Growth Charts - Clinical Growth Charts
Summary: This document is a clinical growth chart for boys aged 2 to 20 years, providing standardized percentiles for stature-for-age and weight-for-age.
This PDF document, developed by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) in collaboration with the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, provides a clinical growth chart for boys aged 2 to 20 years. It includes standardized curves for stature-for-age and weight-for-age percentiles (5th, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th, and 95th). The chart is designed for clinical use to monitor physical development and includes fields for recording patient information, parental stature, and specific measurements.
Document outline
1. Patient Information Section (Name, Record #, Mother's/Father's Stature, Date, Age, Weight, Stature, BMI) 2. Stature-for-age Percentile Curves (2 to 20 years) 3. Weight-for-age Percentile Curves (2 to 20 years) 4. Measurement Axes (Age in years, Stature in inches/cm, Weight in lbs/kg) 5. Source and Publication Information (NCHS, 2000)