Table 4.
Normative data for the number of swallows
| Gender | Age | Percentiles (number of swallows) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 90 | 95 | 97.5 | ||
| Male | 3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 |
| 4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | |
| 5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | |
| 6 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | |
| 7 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | |
| 8 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | |
| 9 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | |
| 10 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | |
| 11 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | |
| 12 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | |
| 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | |
| 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | |
| 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | |
| 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | |
| 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | |
| 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | |
| 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | |
| 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | |
| Female | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | |
| 5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | |
| 6 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | |
| 7 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | |
| 8 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | |
| 9 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | |
| 10 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | |
| 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | |
| 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | |
| 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | |
| 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | |
| 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | |
| 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | |
| 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | |
| 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | |
| 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | |
| 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | |