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
1111
1147
1234
1321
1357
53
2
eye height
988
1026
1118
1210
1248
56
3
shoulder height
858
892
974
1057
1091
50
4
elbow height
656
682
745
808
834
38
5
fist height
446
468
521
574
596
32
6
vertical grip reach
1310
1358
1475
1592
1640
71
sitting
7
crown-buttock height
602
621
667
713
732
28
8
491
510
556
9
345
362
403
444
461
25
10
132
144
174
204
216
18
11
popliteal height
273
285
315
357
12
thigh thickness
78
86
106
126
134
13
buttock-popliteal length
274
291
332
373
390
14
buttock-knee length
346
400
438
454
23
16
elbow-fingertip length
297
325
353
365
17
forward grip reach
451
470
516
562
581
abdominal depth
125
138
169
200
213
19
hip breadth
183
197
232
267
281
21
20
shoulder breadth (d)
251
265
300
335
349
hands
22
hand length
118
123
136
149
154
7.8
hand breadth
63
70
73
4.4
feet
27
foot length
168
176
194
212
220
foot breadth
65
68
76
84
87
4.6
head
29
head length
156
163
179
195
202
9.8
30
head breadth
130
146
150
5.1
Motmans R. DINBelg 2005. Ergonomie RC, Leuven © 2005-2006