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Percent of participants in each Tanner stage of development by gender
| Genital | Breast | Pubic hair | ||
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| Males (%) | Females (%) | Males (%) | Females (%) | |
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| Tanner 1 (pre-pubertal) | 20.8 | 33.5 | 22.5 | 36.3 |
| Tanner 2 | 41.3 | 50.5 | 40.8 | 36.3 |
| Tanner 3 | 26.3 | 12.7 | 22.9 | 19.8 |
| Tanner 4 | 9.6 | 2.4 | 10.8 | 5.7 |
| Tanner 5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
Note: percentages do not add up to 100 because there are some cases with missing data
