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Height percentile to centimetres
A percentile at a given age, in centimetres.
Compared with peers
Written as
96.1cm
50th World Health Organization
- 89.1 cm
- 3rd
- 91.3 cm
- 10th
- 93.6 cm
- 25th
- 96.1 cm
- 50th
- 98.6 cm
- 75th
- 100.8 cm
- 90th
- 103.1 cm
- 97th
The same LMS parameters as the forward calculator, solved the other way round.
Step by step
The percentile becomes a z-score, and the L, M and S values for that age turn the z-score back into a height. Source and age routing match the height percentile calculator exactly, so the two pages can never contradict each other about the same child.
What this number cannot tell you
This is a point on a population curve — not the height this child will reach, and not a target to aim for. The 50th percentile is not a line anyone is supposed to hit.
An example
On the WHO standard, a boy of exactly 3 years is 96.1 cm at the 50th percentile and 98.6 cm at the 75th.
Common questions
- Why is there no number?
- There is no figure here that can be given with confidence, so none is given. The normal range for questions like this is wide anyway — a few minutes with a paediatrician or dentist usually settles it.
- What if my child’s age or country is not covered?
- It will say plainly that this age is not covered, rather than borrow figures from another age or another country. How far a standard reaches is set by whoever published it, and stretching it gives a placing that is simply wrong.
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