Chapter 11 - Tables Summarizing
## Chapter 11 - Tables Summarizing
### 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 |