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
1612
1661
1780
1899
1948
72
2
eye height
1492
1540
1657
1774
1822
71
3
shoulder height
1305
1349
1456
1563
1607
65
4
elbow height
985
1020
1106
1192
1227
52
5
fist height
663
692
761
830
859
42
6
vertical grip reach
1933
1999
2161
2323
2389
98
sitting
7
crown-buttock height
825
853
921
989
1017
41
8
722
747
808
869
894
37
9
514
535
586
637
658
31
10
172
193
242
292
312
30
11
popliteal height
383
404
453
503
523
12
thigh thickness
117
128
154
180
191
16
13
buttock-popliteal length
425
448
504
560
583
34
14
buttock-knee length
525
456
597
648
669
elbow-fingertip length
430
446
484
522
538
23
17
forward grip reach
638
668
741
814
844
44
18
abdominal depth
174
232
273
290
25
19
hip breadth
284
300
340
380
396
24
20
shoulder breadth (d)
370
391
442
493
hands
22
hand length
168
190
206
212
9.5
hand breadth
77
80
87
94
97
4.2
feet
27
foot length
238
247
268
289
298
12.7
28
foot breadth
88
93
103
113
118
6.3
head
29
head length
184
189
201
213
218
7.4
head breadth
147
150
159
171
5.3
Motmans R. DINBelg 2005. Ergonomie RC, Leuven © 2005-2006