| At birth | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 68 | 65 | 63 | 62 | 60 | 59 | 57 | 56 | 55 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 53 | 52 | 52 | 51 | 51 | 52 |
Godin furnishes the following figures, relating to the type of stature at the period preceding and following puberty:
RATIO OF SITTING STATURE TO TOTAL STATURE REDUCED TO SCALE OF 100 (GODIN)
| Age | 13½ | 14 | 14½ | 15 | 15½ | 16 | 16½ | 17 | 17½ |
| Ratio | 52 | 52 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 |
Hrdlicka has calculated the index of stature for a thousand white American children and a hundred coloured, of both sexes, and has obtained the following figures, some of which, based upon an adequate number of subjects, (10-13 years) are what were to be expected, while others, owing to the scarcity of subjects (under 6 and above 15 years) are far less satisfactory:
PROPORTION BETWEEN THE SITTING STATURE AND THE TOTAL STATURE
(American Children)
| Age in years | Number of subjects of each age | Males, white | Females, white | Number of subjects of each age | Males, coloured | Females, coloured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 60.8 | 59.5 |
| 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 58.9 |
| 5 | 2 | 57.4 | 57.3 | 3 | 57.3 | 57.9 |
| 6 | 15 | 56.6 | 57.4 | 5 | 55.9 | 55.6 |
| 7 | 38 | 56.3 | 57.2 | 5 | 54.9 | 55.4 |
| 8 | 56 | 55.9 | 56.2 | 13 | 55.1 | 53.3 |
| 9 | 62 | 55.2 | 55.9 | 25 | 54.2 | 54.1 |
| 10 | 98 | 54.6 | 54.2 | 12 | 54.9 | 53.7 |
| 11 | 99 | 54.0 | 55.0 | 12 | 52.8 | 53.8 |
| 12 | 93 | 53.5 | 54.1 | 10 | 57.7 | 54.0 |
| 13 | 86 | 52.9 | 53.8 | 13 | 52.9 | 51.9 |
| 14 | 53 | 52.7 | 54.1 | 7 | 52.3 | 51.8 |
| 15 | 20 | 53.1 | 53.7 | 6 | 51.7 | 53.0 |
| 16 | 9 | 52.0 | 55.0 | 2 | 53.0 | — |
| 17 | 3 | 52.2 | 54.7 | — | — | — |
Which goes to prove (in spite of the inaccuracies due to the numerical scarcity of coloured subjects of any age) that the females are more brachyscelous than the males; and that the blacks are more macroscelous than the whites.
The above table of indices of stature was worked out by Hrdlicka from the following measurements: