Weight-for-length for boys at 95 cm

At a length of 95 cm, the median weight for boys on the WHO Child Growth Standards is 13.9 kg (30 lb 10 oz): half of boys of this length weigh less and half more. The middle half of boys, from the 25th to the 75th percentile, falls between 13.2 and 14.7 kg, a spread of 1.51 kg. The outer lines of the chart, the 2nd and 98th percentiles, sit at 11.9 and 16.4 kg.

At 93 cm the median weight is 13.4 kg, so 2 cm of extra length goes with about 0.47 kg more weight at the median. At 97 cm it is 14.4 kg. 95 cm is close to the median height of boys at 3 years (95.0 cm). Weight-for-length compares a child's weight with other children of the same length, whatever their age, which is why it can read differently from weight-for-age for a long or a short baby.

For girls at a length of 95 cm the median is 13.7 kg, 0.18 kg less than for boys, which is why the charts are drawn separately by sex.

On the older CDC 2000 weight-for-length charts, which some clinics and websites still use before age 2, the median at a length of 95 cm is 14.2 kg. A boy exactly on the WHO median would read as about the 38th percentile there, one reason two charts can give different answers for the same weight.

Reading the table: a boy at a length of 95 cm who weighs 14.4 kg is at about the 67th percentile, meaning that out of 100 boys of that length, about 67 weigh less.