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2000 CDC Growth Charts: 
United States

Background

Introduction

Frequently Asked Questions

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Clinical Growth Charts
(Now available in Spanish and French)

WIC Version

Individual Growth Charts

Power Point files-charts

Data Tables

Selected percentiles and LMS Parameters

Selected Z-score values

1977 NCHS Growth Chart Equations

Educational Materials

Power Point presentation about the charts

Use and Interpretation

Tools to calculate BMI

Interactive training modules

bullet graphicOverview

bullet graphicUsing BMI-for-age

bullet graphicOverweight

bullet graphicRelated Maternal and Child Health Bureau  Modules
Topics include Accurate Measuring, Equipment and Techniques; Using the Growth Charts with Various Populations
such as Adolescents, Children with Special Needs and Others

Computer programs

EpiInfo's Nutrition program, NutStat

SAS code for calculating percentiles and Z-scores

Reports

2000 CDC Growth Charts for the United States: Methods and Development. Series Report 11, No. 246. 201 pp
View/download PDF
10 MB

CDC Growth Charts: United States. 28 pp. (PHS) 2000-1250.
View/download PDF 407 KB

Growth chart revision workshop reports

Related Links

National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health

 

This page last reviewed May 20, 2004

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Health Statistics
Hyattsville, MD
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(301) 458-4000