Table 29
Measured sitting height of the household population, by age and sex, Canada, 2007 to 2009

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Measured sitting height of the household population, by age and sex, Canada, 2007 to 2009: Part 1
  Measured sitting height
Mean 5 th percentile 10 th percentile 25 th percentile
Estimate Confidence interval Estimate Confidence interval Estimate Confidence interval Estimate Confidence interval
From To From To From To From To
  centimetres
Both sexes  
Age 6 to 11 71.69 71.07 72.31 62.58 61.97 63.19 63.78 63.08 64.48 66.96 66.04 67.88
Age 12 to 19 87.99 87.57 88.41 79.00 77.83 80.17 80.54 79.74 81.34 84.45 83.77 85.13
Age 20 to 39 90.95 90.57 91.32 83.71 82.98 84.44 85.22 84.85 85.59 87.73 87.32 88.14
Age 40 to 59 90.14 89.76 90.51 83.04 82.66 83.42 84.21 83.79 84.63 86.38 85.86 86.90
Age 60 to 79 87.54 87.13 87.95 79.20 78.04 80.36 81.23 80.24 82.22 84.39 84.01 84.77
Age 6 to 79 88.33 88.03 88.64 74.15 73.65 74.65 80.68 80.22 81.14 85.28 84.98 85.58
Males  
Age 6 to 11 71.66 70.70 72.62 63.00 62.29 63.71 63.98 62.87 65.09 67.45 65.89 69.01
Age 12 to 19 89.07 88.29 89.85 77.16 75.51 78.81 79.55 78.55 80.55 84.30 82.59 86.01
Age 20 to 39 93.86 93.30 94.41 88.25 87.05 89.45 88.93 88.20 89.66 91.26 90.55 91.97
Age 40 to 59 93.22 92.69 93.75 87.11 85.83 88.39 88.43 87.49 89.37 90.54 89.53 91.55
Age 60 to 79 90.89 90.41 91.38 85.01 84.26 85.76 86.53 86.01 87.05 88.46 87.97 88.95
Age 6 to 79 90.91 90.51 91.32 73.94 73.25 74.63 82.76 81.65 83.87 88.94 88.43 89.45
Females  
Age 6 to 11 71.72 71.02 72.41 61.77 60.86 62.68 63.55 62.65 64.45 66.50 65.45 67.55
Age 12 to 19 86.85 86.44 87.27 80.14 79.43 80.85 81.01 80.30 81.72 84.46 83.90 85.02
Age 20 to 39 88.01 87.62 88.40 82.30 81.18 83.42 83.79 83.08 84.50 85.81 85.36 86.26
Age 40 to 59 87.11 86.83 87.39 82.21 81.72 82.70 83.04 82.64 83.44 84.93 84.54 85.32
Age 60 to 79 84.46 84.02 84.90 78.35 77.61 79.09 79.69 78.45 80.93 82.45 81.58 83.32
Age 6 to 79 85.78 85.50 86.06 74.48 73.90 75.06 80.37 79.82 80.92 83.91 83.63 84.19
Measured sitting height of the household population, by age and sex, Canada, 2007 to 2009: Part 2
  Measured sitting height
50 th percentile 75 th percentile 90 th percentile 95 th percentile
Estimate Confidence interval Estimate Confidence interval Estimate Confidence interval Estimate Confidence interval
From To From To From To From To
  centimetres
Both sexes  
Age 6 to 11 71.85 70.99 72.71 75.55 74.80 76.30 79.25 78.32 80.18 81.60 80.69 82.51
Age 12 to 19 88.39 87.84 88.94 91.75 91.38 92.12 94.70 93.93 95.47 96.81 95.87 97.75
Age 20 to 39 90.93 90.47 91.39 94.10 93.49 94.71 96.98 96.26 97.70 98.82 97.96 99.68
Age 40 to 59 89.77 89.27 90.27 93.62 93.10 94.14 96.30 95.90 96.70 97.60 97.02 98.18
Age 60 to 79 87.57 87.17 87.97 91.13 90.29 91.97 93.80 93.38 94.22 95.20 94.69 95.71
Age 6 to 79 89.03 88.73 89.33 92.86 92.55 93.17 95.90 95.48 96.32 97.46 97.07 97.85
Males  
Age 6 to 11 72.07 70.70 73.44 75.39 74.37 76.41 78.42 77.66 79.18 80.16 79.07 81.25
Age 12 to 19 90.41 89.55 91.27 93.59 92.92 94.26 96.60 95.64 97.56 98.33 97.57 99.09
Age 20 to 39 93.91 93.35 94.47 96.35 95.62 97.08 98.82 97.88 99.76 99.95 99.24 100.66
Age 40 to 59 93.48 92.86 94.10 95.84 95.23 96.45 97.66 97.07 98.25 99.01 98.17 99.85
Age 60 to 79 91.16 90.29 92.03 93.38 92.98 93.78 95.26 94.78 95.74 96.02 95.35 96.69
Age 6 to 79 92.42 91.94 92.90 95.19 94.69 95.69 97.46 97.07 97.85 99.01 98.42 99.60
Females  
Age 6 to 11 71.77 70.88 72.66 75.91 74.99 76.83 80.85 79.86 81.84 82.52 81.10 83.94
Age 12 to 19 87.05 86.53 87.57 89.63 88.95 90.31 91.74 90.75 92.73 92.95 91.83 94.07
Age 20 to 39 87.96 87.53 88.39 90.40 89.81 90.99 92.16 91.70 92.62 92.82 92.71 92.93
Age 40 to 59 86.88 86.33 87.43 89.27 88.89 89.65 91.51 91.09 91.93 92.82 92.43 93.21
Age 60 to 79 84.84 84.39 85.29 86.67 86.25 87.09 88.88 88.64 89.12 89.36 88.78 89.94
Age 6 to 79 86.50 86.15 86.85 89.14 88.83 89.45 91.35 91.09 91.61 92.58 92.30 92.86
Note(s):
Total household population aged 6 to 79, except those meeting the exclusion criteria (see the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) Data User Guide: Cycle 1).
Source(s):
Canadian Health Measures Survey, Cycle 1.