Percentage of children measured in the community falling one height centile band width or more over various time intervals
| Age (years) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| Age (years) | |||||||
| 3 | 5 | ||||||
| 4 | 10 | 3 | |||||
| 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| 6 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 7 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 9 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Assumptions: community measurement error δ = 0.8 cm, research measurement error ε = 0.25 cm, population SD ς = 5 cm. Example: from five to six years, 1% of children fall one centile band width or more.