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WEIGHT / AGE
• Locate the appropriate table for boys or girls.
• Locate the row containing the child’s age in the left column.
• Note where the child’s weight lies with respect to the weights recorded in
this row.
• Look up the column to read the weight-for-age of the child.
Example 1: Boy aged 5 months weighing 5.3 kg. His weight-for-age is –3 SD.
Example 2: Girl aged 27 months weighing 6.5 kg. Her weight-for-age is < –3 SD.
The lines in the charts on pp. 384–5 correspond to –2 (low weight-for-age)
and –3 SD (very low weight-for-age). Please note that you should use tables in
section A5.2, pp. 386–402 for weight-for-height to determine whether a child
has severe acute malnutrition.
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Months –3 SD –2 SD –1 SD Median 1 SD 2 SD 3 SD
9 6.4 7.1 8.0 8.9 9.9 11.0 12.3
10 6.6 7.4 8.2 9.2 10.2 11.4 12.7
11 6.8 7.6 8.4 9.4 10.5 11.7 13.0
12 6.9 7.7 8.6 9.6 10.8 12.0 13.3
13 7.1 7.9 8.8 9.9 11.0 12.3 13.7
14 7.2 8.1 9.0 10.1 11.3 12.6 14.0
15 7.4 8.3 9.2 10.3 11.5 12.8 14.3
16 7.5 8.4 9.4 10.5 11.7 13.1 14.6
17 7.7 8.6 9.6 10.7 12.0 13.4 14.9
WEIGHT / AGE
380
Months –3 SD –2 SD –1 SD Median 1 SD 2 SD 3 SD
40 10.4 11.8 13.3 15.0 17.0 19.3 21.9
41 10.5 11.9 13.4 15.2 17.2 19.5 22.1
42 10.6 12.0 13.6 15.3 17.4 19.7 22.4
43 10.7 12.1 13.7 15.5 17.6 20.0 22.7
44 10.8 12.2 13.8 15.7 17.8 20.2 23.0
45 10.9 12.4 14.0 15.8 18.0 20.5 23.3
46 11.0 12.5 14.1 16.0 18.2 20.7 23.6
47 11.1 12.6 14.3 16.2 18.4 20.9 23.9
48 11.2 12.7 14.4 16.3 18.6 21.2 24.2
WEIGHT / AGE
49 11.3 12.8 14.5 16.5 18.8 21.4 24.5
50 11.4 12.9 14.7 16.7 19.0 21.7 24.8
51 11.5 13.1 14.8 16.8 19.2 21.9 25.1
52 11.6 13.2 15.0 17.0 19.4 22.2 25.4
53 11.7 13.3 15.1 17.2 19.6 22.4 25.7
54 11.8 13.4 15.2 17.3 19.8 22.7 26.0
55 11.9 13.5 15.4 17.5 20.0 22.9 26.3
56 12.0 13.6 15.5 17.7 20.2 23.2 26.6
57 12.1 13.7 15.6 17.8 20.4 23.4 26.9
58 12.2 13.8 15.8 18.0 20.6 23.7 27.2
59 12.3 14.0 15.9 18.2 20.8 23.9 27.6
60 12.4 14.1 16.0 18.3 21.0 24.2 27.9
381
Months –3 SD –2 SD –1 SD Median 1 SD 2 SD 3 SD
7 5.3 6.0 6.8 7.6 8.6 9.8 11.1
8 5.6 6.3 7.0 7.9 9.0 10.2 11.6
9 5.8 6.5 7.3 8.2 9.3 10.5 12.0
10 5.9 6.7 7.5 8.5 9.6 10.9 12.4
11 6.1 6.9 7.7 8.7 9.9 11.2 12.8
12 6.3 7.0 7.9 8.9 10.1 11.5 13.1
13 6.4 7.2 8.1 9.2 10.4 11.8 13.5
14 6.6 7.4 8.3 9.4 10.6 12.1 13.8
15 6.7 7.6 8.5 9.6 10.9 12.4 14.1
WEIGHT / AGE
Months –3 SD –2 SD –1 SD Median 1 SD 2 SD 3 SD
38 9.8 11.1 12.5 14.2 16.3 18.7 21.6
39 9.9 11.2 12.7 14.4 16.5 19.0 22.0
40 10.1 11.3 12.8 14.6 16.7 19.2 22.3
41 10.2 11.5 13.0 14.8 16.9 19.5 22.7
42 10.3 11.6 13.1 15.0 17.2 19.8 23.0
43 10.4 11.7 13.3 15.2 17.4 20.1 23.4
44 10.5 11.8 13.4 15.3 17.6 20.4 23.7
45 10.6 12.0 13.6 15.5 17.8 20.7 24.1
46 10.7 12.1 13.7 15.7 18.1 20.9 24.5
47 10.8 12.2 13.9 15.9 18.3 21.2 24.8
48 10.9 12.3 14.0 16.1 18.5 21.5 25.2
49 11.0 12.4 14.2 16.3 18.8 21.8 25.5
50 11.1 12.6 14.3 16.4 19.0 22.1 25.9
51 11.2 12.7 14.5 16.6 19.2 22.4 26.3
52 11.3 12.8 14.6 16.8 19.4 22.6 26.6
53 11.4 12.9 14.8 17.0 19.7 22.9 27.0
54 11.5 13.0 14.9 17.2 19.9 23.2 27.4
55 11.6 13.2 15.1 17.3 20.1 23.5 27.7
56 11.7 13.3 15.2 17.5 20.3 23.8 28.1
57 11.8 13.4 15.3 17.7 20.6 24.1 28.5
58 11.9 13.5 15.5 17.9 20.8 24.4 28.8
59 12.0 13.6 15.6 18.0 21.0 24.6 29.2
60 12.1 13.7 15.8 18.2 21.2 24.9 29.5
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384
385
1.8 2.1 2.5 2.8 3.1 49 3.3 2.9 2.6 2.2 1.8
1.8 2.2 2.5 2.9 3.3 50 3.4 3.0 2.6 2.3 1.9
1.8 2.2 2.6 3.1 3.5 51 3.5 3.1 2.7 2.3 1.9
1.9 2.3 2.8 3.2 3.7 52 3.7 3.3 2.8 2.4 2.0
1.9 2.4 2.9 3.4 3.9 53 3.9 3.4 3.0 2.5 2.1
2.0 2.6 3.1 3.6 4.1 54 4.1 3.6 3.1 2.7 2.2
2.2 2.7 3.3 3.8 4.3 55 4.3 3.8 3.3 2.8 2.3
2.3 2.9 3.5 4.0 4.6 56 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.4
2.5 3.1 3.7 4.3 4.8 57 4.8 4.2 3.7 3.1 2.6
2.7 3.3 3.9 4.5 5.1 58 5.0 4.4 3.9 3.3 2.7
2.9 3.5 4.1 4.8 5.4 59 5.3 4.7 4.1 3.5 2.9
3.1 3.7 4.4 5.0 5.7 60 5.5 4.9 4.3 3.7 3.1
3.3 4.0 4.6 5.3 5.9 61 5.8 5.2 4.6 3.9 3.3
3.5 4.2 4.9 5.6 6.2 62 6.1 5.4 4.8 4.1 3.5
3.8 4.5 5.2 5.8 6.5 63 6.4 5.7 5.0 4.4 3.7
4.0 4.7 5.4 6.1 6.8 64 6.7 6.0 5.3 4.6 3.9
4.3 5.0 5.7 6.4 7.1 65 7.0 6.3 5.5 4.8 4.1
4.5 5.3 6.0 6.7 7.4 66 7.3 6.5 5.8 5.1 4.3
4.8 5.5 6.2 7.0 7.7 67 7.5 6.8 6.0 5.3 4.5
5.1 5.8 6.5 7.3 8.0 68 7.8 7.1 6.3 5.5 4.8
5.3 6.0 6.8 7.5 8.3 69 8.1 7.3 6.5 5.8 5.0
5.5 6.3 7.0 7.8 8.5 70 8.4 7.6 6.8 6.0 5.2
5.8 6.5 7.3 8.1 8.8 71 8.6 7.8 7.0 6.2 5.4
6.0 6.8 7.5 8.3 9.1 72 8.9 8.1 7.2 6.4 5.6
6.2 7.0 7.8 8.6 9.3 73 9.1 8.3 7.5 6.6 5.8
6.4 7.2 8.0 8.8 9.6 74 9.4 8.5 7.7 6.8 6.0
6.6 7.4 8.2 9.0 9.8 75 9.6 8.7 7.9 7.0 6.2
6.8 7.6 8.4 9.2 10.0 76 9.8 8.9 8.1 7.2 6.4
7.0 7.8 8.6 9.4 10.3 77 10.0 9.1 8.3 7.4 6.6
7.1 8.0 8.8 9.7 10.5 78 10.2 9.3 8.5 7.6 6.7
7.3 8.2 9.0 9.9 10.7 79 10.4 9.5 8.7 7.8 6.9
7.5 8.3 9.2 10.1 10.9 80 10.6 9.7 8.8 8.0 7.1
7.6 8.5 9.4 10.2 11.1 81 10.8 9.9 9.0 8.1 7.2
7.8 8.7 9.6 10.4 11.3 82 11.0 10.1 9.2 8.3 7.4
7.9 8.8 9.7 10.6 11.5 83 11.2 10.3 9.4 8.5 7.6
8.1 9.0 9.9 10.8 11.7 84 11.4 10.5 9.6 8.7 7.7
7.8 8.9 9.9 11.0 12.1 85 11.8 10.8 9.7 8.6 7.6
7.9 9.0 10.1 11.2 12.3 86 12.0 11.0 9.9 8.8 7.7
8.1 9.2 10.3 11.5 12.6 87 12.3 11.2 10.1 9.0 7.9
Weight-for-Height Reference Table
Boys’ weight (kg) Lengtha(cm) Girls’ weight (kg)
8.3 9.4 10.5 11.7 12.8 88 12.5 11.4 10.3 9.2 8.1
8.4 9.6 10.7 11.9 13.0 89 12.7 11.6 10.5 9.3 8.2
8.6 9.8 10.9 12.1 13.3 90 12.9 11.8 10.7 9.5 8.4
8.8 9.9 11.1 12.3 13.5 91 13.2 12.0 10.8 9.7 8.5
8.9 10.1 11.3 12.5 13.7 92 13.4 12.2 11.0 9.9 8.7
9.1 10.3 11.5 12.8 14.0 93 13.6 12.4 11.2 10.0 8.8
9.2 10.5 11.7 13.0 14.2 94 13.9 12.6 11.4 10.2 9.0
9.4 10.7 11.9 13.2 14.5 95 14.1 12.9 11.6 10.4 9.1
9.6 10.9 12.1 13.4 14.7 96 14.3 13.1 11.8 10.6 9.3
9.7 11.0 12.4 13.7 15.0 97 14.6 13.3 12.0 10.7 9.5
9.9 11.2 12.6 13.9 15.2 98 14.9 13.5 12.2 10.9 9.6
10.1 11.4 12.8 14.1 15.5 99 15.1 13.8 12.4 11.1 9.8
10.3 11.6 13.0 14.4 15.7 100 15.4 14.0 12.7 11.3 9.9
10.4 11.8 13.2 14.6 16.0 101 15.6 14.3 12.9 11.5 10.1
10.6 12.0 13.4 14.9 16.3 102 15.9 14.5 13.1 11.7 10.3
10.8 12.2 13.7 15.1 16.6 103 16.2 14.7 13.3 11.9 10.5
11.0 12.4 13.9 15.4 16.9 104 16.5 15.0 13.5 12.1 10.6
11.2 12.7 14.2 15.6 17.1 105 16.7 15.3 13.8 12.3 10.8
11.4 12.9 14.4 15.9 17.4 106 17.0 15.5 14.0 12.5 11.0
11.6 13.1 14.7 16.2 17.7 107 17.3 15.8 14.3 12.7 11.2
11.8 13.4 14.9 16.5 18.0 108 17.6 16.1 14.5 13.0 11.4
12.0 13.6 15.2 16.8 18.3 109 17.9 16.4 14.8 13.2 11.6
12.2 13.8 15.4 17.1 18.7 110 18.2 16.6 15.0 13.4 11.9
12.5 14.1 15.7 17.4 19.0 111 18.6 16.9 15.3 13.7 12.1
12.7 14.4 16.0 17.7 19.3 112 18.9 17.2 15.6 14.0 12.3
12.9 14.6 16.3 18.0 19.6 113 19.2 17.5 15.9 14.2 12.6
13.2 14.9 16.6 18.3 20.0 114 19.5 17.9 16.2 14.5 12.8
13.5 15.2 16.9 18.6 20.3 115 19.9 18.2 16.5 14.8 13.0
13.7 15.5 17.2 18.9 20.7 116 20.3 18.5 16.8 15.0 13.3
14.0 15.8 17.5 19.3 21.1 117 20.6 18.9 17.1 15.3 13.6
14.3 16.1 17.9 19.6 21.4 118 21.0 19.2 17.4 15.6 13.8
14.6 16.4 18.2 20.0 21.8 119 21.4 19.6 17.7 15.9 14.1
14.9 16.7 18.5 20.4 22.2 120 21.8 20.0 18.1 16.2 14.3
15.2 17.0 18.9 20.7 22.6 121 22.2 20.3 18.4 16.5 14.6
15.5 17.4 19.2 21.1 23.0 122 22.7 20.7 18.8 16.8 14.9
15.8 17.7 19.6 21.5 23.4 123 23.1 21.1 19.1 17.1 15.1
16.1 18.0 20.0 21.9 23.9 124 23.6 21.6 19.5 17.4 15.4
16.4 18.4 20.4 22.3 24.3 125 24.1 22.0 19.9 17.8 15.6
16.7 18.7 20.7 22.8 24.8 126 24.6 22.4 20.2 18.1 15.9
17.0 19.1 21.1 23.2 25.2 127 25.1 22.9 20.6 18.4 16.2
17.3 19.4 21.5 23.6 25.7 128 25.7 23.3 21.0 18.7 16.4
17.6 19.8 21.9 24.1 26.2 129 26.2 23.8 21.4 19.0 16.7
17.9 20.1 22.3 24.5 26.8 130 26.8 24.3 21.8 19.4 16.9
BOYS HC for Age
57
GIRLS HC for Age
Waterlow classification
Wt for ht Nutritional status Ht for age% Nutritional status
%
90-100 Normal >95 Normal
80-90 Mild wasting 90-95 Mild stunting
70-80 Moderate wasting 85-90 Moderate stunting
<70 Severe wasting <85 Severe stunting
Edema Children No
Adolescent Bilateral edema
Adults
Wt/Ht % Children >6mn 70 - 79% < 70 %
Adolescent Moderate wasting Severe wasting
MUAC 11 to 12cm <11cm
Wellcome classification
Wt for age% Edema No Edema
60 - 80 Kwashiorkor Underweight
BP Classification/Interpretation
BP is classified by systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP)
percentiles for age/sex/height. If SBP or DBP >90th percentile,
repeat twice at same office visit before interpreting result.