Height for girls at 5 years

At 5 years, the median height for girls on the CDC 2000 growth charts is 107.7 cm (42.4 in): half of girls this age measure less and half more. The middle half of girls, from the 25th to the 75th percentile, falls between 104.5 and 110.9 cm, a spread of 6.4 cm. The outer lines of the chart, the 3rd and 97th percentiles, sit at 99.1 and 117.0 cm.

Since 4 years, the median has risen by 6.9 cm over 1 year. By 6 years it reaches 114.7 cm.

For boys at 5 years the median is 108.9 cm, 1.2 cm more than for girls, which is why the charts are drawn separately by sex.

From 2 years CDC recommends its own 2000 growth charts, which draw the 3rd to the 97th percentile; under 2, the WHO charts draw the 2nd to the 98th.

Reading the table: a girl at 5 years who measures 109.5 cm is at about the 65th percentile, meaning that out of 100 girls this age, about 65 measure less. From 2 years this is height measured standing. If a child of 2 or older was measured lying down, CDC subtracts 0.8 cm before comparing.