric

measurements: United States, 1971-74

Number of

Measurement missing examined

persons

Elbow breadth ..................................................... 62

Triceps skinfo[d .......... ...... ................................... 136

Subscapular skinfold ..... ....................................... 197

Bitrochanteric breadth .........................................

I

66

Upper arm girth ...................................................

I

64

Sitting height

3-74 years ....................................................... 273

2 years (not imputed) .............. ...................... 338

Chest circumference (children ages 1-7 years) ..... . 43

Chest circumference (adults 25-74 years)

Full in~iration ........ ....................................... 67

Full expiration ............................................... 71

Table V. Number of examined persons in the. NHANES I

detailed 35-location design with missing goniometric

measurements: United States, 1971-72

Number of

Measurement missing examined

persons

Extension of right hip ............................... ........... 98

Extension of left hip ............................................ 88

Extension of right knee ....................................... 81

Extension of left knee ..................................... .... 80

Flexion of right knee .......... ................................. 78

Flexion of left knee ............................................. 78

Adduction of right hip ........................... .............. 77

Adduction of left hip ........................................... 79

Abduction of right hip ......................................... 87

Abduction of left hip ........................................... 90

Flexion of right hip ......... .................................... 80

Flexion of left hip .......................................... ..... 82

Internal rotation of right hip ............................... 82

External rotation of right hip .............................. 84

Internal rotation of left hip ................................. 80

External rotation of left hip ................................ 85

No imputations were done for the chest circumference measurements on the special subsarnple of adults 25-74 years of age. In addition,

there was no procedure defined to estimate

missing data for the goniometric measures.

All findings for these data are based only on

observed measures from examined persons.

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Parameter and Variance Estimation

Because each of the sample persons has an

assigned statistical weight, all estimates of population parameters presented in NHES publications are computed taking this weight into consideration. Thus the estimate of a population

mean p is computed as follows:

where ~ is the observation or measurement on

the ith person and Wi is the weight assigned to

that person.

The Health and Nutrition Examination Survey has an extremely complex sampling plan,

and obviously the variance estimation procedure

is, by the very nature of the sample, complex as

well. A method is required for estimating the

reliability of findings that “reflects both losses

from clustering sample cases at two stages and

the gains from stratification, ratio estimation,

and poststratification .“20

The method of estimating variances in

NHANES I is the half-sample replication technique. The method was developed at the U.S.

Bureau of the Census prior to 1957. The halfsarnple replication technique is particularly well

suited to NHANES I because the sample, although complex in design, is relatively small

(20,749 persons) and is based on only 40 strata.

This feature permitted the development of a

variance estimation computer program that produces tables containing desired estimates of aggregates, means, and distributions, together with

a table identical in format but with the estimated variances instead of the point estimates. The

computations required by the method are simple, and the internal storage requirements are

well within the limitation of the IBM 370-158

computer system used at the National Center for

Health Statistics.

Variance estimates of anthropometric parameters computed for this report were based

on 40 balanced half-sample replications. A halfsample was formed by choosing one sample PSU

from each of 40 pairs of sample PSU’S. To compute the variance of any statistic, this statistic is

computed for each of the 40 half-samples. Then

the weighted mean of the entire undivided sarnNOTE: A list of references follows the text.

54

ple is computed. The variance of the mean is the

mean square deviation -of each of the 40 halfsample means about the overall mean. The

standard error of the mean is simply the square

root of this variance of the mean. In a similar

manner, the standard error of any statistic may

be computed. Variance estimates for goniometnc statistics included in this report were

computed in a similar manner to those for anthropometric measurements, but were bas$d on

20 balanced half-sample replications d&ived

from the first 35 locations from NHANES {.

In order to eliminate many of the tables required to present variance estimates for all the

statistics in this report, a “variance smoothing”

approach has been used for the presentation of

estimated variances for the anthropometric

measures.

By using this approach, a variance estimate

for a sample mean (Xi) is produced in two steps.

First the simple random sample (SRS) estimate

of variance is calculated by squaring the standard deviation of the sample (Sxi) and dividing

by the size of the sample (ni). This step id summarized with the following equation:

VAR~w (~) = (sXi)2/ni

Secondly, the SRS estimate of varia.qce is

multiplied by a design effect (defined as the

effect that the complex sampling design has on

the magnitude of the variances) that corresponds

to the variable of interest (e.g., type of body

measurement by race by sex by age) to produce

the variance estimate of ~.

The design effects were estimated by the

method of least squares. The replicated ~halfsample variance estimates presented were used

as the dependent variables and the corresponding SRS variance estimates were used as ~independent variables in the model

VAR(~) = (desigm effect) X VAR~w (~)+ .s

to produce the estimates of the design effects.

The estimated design effects and the correlation between the half-sample variance estimates

and the “smoothed” or predicted variance estimates (giving a measure of strength of the relationship between the two, that is, the effectiveness of the fitting process) are given in table VI.

&
Table VI. Estimated desian effacts in the NHAN ES 1, by anthropometric measurement and demographic classification: United states?

1971-1974

Anthropometric measurement

Triceps skinfold ...........................................................................................-

Subscapular skinfold .....................................................................................

Upper arm girth ............................................................................................

Elbow breadth ..............................................................................................

Sitting height ................................................................................................

Bitrochanteric breadth ..................................................................................

Chest circumference (l-7 Years)....................................................................

Chast circumference:

25-74 yaars, full expiration ......................................................................

25-74 years, full inspiration .....................................................................

All

males

1.37

1.49

1.56

1.70

1.34

1.48

1.46

4.37

4.12

White

nales

1.25

1.27

1.49

1.56

1.24

1.36

1.37

5.58

4.92

Race and sex group

Black

males

1.90

2.17

1.93

1.85

1.90

2.02

2.14

8.35

6.62

Al I

!emales

1.64

1.54

1.61

1.58

1.60

1.65

1.84

6.00

3.97

White

females

1.63

1.46

1.55

1.35

1.43

1.46

1.61

6.71

4.47

Black

Famales

2.08

2.17

2.30

2.29

2.39

2.44

2.77

5.75

5.95

Table VI 1. Standard arrors of the percent by extension of the hip, according to sex, race, and aga for adults ages 25-74 years: United

States, 1971-72

All Sex Race Age in years

Extension of hip in degrees adults Male Female White Black 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74

Right hip

Total .......................................... ..- -“” ““” ““” ““” ““” “’” ““” ““” ““”

Lessthan 150 ............................................. 1.25 1.90 1.63 1.42 0.64 2.92 2.27 1.49 2.17 0.43

150,155, or 160 ........................................ 3.52 4.27 3.67 3.53 6.26 5.04 4.13 5.03 4.94 3.03

165 or 170 ................................................. 3.02 3.49 3.07 3.13 5.29 4.35 4.28 5.12 4.08 3.70

175 or 180 ................................................. 0.98 1.17 1.23 0.94 3.00 1.59 1.16 1.04 1.61 3.68

Laft hip

Total .......................................... . . . ‘.. ““” “.. ““” ““” ““” ““” ““” ““”

Lessthan 150 ............................................. 1.26 1.60 1.56 1.43 0.92 4.09 2.13 1.09 0.80 1.34

150, 155, or 160 ........................................ 3.41 4.05 3.92 3.38 6.35 6.72 3.34 4.20 4.64 3.98

165 or 170 ................................................. 3.01 4.02 2.92 3.03 5.74 4.79 3.22 4.14 3.76 3.89

175 or 180 ................................................. 0.79 0.48 1.45 0.79 2.23 0.87 0.85 0.91 1.61 2.92

The following exampIe may be illustrative. and

The variances for the mean sitting height of

black and white males age 13 years (denoted by VAR~M (YB) = (4.4)2/45 = .430

XB and lizW,respectively) are estimated using the

following calculations: thus, the estimated variances are

VARsRs(~JV) = (4.9)2/129 = .186 VAR(ZW) = (1.24) X (.186) = .231

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and

VAR(XB ) = (1.90) X (.430) = .817

The variances used in all significance tests

presented in the main text for the anthropometric measurements employed this technique.

The usual test for the difference between

means (where the estimated variances are treated

as constants and the covariance between the

means is ignored) is used to determine

z = (XW - XB)/ VAR(XW) + VAR(YB )

for the example described in the parajy-aph

above,

Z = (82.32 - 78.87)/~~1~

z =3.37 (p<o.ol)

Estimates of the standard errors for selected

statistics used in this report related to the goniometric measurements are presented in tables

VII-XII.

Table VII I. Standard errors of the percent by abduction of the hip, according to sex, race, and age for adults ages 25-74 year’s: United

Abduction of hip in degrees

Right hip

Total ..........................................

Less than 115 .............................................

115 or 120 .....................d...........................

125 or 130 .................................................

135 or 140 ............................ .....................

145 or 150 .................................................

155.180 .....................................................

Left hip

Total .......................... ................

Less than 115 .............................................

115 or 120 .................................................

125 or 130 .................................................

135 or 140 .................................................

145 or 150 .................................................

155.180 .....................................................

All

adults

. . .

—- —-

0.74

1.69

2.22

2.32

1.64

0.80

. . .

0.45

2.28

2.24

1.37

1.51

1.01

States, 1971-72

Sex -

Male

. . .

0.51

1.97

2.38

2.62

1.77

1.24

Female

——

. . .

——

1.26

1.96

2.82

2.67

1.95

0.67

White

. . .

0.70

1.70

2,12

2.47

1.72

0.78

4==4==

J---L 0.63 0.58 0.47

2.60 2.32 2.15

2.50 2.86 2.16

2.42 1.71 1.41

2.02 1.46 1.58

1.37 0.96 1.04

Black

. . .

2.29

3.09

5.45

2.51

2.68

2.64

. . .

1.30

6.15

5.18

3.97

3.04

1.92

Age in years

T

1 I

0.85 1.08 0.61 1.B9

2.04 2.08 3.26 3.17

4.55 4.01 3.44 3.92

3.92 2.73 3.19 3.85

3.28 3.01 1.66 2.69

1.43 2.02 1.07 1.38

. . . . . . . . . . . .

w

65-74

. . .

1.37

2.76

4.12

3.77

2.51

1.33

. . .

1.59

3.33

3.30

1.92

2.84

1.13

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Table IX. Standard errors of the percent by rotation of the hip, according to sex, race, and age for adults ages 25-74 years: United

States, 1971-72

All II Sex I Race I Age in years

Rotation of hip in degreas

External rotation of right hip

Total ..........................................

Less than 110 ........ .....................................

110 or 1 15 ............................................ .....

120 or 125 .................................................

130 or 135 .................................................

140-160 .....................................................

Internal rotation of left hip

Total ..........................................

Less than 110 .............................. ...............

110 or 1 15 .................................................

120 or 125 ........................ .........................

130 or 135 ................ .................................

140-160 .....................................................

n, J

adults

Female m- 45-54 55-64 65-74

. . . . . . . . .

Male White I Black 25-34 35-44

T

.

. . . . . . ... ... . . . . . .

~

0.80

1.99

1.53

2.37

0.87

. . .

=

1.43

2.88

2.37

2.63

0.79

1.25

3.28

2.58

2.72

1.24

1.59 2.30

3.95 4.08

3.62 3.24

0.51

1.69

2.09

2.47

1.21

0.72 1.99

2.05 3.18

1.64 3.32

2.48 3.36

0.87 1.85

1.34

2.64

4.30

5.03

2.11

0.59

3.32

3.84

3.62

1.14

2.90 2.45

0.78 1.71

. . . . . . . . . . . .

0.62

2.26

2.10

2.23

0.90

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.02

2.78

1.85

1.79

0.80

1.37

3.90

4.60

3.65

0.10

1.18

3.11

2.86

2.00

0.84

0.45

2.08

1.72

2.01

0.53

0.66 0.31 2.37

2.05 6.27

1.90 5.01

2.11 3.88

0.60 0.42

0.48

4.00

3.79

3.47

1.13

0.91

3.34

3.60

4.01

2.02

2.54

2.28

2.31

0.35

Table X. Standard errors of the percent by rotation of the hip, according to sex, race, and age for adults ages 25-74 years: United

States, 197 -72

Sex Race Age in years

==I==

Rotation of hip in degrees All

adults Male I Female 25-34 35-44 45-54

--t55-64 65-74

Internal rotation of right hip I

I I ..1 .-.1 ‘.. . . . . . .

r

Total .......................................... . . .

Lessthan 50 ............................................... 1.16

50 or 55 ..................................................... 1.46

60,65 or 70 ............................................... 2.10

75-90 ......................................................... 0.48

. . . . . .

I

... ...

2.17

2.32

3.04

0.54

0.74

2.11

2.41

0.71

1.26 1.77

1.51 4.21

2.26 3.99

0.46 2.18

2.24 1.68 1.61 1.52 1.54

2.92 3.77 2.24 4.31 2.73

2.94 4.54 2.42 4.60 3.00

u

External rotation of Iaft hip I

L

Total .......................................... ..0 I

. . . . . . ... ...

0.96

? 61

2.55

0.95

1.96

2.22

2.82

0.67

1.43 1.85

2.09 5.37

2.27 4.17

0.59 2.46

Lessthan 50 ...............................................

50 or 55 .....................................................

60,65 or 70 ...............................................

1.27

1.97

2.09

0.62

3.81

3.77

4.67

0.58

1.73 1.61

4.01 4.40

3.55 3.63

0.75 0.B9

1.53 1.73

3.30 3.05

3.21 3.42

75:90 ......................................................... 1.84 2.59

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Table Xl. Standard errors of the percent by flexion of the hip, according to sex, race, and age for adults ages 25-74 years: United

Stetes, 1971-72

,8 ,

~

~in’ears All

adu Its

Flexion of hip in degraes

-t

45-54 55-64 65-74

-

T T...... . . .

Right hip

I II I

Total .......................................... . . . . . . . . .

I

. . . . . . ... ...

2.04 3.29

2.43 3.36

2.77 4.74

1.61 1.87

0.73 1.08

2.15

2.13

:2.04

1.39

(0.46

1.77 2.45

1.48 3.52

1.89 5.68

1.10 3.21

0.36 2.35

2.6.5 3.19

3.41 3.23

3.93 4.13

1.78 2.83

0.71 0.74

3.22

3.08

3.08

2.20

1.21

. . .

Less then 50 .......... .....................................

500r 55 .....................................................

60,65 or 70 ...............................................

75.8 0or85 ...............................................

90.180 .......................................................

1.61

1.27

1.79

1.08

0.35

2.26

1.74

2.57

1.20

0.49

– LLL= Left hip

Total .......................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.97 4.06

3.43 2.80

3.17 4.41

1.33 3.36

1.42 1.49

Less than 50 ...............................................

50 or 55 .....................................................

60,65 or 70 ...............................................

75,80 or 85 ...............................................

90.180 .......................................................

1.74

1.69

2.43

1.51

0.62

2.16

2.90

3.34

1.48

0.63

:2.21

‘1.96

:2.72

:2.08

0.87

1.74 3.05

1.86 2.89

2.65 5.15

1.49 3.72

0.64 2.07 1

2.09 1.47

3.48 3.43

3.97 4.02

2.37 2.65

0.71 1.89

2.21

3.91

4.56

2.09

0.88

Teble Xl 1. Standard errors of the percent by flexion of the knee, according to sex, race, and age for adults ages 25-74 years: United

States, 1971-72

Sex Age in years

Flexion of the knee in dagrees I

All

adults

Male Female 25-34 I 35-44 I 45-54 I 55-64 I 65-74

—

Right knea I

. . . . . . . . . . . .

2.02 2.10 2.00 3.20

1.86 2.10 1.90 2.91

0.22 0.26 0.19 1.08

0.09 0.28 0.17 0.24

. . . . . . . . . . . .

Total .......................................... . . . m 3.32

2.95

1.21

1.89

1.76

0.20

0.15

Less than 60 ..........................................--...

60,65 or 70 ...............................................

75,80 or 85 ........................... ....................

90.180 ....................................................... 0.53

. . . . . .

0.41 0.03 0.55

Left knee I

Total .......................................... . . .

.207

1.93

0.19

0.28

. . . . . . . . . m 2.50

2.32

0.05

0.72

4.79

4.65

0.53

0.38

3.95

3.51

0.94

0.81

2.66 1.57

2.38 1.63

0.11

0.72 0.49

Less than 60 ...............................................

60,65 or 70 ...............................................

75,80 or 85 ...............................................

90.180 .......................................................

I 1 I ,

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APPENDIX II

DEMOGRAPHIC TERMS

c

Age. –The age for each examinee was the age

prior to the examination. The age criterion used

in this report was defined as the examinee’s age

at the time of the examination. Twent y persons

who were 74 years of age at the time of the interview became 75 years of age at the time of

the examination. In the adjustment and weighting procedures used to produce national estimates, these persons were included in the 74

year age group.

Race. –For each individual, race was recorded as “white,” “black,” or “other races.”

The last category included American Indians,

Chinese, Japanese, and all races other than white

or black. Mexican persons were included with

“white” unless definitely known to be a race

other than white. Black persons and persons of

mixed black and other parentage were recorded

as “black. ”

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APPENDIX Ill

DATA TAPE SUMMARY

ANTHROPOMETRIC AND GONIOMETRIC DATA TAPE– NHANES

CATALOG NUMBER –4111 ...................................................................................................

ANTHROPOMETRY

Examiner Number .....................................................................................................................

ELBOW BREADTH

Right side measurement ............................................................................................................

Imputation code (right side) ......................................................................................................

Left side measurement ..............................................................................................................

UPPERARMGIRTH

Right side measurement ............................................................................................................

Imputation code (right side) ......................................................................................................

Left side measurement ..............................................................................................................

TRICEPS SKINFOLD

Right side measurement ............................................................................................................

Imputation code (right side) ......................................................................................................

Left side measurement ..............................................................................................................

SUBSCAPULARSKINFOLD

Right side measurement ............................................................................................................

Imputation code (right side) ......................................................................................................

Left side measurement ..............................................................................................................

BITROCHANTE RICBREADTH ..............................................................................................

Imputation code ........................................................................................................................

SITTING HEIGHT ....................................................................................................................

I

201

208

210

213

214

217

220

221

224

227

228

231

234

235

238

241

242

60
Imputation code ........................................................................................................................ 246

HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE (ages 1-17 only) ............................................................................. 247

Imputation code ........................................................................................................................ 250

CHEST CIRCUMFERENCE (Ages 1-7 only) ............................................................................. 251

Imputation code ........................................................................................................................ 254

WEIGHT

In pounds .................................................................................................................................. 255

In kilograms .............................................................................................................................. 260

Imputation code ........................................................................................................................ 265

HEIGHT

In centimeters ........................................................................................................................... 266

In inches .................................................................................................................................... 270

Imputation code ........................................................................................................................ 273

HANDEDNESS ......................................................................................................................... 274

CHEST CIRCUMFERENCE (detailed examinees only)

Full inspiration .......................................................................................................................... 275

Full expiration .......................................................................................................................... 279

GONIOMETRY

Examiner Number ..................................................................................................................... 307

ON STOMACH

Extension of right hip ............................................................................................................... 325

Extension of left hip ................................................................................................................. 328

ON BACK

Extension of right knee ............................................................................................................. 331

Flexion of right knee ................................................................................................................. 333

Flexion of right hip ................................................................................................................... 336

Adduction of right hip .......................................................................... .................................... 339

Abduction of right hip .............................................................................................................. 341

Extension of Ieft knee ............................................................................................................... 344

Flexion of left knee ................................................................................................................... 346

Flexion of left hip ..................................................................................................................... 349
Adduction of left hip ................................................................................................................ 352

Abduction of left hip ...~............................................................................................................ 354

SITTING ON TABLE

Internal rotation of right hip ..................................................................................................... 357

External rotation of right hip .................................................................................................... 359

Internal rotation of left hip ....................................................................................................... 362

External rotation of left hip ...................................................................................................... 365

Oc)o
MEASURING

Anthropometry

APPENDIX IV

PROCEDURES AND DEFINITIONS

Eat-h meas&-ement is taken by the examiner,

read to the nearest tenth of a centimeter (except

skinfolds which are taken to the nearest half of a

millimeter) and said to the recorder. If a skinfold is too tight to be measured, “too tight” is

written in the recording space for that measurement (figure I). The recorder repeats the number, records it in the proper space, and says the

name of the next measurement. The examiner

keeps the measuring instrument set until the

recorder repeats the number. If the anthropometer becomes unset in any way before the

measurement is read back, the measurement

should be read again. On standing measurements, the recorder will insure that the subject

stands erect.

The recorder is important not only to insure

the accurate recording of the measurement but

also to assist the examiner in positioning the

examinee correctly. The recorder also aids the

examiner by seeing that the steel tape is horizontal with the proper tension when girths are

measured. The recorder, having had the same

training as the examiner, should recognize an er-

~or in measurement or in reading from the

wrong scale. (The anthropometer has two

scales-ascending and descending.)

For the following six measurements the examinee was asked to stand with his feet together

in the standard erect position.

Bitrochanteric breadth. –The maximum

breadth of the body at the level of the

femoral trochanters was measured with the

top section of the anthropometer (figure II).

Elbow breadth.–The examinee’s right arm

was extended forward perpendicular to the

body. With the arm bent so the angle at the

elbow forms 90 degrees with the fingers

pointing up and the dorsal part of the wrist

toward the examiner, the greatest breadth

across the elbow joint was measured with

the sliding caliper along the axis of the upper

arm.

Upper arm girth.–The examinee’s right arm

was flexed 90 degrees at the elbow. The steel

tape was used to measure the distance from

the acromion to the end of the humerus to

mark the lateral part of the arm at its midpoint. Now with the arm hanging freely, the

circumference of the upper arm at the

marked level was measured. The examiner

was instructed not to compress the tissue.

Chest circumference (l-7 yeam).-Wlth the

child’s shirt removed, the chest circumference was measured at the nipple line with

the child breathing normally, arms at his

sides. The steel tape passed around the

child’s back about 2 inches above the base of

the scapula.

Chest circumference (Detailed exam only). –

These chest girths were measurements of

the bony rib cage only, not tissue measurements, and were made at the levels of the

fourth intercostal space.

A. Full expiration. –The examinee was

coached to take in a deep breath and

then really let it M out.

aTo find this level, palpate the sternal-manubnum

junction which is at the level of the second intercostal

space. Count down two intercostal spaces from this

point to the fourth intercostal space. The tape was

passed around the examinee’s chest at this level.

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I. Deck No. b. Examiner No. c. Recorder No.

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IOTE

Measurement in cm. unless otherwise specified.

Measure left side also if the last digit of exarninee’s sample number is 3 or 6.

I

1. Bitrochanteric breadth 1. l@ ----

2. @ ::::

LEFT SIDE

2. Elbow breadth @---- –

30 !@ :::’:

LEFT SIDE

3. Upper arm girth Q---- _

Chest circumference

40. Full expiration 4a. ~m---.- ,

b. Full inspiration b.~@_– –._

5. Triceps skinfold (mm.) 5. !@ :::’1 @ :::”: –

6. !@:=

LEFT SIDE

6. Subscapular skinfold (mm.) @---- -—

7. Sitting height 7. !@----

When both sides are measured

—

8. Is examinee right or left handed?

~@ ❑ Right handed -

8. , 2 D Left handed

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9 ❑ Uses both hands about the same

!

4 ❑ Not sure 1

e ❑ Not applicable I

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9. Weight (Ibs.) 9. \@______ —

10a. Standing height (cm.) 100. !@ __ —._

I

b. Standing height (inches) b.~—.-.--

NOTES

~

Figure 1. Recording form fcw anthropometric measurements

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SKINFOLD: TRICEPS

UPPER ARM GIRTH

J!

I

SKINFOLD SUBSCAPULAR

A“

/$$

hi

!

I

BITROCHANTERIC BREAOTH

1

./

ELBOW BREADTH

‘A )/

JL

!

I

SITHNG HEIGHT, ERECT

v

1

./

v’

Figure II. Diagrams of anthropometric measurements

65
B. Full inspiration. –The examinee was

asked to take in a “great big deep

breath” for the measurement to be

made.

Triceps skinfold. –With the examinee’s arm

hanging freely at his side the skinfold caliper

measured the thickness of a fold of skin plus

subcutaneous tissue, but no muscle, taken

over the right midtriceps at the level previously marked. The crest of the fold was

parallel to the long axis of the arm. The

calipers were applied about 1 cm below the

thumb and forefinger.

Subscapular skinfold. –The thickness of a

fold of skin taken just below the angle of

the right scapula (shoulder and arm relaxed)

was measured. The fold was parallel to natural cleavage lines of the skin-often a line

45 degrees from the horizontal extending

medially upward.

Sitting height (2 years and over). –The exarninee sat erectly on the measuring table

with his eyes straight ahead and the infraorbital meatal line parallel to the table top.

Sitting as far back as possible with feet on

the appropriate step of the stool so that the

thighs were horizontal with the popliteal

fossa at the table edge, the movable caliper

arm was brought down firmly against the

midline of the examinee’s head.

Goniometry

Below is a complete description of the procedures of the goniometnc examination.

Extension of hip (Figure III)

1.

2.

3.

Have the examinee lie on his sto]mach with

both hips firmly resting on the table.

Ask him to lift his entire near leg as high as

he can without bending his knee or lifting

either hip off the table.

Have him relax and then repeat the procedure.

-===%?-

Figure I I 1. Diagram of extension of hip.

4. Place the stationary arm of the ~oniometer

alongside and paral~el to the long”axis of the

trunk and the movable arm along the lateral

midline of the near femur with the pivot

point over the greater trochanter.

5. Take the measurement, which should normally be an angle between 180° and 1(60°

Flexion of hip (Figure IV)

1.

2.

Have the examinee lie on his back with the

knee on the side being measured flexed

and the opposite knee and hip straight and

flat on the table.

Have him bring his knee as far up toward his

chest as possible.

\

Figure IV. Diagram of flexion of hip

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3.

4.

5.

Have him relax the leg and then repeat the

procedure.

Place the stationary arm of the goniometer

alongside and parallel to the long axis of the

trunk and the movable arm along the lateral

mdine of the femur with the pivot point

over the greater trochanter.

Take the measurement, which shouId normally be an angle between 180° and 55°.

Abduction and adduction of h+ (Figure V)

1. Have the exarninee Iie on his back with both

legs straight and together. The adduction of

the hip is normally an observed measure of

zero degrees. (If it isn’t, then measure and

record the correct angle of adduction. Subtract the angle from 180° and record it as a

two-digit number.)

2. Tell the examinee that you are going to

carry the weight of his leg while he relaxes

and moves his leg as far sideways as possible.

3. While You are holdinE his leg with the knee

straight, have the exa&inee move his leg out

to the side.

Figure V. Diagram of abduction and adduction of hip

4.

5.

6.

7.

Have him relax and repeat the procedure

while putting one finger on each of his anterior superior iliac spines.

Place the stationary arm of the goniometer

across the pelvic area along the line between

the anterior superior iliac spines with the

pivot point over the anterior superior iliac

spines of the leg being measured.

Place the movable arm along the anterior

midline of the femur and measure the abduction of the hip.

Read and record the obtuse angle between

the arms of the goniometer. ‘This angle

should be between 90° and 140°.

Internal and external rotation of h$ (Figure VI)

1. Have the exarninee sit with his legs over the

side of the table and knees flexed to 90

degrees.

2. Making sure he does not raise his hips from

the table, have him swing one leg and then

the other to the inside as far as he can and

then to the outside as far as he can.

3. Have him relax and repeat the procedure

while you measure.

Figure V1. Diagram of internal and external rotation of hip

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4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

Place the stationary arm in your right hand

and hold it parallel to the table top.

With the anterior aspect of the knee as a

pivot point and with the movable arm of the

goniometer along the anterior tibial crest,

follow the leg in and take the measurement

of internal rotation.

Follow the leg out and take the measurement of external rotation.

For the measurements of external rotation

of the right hip and internal rotation of the

left hip, the angle should be between 90°

and about 140°.

For the measurements of external rotation

of the left hip and internal rotation of the

right hip, the angle should be between about

40° and 90°.

Extension and jlexion of knee (Figure VII)

1. Have the examinee lie on his back with legs

extended. The extension of the knee is normally an observed measure of zero degrees

with the back of the knee flat on the table.

(If not, then measure and record the correct

angle of the knee while the leg is extended as

fully as possible. Subtract the angle from

.180° and record it as a two-digit number.)

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Figure VI 1. Diagram of extension and flaxion of knee

Have the examinee flex his knee, tightening

it as much as possible while still keeping his

foot flat on the table.

Have him relax and repeat the procedure

while you measure.

Place the stationary arm parallel to the femur on a line from the lateral condyle to the

greater trochanter with the pivot poin~ over

the distal lateral condyle of the femur. ~

Place the movable arm parallel to the fibula

in line with the lateral malleolus.

Take the measurement, which should be an

angle between 180° and 30°.

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