TABLES SUMMARIZING
Frederic Taber Cooper translation
The Mean Proportions of the Body According To Age
Useful for judging of normal development and incidentally for diagnosing forms of infantilism:
Preceded by figures (from Quétélet) giving the growth of stature in man and in woman (it being well known that the stature is the fundamental measurement for forming the aforesaid judgments).
Age Males Females
0 0.496 0.483
1 0.696 0.690
2 0.707 0.780
3 0.860 0.850
4 0.932 0.910
5 0.990 0.974
6 1.046 1.032
7 1.112 1.096
8 1.170 1.139
9 1.227 1.200
10 1.282 1.248
11 1.327 1.275
12 1.359 1.327
13 1.403 1.386
14 1.487 1.447
15 1.559 1.475
16 1.610 1.500
17 1.670 1.544
18 1.700 1.562
19 1.706 1.566
20 1.711 1.570
25 1.722 1.577
30 1.722 1.579
40 1.713 1.555
50 1.674 1.536
60 1.639 1.516
70 1.628 1.514
New-born child Length of body 0.50 m.
Weight 3 kg.
Maximum cranial circumference 335 mm.
Circumference of thorax 350 mm.
Index of stature 68
Ponderal index 28.8—
Age in years 1 2 3
Stature in metres 0.696 0.797 0.860
Index of stature 65 63 62
Weight in kilograms 10 12 13.21
Ponderal index 30.9 28.7 27.5
Maximum circumference of head in millimetres. 440 471 486
Age in years 4 5 6
Stature in metres 0.932 0.990 1.046
Index of stature 60 59 57
Weight in kilograms 15 16.70 18.04
Ponderal index 26.5 25.8 25.1
Maximum circumference of head in millimetres. 496 503 508
Age in years 7 8 9
Stature in metres 1.112 1.170 1.227
Index of stature 56 55 55
Weight in kilograms 20.16 22.26 24.09
Ponderal index 24.4 24 23.5
Maximum circumference of head in millimetres. 513 519 523
Age in years 10 11 12
Stature in metres 1.282 1.327 1.359
Index of stature 54 53 53
Weight in kilograms 26.12 27.85 31
Ponderal index 23.1 22.8 23.1
Maximum circumference of head in millimetres. 527 531 535
Age in years 13 14 15
Stature in metres 1.403 1.487 1.559
Index of stature 52 52 51
Weight in kilograms 35.32 40.50 46.41
Ponderal index 23.4 23.1 23.1
Maximum circumference of head in millimetres. 539 543 547
Age in years 16 17 18
Stature in metres 1.610 1.670 1.700
Index of stature 51 52 52
Weight in kilograms 53.39 57.40 61.26
Ponderal index 23.4 23.1 23.2
Maximum circumference of head in millimetres. 551 555 561