U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE ~ Public Health Service I Number14¤ November 30, 1977 

Weight by Height and Age of Adults 18-74 Years: 

United States, 1971-74a 

The height and weight measurements obtained as a part of the Health and Nutrition 

Examination Survey (HANES) conducted by the 

National Center for Health Statistics April 1971 

through June 1974 were used to present height 

and weight findings among men and women 

aged 18-74 years in the United States. 1 

HANES is a program in which measures of 

nutritional status are collected for a scientifically designed sampIe representative of the 

civilian noninstitutionalized population of the 

United States in a broad range of ages. 

These HANES findings are based on the 

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examination of the 13,671 persons aged 18-74 

years selected from a total sample of 20,749 

examined persons aged 1-74 years. A nationwide 

probability sample of 28,043 persons was 

selected to be examined from eligible households in the 65 primary sampling units that were 

visited between April 1971 and June 1974. The 

HANES nutrition examination included a general medical examination by a physician to 

identify indicators of nutritional deficiencies, a 

skin examination by a dermatologist, and a 

dentzd examination by a dentist. Body measurements were taken by a trained technician; dietary 

information was obtained by the 24-hour recall 

method; and a food frequency questionnaire was 

administered. Numerous laboratory tests were 

performed on whole blood, serum, plasm% and 

urine. A description of the sampling process and 

HANES operation has been published. I 

E st irnates in this report are based on 

weighted observations. The data obtained for 

the-examined persons were inflated to t!!e level 

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aThis report prepared by Sidney Abraham, Clifford 

L. Johnson, M. S.P.H., and Matthew F. Najjar, Divt”sion 

of Health Examination Stai%tics. 

of the total population, using the appropriate 

weights to account for both sampling fractions 

and response results. The relationship of weight 

to height by age, sex, and race among the U.S. 

population based on findings from the HANES 

program will be analyzed and ~discussed in a 

future report, Weight by Height and Age of 

Adults 18-74 years, United States, 1971 -1974.2 

Selected data from that report are presented 

here in tables 1-5 and figures 1 and 2. 

Mean weights for given heights were obtained from a linear regression equation for men 

and women for the six age groups 18-24, 25-34, 

35-44, 45-54, 55-64, and 65-74 years. The 

equations of weight on @ were fitted by the 

least-squares method, which holds that the line 

of “best fit” is one for which the sum of the 

squares of the residual errors is a minimum. 

Although linear regression of weight on height 

was used, the relationship between weight and 

height is not strictly linear, that is, the line of 

relationship does not correspond precisely to a 

linear line of trend, which describes the average 

change in weight as accompanied by a unit of 

change in height. The constants-regression coefficient (b) and Y-intercept (a)–in the regression 

equation Y = a+bx and the standard error of 

estimate around these regression lines for 12 

age-sex groups are shown in table 1. More detailed examination of the linear relationship of 

weight to height will be reported in the future 

report.z 

Height-weight tables are presented for men 

and women within the age range 18-74 years, 

with mean weight values for each inch of height 

for the height range of 62-74 inches for men and 

57-68 inches for women (tabIes 2 and 3). Th:ee 

additional values below and above the mean 

weight also given in the tables represent esti-
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Figure 1. AVERAGE WEIGHTS] OF MEN BY AGE GROUP AND HEIGHT: 

UNITED STATES, 1960-62 AND 1971-74 

210r 18-24 YEARS 210r 25-34 YEARS 

200 

— HAN ES, 1971.74 190 t 

. . . . . . HES, 1960.62 :80 

b 

x 170 170 a 

� 160 160 

3 

& 150 150 

< 

u 140 140 

$’ 1 

< 130 I 130J ()’~ ()~ 

62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 

210r 35-44 YEARS 210 r 45-54 YEARS 

WI 

Q 200 200 - z 

$ 190 190 - L 

Z 180 180 - s 

170 -

160 -

150 -

140 

t 

130} 

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62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 

210r 55-64 YEARS 21OT 65-74 YEARS 

200 1-

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62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 7’1 72 73 74 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 

HEIGHT IN INCHES HEIGHT IN INCHES 

1~timated ~alue~ from regression equations of weights for specified age groups. 

NOTE: For 1960-62 and 1971-74, height was measured without shoes. For 1960-62 clothing weight was estimated as 

averaging 2 pounds, which were deducted from weights shown; for 1971-74 clothing weight ranged from 0.20 to 0.62 pound, 

which was not deducted from weights shown. 
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Figure 2. AVERAGE WEIGHTS1 OF WOMEN BY AGE GROUP AND HEIGHT: 

UNITED STATES, 1960-62 AND 1971-74 

180 18-24 YEARS 180 25-34 YEARS r ~ 170 170 z 

3 t 

0160 _ HAN ES, 1971-74 160 

L . . . . . . HES, 1960.62 

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180T 55-64 YEARS 180r 65-74 YEARS 

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HEIGHT IN INCHES HEIGHT IN INCHES 

‘ Fstimated values from regression equations of weights for specified age groups. 

NOTE: For 1960-62 and 1971-74, height was measured without shoes. For 1960-62 clothing weight was estimated as 

averaging 2 pounds, which were deducted from weights shown; for 1971-74 clothing weight ranged from 0.20 to 0.62 pound, 

which was not deducted from weights shown. 
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mates of the range of 60, 80, and 90 percent, 

respectively, of the population around the mean 

weight: 

yf .8416 Sy,x 

Y~l,2816SY,X 

y~ 1.6449 SY,X 

For example, assuming normality, the predicted 

mean plus or minus .8416 standard error of the 

estimate indicates the range of weights that is 

expected to include 60 percent of the examined 

persons of a specific height for a given age and 

sex group. 

In this instance one would expect 30 percent 

of the individuals to be within this weight range 

below and above the mean weight, with 20 percent falling outside either of these ranges, values 

roughly equivalent to the lower and upper 20th 

percentiles, respectively, of the distribution of 

weight by height for age and sex groups. 

The other two estimates around the mean 

(Y* 1.2816 Sycx and Y* 1.6449 S standard 

error of estimate) represent an ‘;;ea of 80 

and 90 percent of the particular height group, 

which is roughly equivalent to the lower and 

upper 10th and 5th percentile, respectively, 

of the distribution of weight by height for age 

and sex groups. 

The height-weight tables–tables 2 and 3 

are summarized in table 4—show that the 

average weights by height for men and women 

increase with age but in different patterns. 

Average weights of men increase rapidly until 

the age group 25-34 years. The rate of increase 

then flattens out, with the average weights 

peaking in the age group 45-54 years for those 

men of heights less than 68 inches and declining 

thereafter. The average weights of men of 

heights 68 inches and more peak at ages 35-44 

years and then tend to decline. 

The average weights of women advance 

rapidly to the age group 35-44 years. They increase less rapidly in the age groups 45-54 and 

55-64 years, peak at the latter age group, and 

then decline. 

The average weights of men and women by 

height as measured in the Health and Nutrition 

Examination Survey of 1971-74 were generally 

greater than those from the Health Examination 

Survey (HES) of 1960-62 (table 5). Among age 

group 18-24 years the differences between 

averages during this period increased as height 

increased. This direction was less evident for 

men than for women, particularly in the shorter 

heights. 

At ages 25-34 years, the pattern was reversed 

for women. The difference between the average 

weights of women in H&TES and in HES 

decreased as height increased. 

The differences in average weights for men 

and women 35-44 years showed the same pattern. When compared with HES findings, 

HANES data showed the average weights of 

shorter men and women to be less than those in 

HES and more than those in HES for taller 

persons and persons of medium height. Differences in average weights for taller persons and 

those of medium height ranged from !. to 13 

pounds. 

Average weights of women aged 45-54 years 

* in the HIM were with one exce~tion 2 ~oundi 

less than those of women in HANES. For’men in 

this same age group, the average weights were 2 

pounds less for those in HES who were shorter 

than 69 inches and from 2 to .5 pounds less for 

those who were taller. 

At ages 55 and over, the average weight for 

women in HANES differed little from that of 

women in HES. On the other hand, differences 

between average weight of men in HANES and 

that of men in HES showed an increase in the 

difference with increase in height. Men in 

HANES above average height (69 inches and 

more) weighed more on the average—7 to 14 

pounds at ages 55-64 and 7 to 11 pounds at ages 

65-74 years~than men in HES didj 

DISCUSSION 

Comparison of an individual’s acutal weight 

with a standard weiglht is the most widely ujed 

criterion of leanness or fatness. Interest in this 

measure stems from the findings of life insurance and epidemiological studies relating excess 

body weight status to unfavorable morbidity o and mortality experiences. The earliest and most 

commonly used method for measuring excess 

body weight dtte to fat is to compare the height 
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and weight of persons with tables showing average or standard weight. By using this method the 

life insurance studies determined excess body 

weight status, which is defined as the deviation 

of actual weight for a given sex, age, and height 

from the average weight tables, times 100, 

obtained initialIy from the Medico-Actuarial 

Investigations (19 12)4 and later from the Build 

and Blood Pressure Study (1959 ).5 Other studies 

such as the Fqamingham Heart StudyG defined 

excess body weight due to obesity as a relative 

weight of 20 percent or more above the median 

weight for a given height and sex. 

Since it is recogmzed that height and weight 

alone are incomplete indications of obesity, 

“desirable” weight tables that take into consideration measurements of body build have 

been developed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. These tables for adults 25 years 

and over show ranges of weights for given 

heights. This was in answer to the criticism that 

‘hei~ht-weiqht tables ignored the disadvantages of 

the-increas~ in body ~eight with advancing-years 

as well as variations in body buiId that influence 

the weight of individuals. The average weights in 

the tables are for categories of body frame in 

which the determination of frame size has not 

been specified or defined in terms of body 

measure. The user must exercise clinical judgment about type of body frame. 

Such data are not satisfactory for studying 

the influence of obesity on mortaIity. Obesity, 

an excess accumulation of fat, is used interchangeably with overweight or excess body 

weight above standard weight. Total body 

weight is a measure of bone, muscle, and fat, 

and departure from average weight may be due 

to one or a combination of these body components. Overweight prevention and control is 

directed against overweight due to fat, which is 

primarily attributed to excess food intake over 

the energy demands of the individual. This is the 

major form of overweight in the United States. 

The height-weight tables in this report present estimates over and under excess body weight 

of men and women by height and age. There are 

no estimates of excess body fat other than what 

can be inferred from the deviation of actual 

weight from the mean weight; such estimates will 

not yield information of how much of the weight 

difference is accounted for by excess fat. 

The tables in this report are not presumed to 

indicate “ideal” or “desirable” weight but only 

to present a reference base for the person’s observed weight. This approach of predicting 

weight from height showed a correlation which 

ranged from the order of +.460 at ages 35-44 

years to +.390 at ages 45-54 years for men of 

ages 18-74 years (table 1). Corresponding correlation values for women ranged from +.27 O at 

ages 35-44 years to +.246 at ages 45-54 years. 

The highest correlation for men showed that 

about 20 percent of the variance of weight is 

accounted for by the variance of height. For 

women this value was about ? percent. 

REFERENCES 

1National Center for Health Statistics: Plan and 

operation of the Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, United States, 1971-1973. Vrlal and Health Statistics. Series I-Nos. 10a and 10b. DHEW Pub. No. (HSM) 

73-1310. Health Services and hfenta.1HeaIth Administration. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office, Feb. 

1973. 

2National Center for Health Statistics: Weight by 

height and age of adults, United States, 1971-74. Vital 

and Health Statistics. Series 11. Health Resources 

Administration, DHEW, Hyattsville, Md. To be pub­ �— lished.

3National Center for Health Statistics: Weight by 

height and age of adults, United States, 1960-62. Vital 

and Health Statistics. PHS Pub. No. 1000. Series 1 l-No. 

14. Public Health Service. Washington. U.S. Government 

Printing Office, May 1966. 

4 Association of Life Insurance Medical Directors and 

Actuarial Society of America: Medico-A ctuan2d Mortalit Investigation, Vol. 1. New York. 1912. 

{ Society of Actuaries: Build and Blood Pressure 

Stud , Vol. 1. Chicago. 1959. 

f?Kannel, W. B., Pearson, G., and McNamara, P. M.: 

Obesity as a force of morbidity and mortality, in Fefix 

P. Heald, cd., Adolescent Nutrition and Growth. N~w 

York. Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1962. 

7Karpinos, B. D.: Weight-height standards based on 

World War II” experience. ]. of Am. Stat. ASSOC. 

53:408-419, June 1958. 
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Table 1. Coefficients of correlation and constants for linear” regression equations and


standard error of estimate of weight (W) on height (H) of adults aged 18-74 years:


United States, 1971-74


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Sex and age Correlation a b sY.x 

18-24


25-34


35-44


45-54


55-64


65-74


18-24


25-34


35-44


45-54


55-64


65-74


Men


years


years


years


years


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years


Women


years


years


years


years


years


years


.438 -172.63 4.842 27.3


.420 -168.67 4.941 30.5


.460 -187.49 5.277 27.4


.390 -131.83 4.454 28.4


.426 -173.99 5.069 28.5


.404 -131.64 4.385 26.0


.259 -56.28 2.965 28.0


.263 -88.62 3.587 32.1


.270 -94.02 3.815 35.0


.246 -77.17 3.587 33.8


.249 -68.24 3.492 33.4


.285 -7%.38 3.583 29.0


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Table 2. Average weights and selected percentiles for each inch of height: Men, aged 18-74 years, United States, 1971-74


Age group in years Age group in years


Height Height


18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 18-24 25-34 35-44 I 45-54 55-64 65-74 

Weight in pounds


a 

62 inches 175 191 194 190 

165 180 183 180 

153 171 167 

@ g DzJ ~ 

95 102 111 106 

85 91 100 96 

63 inches 180 195 199 194 

170 184 188 184 

158 176 171 

D@ # g fIz@ 

100 106 116 110 

90 95 105 100 

64 inches 185 200 203 200 

175 189 192 190 

163 176 180 

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105 111 120 116 9s 100 109 106 

65 inches 190 206 207 205 180 195 196 195 168 182 184 182 

g ~ g ~ 

110 117 124 121 

100 106 113 111 

66 inches 195 210 211 210 

185 199 200 200 

173 186 188 187 

g q @ ~ 

115 121 128 126 

105 110 117 116 

67 inches 199 215 214 ;;; 215 189 204 204 205 

177 191 192 193 192 

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119 126 134 133 131 109 115 124 122 121 

68 inches---------- 204 220 219 220 220 

194 209 209 209 210 

182 16 197 197 197 

@ 170 

@1 w g g 124 131 139 114 120 129 126 126 

69 inches


70 inches


71 inches


72 inches


73 inches----------


74 inches----------


Weight in pounds


209 224 216 199 214 206 187 202 195 

~ g g 

129 144 140 119 134 130 

213 229 229 220 203 212 218 210 191 207 206 199 

g ~ ~ g 

133 149 146 144 123 139 135 134 

218 235 234 225 208 225 223 215 196 213 211 204 

g g @ ~ 

138 155 151 149 128 145 140 139 

223 239 238 229 213 229 227 219 201 217 215 208 

~ ~ IDJ ~ 

143 159 155 153 133 149 L44 143 

228 245 243 233 218 235 232 223 206 223 220 212 

~ ~ g $# 

148 165 160 157 138 155 149 147 

233 250 247 237 223 240 236 227 211 228 224 216 

~ ~ !zJ @ 

153 170 164 161
 143 160 153 151


NCrl’ES:
 Fxamined persons were measured without shoes;clothing weight ranged from 0.20 to 0.62 pound, which was not deducted from
 weights shown.


The weight values were computed from the regression equation of weight on height by age. The values above and below the expected
 mean value represent the t.8416, *1.2816, and *1.6449 standard error of the estimate covering within this range 60, 80, and 90
 percent of the population around the mean, respectively. The first range is expected thus to identify 20, 10, and 5 percent of
 the population of the specific height on either side of the range?


Figures in m are the expected msans.

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Table 3. Average weights and selected percentiles for each inch of height for women by age group: United States, 1971-74


—. Age group in years Age group in years


Height Height


18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74


Weight in pounds II 57 inches


58 inches


59 inches


60 inches


61 inches


62 inches


171 183


159 170


* q


80


G 67


174 187
 162 174


@ &


80


68 ;:


178 191
 166 178
 152 162


q ~


84


72 ;!


181 195


169 182


155 166


~ @


87 92


75 79


185 199


173 186


# L-#


~;	 96


83


189 202


177 189


163 173


11# ~


95 99
 83 86


187 178 63 inches


175 167
 160


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89 93 77 82 

191 182 64 inches 179 171 164 158


B& ~


93 

81 :: 

195 185 65 inches 

183 174 168 161 

QzC# D@


100 ;; 89 

198 188 66 inches 

186 177 171 164 

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100 1.03


88 92


202 192 67 inches


190 181


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104 107 

92 96 

205 195 68 inches 

193 184 178 171 

p ~


107 110


95 99


Weight in pounds


192 206 206 199 180 193 193 188 166 177 175 

~ @ * D# 

98 103 107 114 86 90 94 103 

195 202 183 191 169 178 

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1:; 117 

106 

199 214 214 206 187 201 201 195 173 185 186 182 

rzIJl p
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105 121


93 98 7.02 110


203 217 217 209 

191 204 204 198 177 188 185 

@ D& * ~ 

109 114 118 L24 97 101 105 113 

206 221 221 213 

194 208 208 202/ 180 192 189 

g ~ ## ~ 

112 158 122 128 

100 105 109 117 

210 225 224 217 

198 212 211 206 

184 196 196 193 

~ ~ ~ @ 

116 122 125 132 104 109 112 121 

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NOTES: Examined persons were measured without shoes; clothing weight ranged from 0.20 to 0.62 pound, which was not deducted


from body weight.


The weight values were computed from the regression equation of weight on height by age. The values above and below the expected 

mean value represent the i.8416, *1 .2816, and *1 .6449 standard errOr of the esti~te covering ~f.thin this~a”ge6(3,80, and 90 percent of the population around the mean, respectively, The first range is expected thus to identify 20, 10, and 5 percent of 

the population of the specific height on either side of the range.7 

Figures inm are the expected means.

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Table 4. Average weightsl for men and women aged 18-74 years, by age group and height:


United States, 1971-742


Age group in years


Sex and height


18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74


Men Weight in pounds 

62 inches 130 141 143 147 143 143 

63 inches 135 145 148 152 147 147 

64 inches 140 150 153 156 153 151 

65 inches 145 156 158 160 158 156 

66 inches 150 160 163 164 163 160 

67 inches 154 165 169 169 168 164 

68 inches 159 170 174 173 173 169 

inches 164 174 179 177 178 173 

% inches 168 179 184 182 183 177 

inches 173 184 190 187 189 182 

;; inches 178 189 194 191 193 186 

inches 183 194 200 196 197 190 

H inches 188 199 205 200 203 194 

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inches 114 118 125 129 132 130 

% ; inches 117 121 129 133 136 134 

59 inches 120 125 133 136 140 137 

inches 123 128 137 140 143 140 

%! inches 126 132 141 143 147 ;:; 

62 inches 129 136 144 147 150 

63 inches 132 139 148 150 153 151 

64 inches X35 142 152 154 157 154 

65 inches 138 146 156 158 160 158 

66 inches 141 150 159 161 164 161 

67 inches 144 153 163 165 167 165 

68 inches 147 157 167 168 171 169 

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Estimated values from regression equations of weight on height for specified age


groups.


2Height was measured without shoes. Two pounds were deducted from HES data to allow


for weight of clothing; total weights of all clothing for HANES ranged from 0.20 to


0.62 pound, which was not deducted from weights shown.

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Table 5. Comparison of average weights for men and women in HES (1960-62) and HANES (1971-74). ...-
 bv age


and height: United States ‘


Sex and height


I I 

Men 18-24 years 25-34 years 35-44 years 

inches 135 130 -5 139 141 +2 147 143 -4 :: inches 138 135 -3 143 145 +2 150 148 -2 

64 inchea 142 140 -2 148 150 +2 154 153 -1 

65 inches 145 145 152 156 +4 158 158 

inches 149 150 +1 157 160 +3 162 163 +1 

% in~he~--------- 152 154 +2 161 165 166 169 +3 

68 inches 156 159 +3 166 170 E 169 174 +5 

69 inches 159 164 +5 170 174 173 179 +6 

inches 163 168 +5 175 179 z 177 184 +7 N inches 166 173 +7 179 184 +5 180 190 +10 

72 inches 170 178 +8 184 189 +5 184 194 +10 

73 inches 173 183 +6 188 194 +6 188 200 +12 

74 in~hes 177 188 +11 192 199 +7 192 205 +13 

HES


Wocnen


57 inches 114 114 110 118 +8 129 125 -4 

inches 116 117 +1 114 121 +7 132 129 -3 ;; inches 118 120 +2 118 125 +7 134 133 -1 

60 inches 120 123 +3 122 128 +6 136 137 --+1 

61 inches 123 126 +3 126 132 +6 138 141 +3 

62 inches 125 129 +4 130 136 +6 141 144 +3 

63 inches 

64 inches 

127 132 

129 135 

+5 

+6 

134 139 

138 142 

+5 

+4 

143 148 

145 152 

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65 inches 132 138 +6 142 146 +4 147 156 -1-9 

66 inches 134 141 +7 146 150 +4 150 159 +9 

inches 136 144 +8 150 153 +3 152 163 +11 x inches 138 147 +9 154 157 +3 154 167 +13 

. Men 45-54 years 5J-64 yea 65-74 years 

inches 146 147 +1 146 143 142 143 +1 

% inches 150 152 +2 149 147 :; 146 147 +1 

64 in~hes 154 156 +2 153 153 149 151 +2


65 inches 158 160 +2 156 158 +2 152 156 +4


67 in~hea 166 169 +3 164 168 +4 159 164 +5 

68 inches 171 173 +2 167 173 +6 163 169 +6 

69 inches 175 177 +2 171 178 +7 166 173 +7 

70 inches 179 182 +3 174 183 +9 169 177 +8 

71 inches 183 187 +4 178 189 +11 173 182 +9 

inches 

E in~hes---------

187 

191 

191 

196 

-!’4 

+5 

182 

185 

193 

197 

+11 

+12 

176 186 

190 

+10 

+10 

74 inches 195 200 +5 189 203 +14 R 194 +11 

66 inches 162 164 +2 160 163 +3 156 160 +4


Women


inchea 127 129 +2 136 132 -4 130 130 ;: @hes 

59 =n~hes--------- 130 

134 

133 

136 

+3 

+2 

139 

142 

136 

140 

-3 

-2 

133 

136 

134 

137 

+1 

+1 

60 inches 138 140 +2 145 143 -2 140 140 

inches 141 143 +2 148 147 -1 143 144 +1 :; inches 145 147 +2 150 150 147 147 

inches 148 150 +2 153 153 150 151 +1 

64 inches 

in~hes 

152 

156 

154 

158 

+2 

+2 

156 

159 

’157 

160 

+1 

+1 

154 

157 

154 

158 +1 

% inches 159 161 +2 162 164 +2 161 161 

67 inches 163 165 +2 165 167 +2 164 165 +1 

68 inches 166 168 +2 168 171 +3 168 169 +1 

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NOTE: Height was measured without shoes. Two pounds were deducted from HES data to allow for weight
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 of clothing; total weights of all clothing for I-JANES ranged from 0.20 to 0.62 pound, which was not de­


ducted from weights shown.

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STATISTICAL NOTES 

The sampling pIan for the 65 examination 

locations in the Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HANES) followed a higldy stratified multistage probability design in which 

a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized 

population of the conterrninous United States 

aged 1-74 years was selected. Successive elements dealt with in the process of sampling 

were the primary sampling unit, census enumeration district, segment (a cluster of households), 

household, eligible person, and sample person. 

The sampIing design provided for oversampling 

among persons living in poverty areas, preschool 

children, women of childbearing age, and the 

elderly. 

—. 

The weight and height measures are shown 

= PoP~ation ‘=imate% that k fie bodY 

measure findings for each individual have been 

“weighted” by the reciprocal of the probability 

of selecting the person. An adjustment for 

persons in the sarnpIe who were not examined 

and poststratified ratio adjustments were also 

made so that the final sampling estimates of the 

population size are brought into closer alignment with the independent U.S. Bureau of the 

Census estimates for the civilian noninstitutionalized ~ormlation of the United States as of 

Novem~e; 1, 1972, by race, sex, and age. 

CORRECTION TOAD VANCE DA T/l NUMBER 8 

In the key to figure 3 on page 4, — should indicate Negro, and ====� ==should indicate White 

as shown below. 

Figure 3. MSAN SERUM CHOLESTEROL LEVELS OF GIRLS AGEO 1-17 YEARS BY AGE AND RACE: UNITEO STATES, 1971-74 

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 

AGE IN YEARS 

GWU YZ5-U~l

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