Height Chart for Men Ages 70–79

Selected standing height percentiles for men at ages 70–79, reported in centimeters and feet-inches from the cited official reference table.

NHANES percentile table

Percentile	Metric	US customary
5th	159.5 cm	5 ft 2.8 in
10th	162.6 cm	5 ft 4.0 in
15th	164.6 cm	5 ft 4.8 in
25th	167.5 cm	5 ft 6.0 in
50th	172.7 cm	5 ft 8.0 in
75th	176.9 cm	5 ft 9.6 in
85th	179.8 cm	5 ft 10.8 in
90th	181.6 cm	5 ft 11.5 in
95th	184.1 cm	6 ft 0.5 in

How to read this table

For this table, a percentile is a position in the cited NHANES reference distribution for adults of the same sex and published age group. The 50th percentile is the median. These cross-sectional values describe a reference distribution; they are not a personal forecast, target, diagnosis, or recommendation.

Measurement: NCHS publishes this result only for the stated 10-year age group.

Adjacent ages

← ages 60–69Previous published age page for men ages 80 and older →Next published age page for men

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Data source

Dataset: NHANES Anthropometric Reference Data: United States, August 2021-August 2023. All displayed values come from Tables 7 (centimeters) and 8 (inches), row Male, 70–79. See the official NHANES dataset page.

Reference distribution only. This page does not provide medical advice, a diagnosis, or an individual forecast.