Height Chart for Women Ages 70–79

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

NHANES percentile table

Percentile	Metric	US customary
5th	148.6 cm	4 ft 10.5 in
10th	150.7 cm	4 ft 11.3 in
15th	152.2 cm	4 ft 11.9 in
25th	154.4 cm	5 ft 0.8 in
50th	157.9 cm	5 ft 2.2 in
75th	162.3 cm	5 ft 3.9 in
85th	164.4 cm	5 ft 4.7 in
90th	166.2 cm	5 ft 5.4 in
95th	168.2 cm	5 ft 6.2 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 women ages 80 and older →Next published age page for women

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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 Female, 70–79. See the official NHANES dataset page.

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