What is being measured?
Survey-weighted mean standing height for the US female cohort aged 15 years, measured in NHANES 2015–2018. This historical US cohort reference is not a universal adult/child height or a growth target.
This value describes the stated sample. It is not a worldwide average.
- Dimension
- mean standing height
- Reference value
- 161 cm
- Evidence
- Documented sample mean
- In metres
- 1.61 m
- Variant
- United States; female; age 15 years; measured 2015–2018
- Sample
- 129 observations; sampled 2015–2018
- Sample context
- Examined persons with height measurements in this sex/age cohort; published mean uses survey weights.
Put the length in perspective
One Girl aged 15 — US NHANES 2015–2018 represents approximately 18.8 card lengths measured end to end. This is a length ratio; it does not calculate how the objects pack or fit.
Girl aged 15 — US NHANES 2015–2018 · 1.61 m
Metre · 1 m
Foot (international) · 0.3048 m