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
990
1021
1095
1169
1200
45
2
eye height
858
895
986
1077
1114
55
3
shoulder height
765
793
861
929
957
41
4
elbow height
575
599
657
715
739
35
5
fist height
395
415
463
511
531
29
6
vertical grip reach
1142
1183
1284
1385
1426
61
sitting
7
crown-buttock height
549
566
607
648
665
25
8
437
455
498
541
559
26
9
317
332
368
404
419
22
10
117
128
154
180
191
16
11
popliteal height
236
246
269
292
302
14
12
thigh thickness
67
74
90
107
113
13
buttock-popliteal length
257
268
294
320
331
buttock-knee length
301
315
348
381
20
elbow-fingertip length
254
264
289
314
324
15
17
forward grip reach
386
407
458
509
530
31
18
abdominal depth
141
149
169
189
197
19
hip breadth
176
106
209
232
242
shoulder breadth (d)
hands
hand length
103
108
119
130
135
6.8
23
hand breadth
47
49
63
3.4
feet
27
foot length
155
183
8.5
28
foot breadth
57
59
65
71
73
head
head length
148
153
164
175
30
head breadth
122
129
136
139
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Motmans R. DINBelg 2005. Ergonomie RC, Leuven © 2005-2006