18 - 65 years
65 - 80 years
2 - 18 years
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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
1516
1576
1721
1866
1926
88
2
eye height
1413
1470
1609
1748
1805
84
3
shoulder height
1221
1275
1407
1539
1593
80
4
elbow height
926
968
1070
1172
1214
62
5
fist height
660
688
756
824
852
41
6
vertical grip reach
1829
1906
2092
2278
2355
113
sitting
7
crown-buttock height
802
831
902
973
1002
43
8
691
718
784
850
877
40
9
510
531
582
633
654
31
10
176
195
241
287
306
28
11
popliteal height
359
381
434
487
509
32
12
thigh thickness
111
123
153
183
18
13
buttock-popliteal length
428
449
498
548
658
30
14
buttock-knee length
532
585
638
16
elbow-fingertip length
388
409
460
511
17
forward grip reach
594
629
715
801
836
52
abdominal depth
174
191
232
273
290
25
19
hip breadth
282
301
347
393
412
20
shoulder breadth (d)
371
429
35
hands
22
hand length
158
166
186
206
214
23
hand breadth
64
70
98
106
8.7
feet
27
foot length
216
228
258
288
300
foot breadth
81
85
97
109
head
29
head length
194
222
head breadth
148
165
177
182
7.3
Motmans R. DINBelg 2005. Ergonomie RC, Leuven © 2005-2006