CDC Growth Charts

Data used to produce the United States Growth Charts smoothed percentile curves for infants and older children.

Usage

weight_for_age

height_for_age

bmi_for_age_children

weight_for_height_infants

weight_for_height_children

Format

weight_for_age

An object of class data.frame with 484 rows and 14 columns.

height_for_age

An object of class data.frame with 484 rows and 14 columns.

bmi_for_age_children

An object of class data.frame with 438 rows and 15 columns.

weight_for_height_infants

An object of class data.frame with 120 rows and 14 columns.

weight_for_height_children

An object of class data.frame with 92 rows and 15 columns.

Source

National Center for Health Statistics. (n.d.). CDC Growth Charts Data Files. https://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/cdc-growth-charts.htm

Details

These data sets contain the L (power in the Box-Cox transformation), M (median), and S (generalized coefficient of variation) parameters needed to generate exact percentiles and z-scores for seven different growth charts, along with the 3rd, 5th, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th, 95th, and 97th percentile values by sex (1 = male; 2 = female) and single month of age (listed at the half-month point for the entire month).

See also

Functions to calculate growth metrics: pct_weight_for_age, pct_height_for_age, pct_bmi_for_age, pct_weight_for_height