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Body dimensions of the Belgian population
Age 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
total boys girls
nr
dimension (in mm)
P1
P5
mean
P95
P99
SD
standing
1
stature
1466
1517
1641
1765
1816
75
2
eye height
1346
1397
1521
1645
1696
3
shoulder height
1178
1226
1341
1457
1504
70
4
elbow height
891
928
1019
1110
1147
55
5
fist height
625
652
716
780
807
39
6
vertical grip reach
1767
1835
1998
2161
2229
99
sitting
7
crown-buttock height
753
781
849
917
945
41
8
641
668
734
800
827
40
9
463
486
540
594
617
33
10
152
173
222
272
292
30
11
popliteal height
350
370
418
466
29
12
thigh thickness
110
120
143
166
176
14
13
buttock-popliteal length
403
421
511
529
27
buttock-knee length
490
510
558
616
626
16
elbow-fingertip length
380
398
441
484
502
26
17
forward grip reach
591
680
743
769
38
18
abdominal depth
168
183
219
255
270
22
19
hip breadth
259
278
324
389
28
20
shoulder breadth (d)
337
355
459
hands
hand length
160
178
196
204
23
hand breadth
66
71
82
93
98
6.9
feet
foot length
213
224
250
276
287
foot breadth
79
83
94
105
109
6.5
head
head length
164
170
186
202
208
9.6
head breadth
131
136
148
165
7.1
Motmans R. DINBelg 2005. Ergonomie RC, Leuven © 2005-2006