How big or small is your child. Percentile the weight percentile of the child. Youll see percentile charts customized for your child. Just enter your childs weight height aka length and head circumference and well calculate a percentile for each. This calculator provides body mass index bmi and the corresponding bmi for age percentile based on cdc growth charts for children and teens ages 2 through 19 years. Inches feet cm meters.
If your child is in the 75th percentile for weight for example that means 74 percent of children her age and gender weigh less and 24 percent weigh more. A percentile of 50 represents. Estimate what percentage of the population or of your biological gender are taller or shorter than you. Use this form to display growth percentiles for children and teens. Infants children and adolescents. Infants children and adolescents.
Graph plot weight versus age graph with 5 10 25 50 75 95 and calculated percentile lines. Height percentile calculator to determine how tall or short you are versus your peers. Accepts metric and imperial units. The cdc growth charts are recommended for use in clinical practice and research to assess size and growth in us. Thats a number reflecting what percentage of kids is larger or smaller. Calculates height percentile by accounting for gender age and country.
Baby girl baby boy toddler or newborn height percentile. In some cases including consideration of pharmacotherapy more stringent definitions of short or tall stature are used with thresholds of 3rd percentile or 1st percentile for short stature. Because of possible rounding errors in age weight and height the results from this calculator may differ slightly from bmi for age percentiles calculated by other programs. Use weightchart to track growth metrics for your child under age 20. Pediatric growth charts have been used by pediatricians nurses and parents to track the growth of infants children and adolescents in the united states since 1977. Our growth percentile calculator reveals how your childs size compares with other boys or girls the same age.
Weight percentiles are best interpreted with reference to height see calculator for infant weight for length percentiles. Weight the mass of the child in metric and standard units. Age the age of the child in months. The percentile tells you what percentage of children weigh less than your child. Track and chart statureheight weight and head circumference growth metrics over time. Growth charts consist of a series of percentile curves that illustrate the distribution of selected body measurements in children.
For example out of a sample of 100 children a percentile value of 40 percent means your child weighs more than 40 children and weighs less than the other 60. The cdc growth charts are recommended for use in clinical practice and research to assess size and growth in us. Learn more about our growth tracking. The percentile shows how your childs weight compares to other children. Your doctor will normally calculate your childs weight and height as a percentile. Doctors typically use different growth charts depending on your childs age.