That means more than 99 percent of s age are shorter than is. Age the age of the child in months. Track and chart statureheight weight and head circumference growth metrics over time. Accepts metric and imperial units. Men and women growth charts. Estimate what percentage of the population or of your biological gender are taller or shorter than you.
For example a boy at the 25th percentile for weight weighs more than 25 of boys his age. Graph plot weight versus age graph with 5 10 25 50 75 95 and calculated percentile lines. Your child is above the 99th percentile for height. 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. Youll see percentile charts customized for your child. 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.
Weight the mass of the child in metric and standard units. Your doctor will normally calculate your childs weight and height as a percentile. 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. Percentile the weight percentile of the child. The percentile tells you what percentage of babies weigh less than your baby. A percentile shows the relative position of the childs bmi weight or height among children of the same sex and age.
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. Use this form to display growth percentiles for children and teens. Calculates height percentile by accounting for gender age and country. That means more than 99 percent of s age weigh more than does. If a girl is at the 40th percentile for weight she weighs more than 40 of girls at that same age.
The cdc growth charts are recommended for use in clinical practice and research to assess size and growth in us. If she is 20 inches long she is smaller than average. Infants children and adolescents. Baby girl baby boy toddler or newborn height percentile. That means percent of s age are shorter and percent are taller than is. Use weightchart to track growth metrics for your child under age 20.
Weight age months your child is in the percentile for height. For example out of a sample of 100 babies a percentile value of 40 percent means your baby weighs more than 40 babies and weighs less than the other 60 babies. Learn more about our growth tracking. The percentile shows how your infants weight compares to other infants.