60 IIIII 5 61 IIIIIII 7 62 IIIIIIIIII 10 63 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 16 64 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 22 65 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20 66 IIIIIIIIIIIIIII 15 67 IIIIIIIII 9 68 IIIIII 6 69 IIIIII 6 70 III 3 71 I 1 72 I 1 ___ 123 Average heights of people in various countries I thought you find the following comparative data regarding average (mean) heights of adults to be of some interest. (I've tried to avoid single and double quotation marks in the text portion of this book, since they are confusable with apostrophes and quotation marks.) Note the greater average height for males in the Netherlands compared to males in the US. It wasn't always thus; Americans used to be taller than the Dutch. We (Americans) are actually getting shorter, primarily because of the immigration of Asians (see Bogin, 1998; Braus, 1993; Heubusch, 1997; McCook, 2001; Steckel, 1995; Usher, 1996). USA Germany Japan Netherlands 165.5 175.5cm 174.5 182.5 Males 5'5" 5'9" 1/8 5'8" 3/4 5'11" 7/8 1/8 153.0 162.5 163.5 169.6 Females 5'0" 5'4" 5'4" 1/4 5'6" 3/8 1/4 Source: Statistics Body Height website
60 IIIII 5 61 IIIIIII 7 62 IIIIIIIIII 10 63 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 16 64 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 22 65 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20 66 IIIIIIIIIIIIIII 15 67 IIIIIIIII 9 68 IIIIII 6 69 IIIIII 6 70 III 3 71 I 1 72 I 1 ___ 123 Average heights of people in various countries I thought you find the following comparative data regarding average (mean) heights of adults to be of some interest. (I've tried to avoid single and double quotation marks in the text portion of this book, since they are confusable with apostrophes and quotation marks.) Note the greater average height for males in the Netherlands compared to males in the US. It wasn't always thus; Americans used to be taller than the Dutch. We (Americans) are actually getting shorter, primarily because of the immigration of Asians (see Bogin, 1998; Braus, 1993; Heubusch, 1997; McCook, 2001; Steckel, 1995; Usher, 1996). USA Germany Japan Netherlands Males 175.5cm 5'9" 1/8 174.5 5'8" 3/4 165.5 5'5" 1/8 182.5 5'11" 7/8 Females 162.5 5'4" 163.5 5'4" 1/4 153.0 5'0" 1/4 169.6 5'6" 3/8 Source: Statistics Body Height website