Table 3.

The Denver II-Jimma with its age norms (in months) for 25, 50, 75 and 90 % of children passing the test items within the different domains

Item code	Item label	25 %	50 %	75 %	90 %	Item code	Item label	25 %	50 %	75 %	90 %
	Personal social domain						Fine motor domain
PS1	Regard face	birthb	birthb,d	birthb,d	birthb,d	FM1	Follow to midline	birthb	0.1f	0.1e	0.2e
PS2	Smile responsively	0.8	1.1f	1.3d	1.6d	FM2	Follow past midline	1.3	1.5f	2.2e	2.7d
PS3	Smile spontaneously	1.1	1.4e	1.6f	1.9e	FM3	Grasp rattle	2.4	3.0d	3.6d	4.1d
PS4	Regard own hand	1.6	1.,8e	3.2e	4.1d	FM4	Hands together	2.5	3.1f	3.7f	4.3d
PS5	Work for toy	3.1	4.5d	6.0f	7.6f	FM5	Follow 180°	3.1	3.7f	4.3f	4.9d
PS6	Feed self a	4.0	5.9d	8.2f	10.5f	FM6	Regard coffee bean a	4.1	4.5f	5.0f	5.4d
PS7	Play clapping game a	6.9	8.1e	9.4d	10.6d	FM7	Reaches	4.2	4.7d	5.2d	5.6d
PS8	Indicate wants	6.1	8.1e	10.1d	12.2d	FM8	Look for yarn	4.9	5.4d	6.0d	6.6d
PS9	Wave bye-bye/Say good-bye a	8.2	10.0f	11.8f	13.6d	FM9	Rake coffee bean a	5.3	5.9d	6.4d	6.9d
PS10	Play ball with examiner	10.4	12.,2f	14.0f	15.8d	FM10	Pass cube	6.2	7.4f	8.5f	9.7f
PS11	Imitate activities a	9.7	11.6d	13.4d	15.2d	FM11	Take 2 cubes	5.8	6.9f	8.2f	9.5d
PS12	Drink from cup or glass a	9.7	11.8d	13.9d	16.0d	FM12	Thumb-finger grasp a	6.5	7.5d	8.7d	9.9
PS13	Help in house	12.9	15.9f	18.4f	20.9f	FM13	Bang 2 cubes held in hands	7.4	9.3f	11.3f	13.3f
PS14	Eats using spoon/fork/fingers a	11.7	14.5d	17.2d	20.0	FM14	Put block in cup	8.7	10.2d	11.7d	13.1d
PS15	Remove garment a	15.5	20.4f	24.5f	28.6f	FM15	Scribbles a	10.7	13.4d	16.0d	18.6f
PS16	Feed doll a	14.4	19.5f	24.5f	29.7f	FM16	Dump coffee bean, demonstrated a	10.9	13.5d	16.0d	18.5d
PS17	Put on clothing a	25.3	31.8f	38.1f	44.5f	FM17	Tower of 2 cubes	12.6	15.6d	18.3d	21.0d
PS18	Wash mouth with help a	20.4	24.8f	29.1d	33.4d	FM18	Tower of 4 cubes	16.4	19.3d	22.2d	25.1d
PS19	Wash and dry hands a	22.9	27.4f	32.4f	37.4d	FM19	Tower of 6 cubes	19.7	23.1d	26.6d	30.1d
PS20	Name playmate a	22.8	28,3d	33.4d	38.6d	FM20	Imitate vertical line	25.9	32.4f	37.7f	43.0f
PS21	Put on t-shirt a	34.2	40.8f	47.3f	53.8f	FM21	Tower of 8 cubes	22.1	29.4f	35.0d	40.6d
PS22	Dress, no help a	43.9	50.5f	57.0f	63.5f	FM22	Thumb wiggle	27.0	32.8d	38.4d	44.2d
PS23	Play social games a	31.8	41.6f	51.2d	60.9d	FM23	Copy a O	38.7	43.1d	47.3d	51.6d
PS24	Clean face, no help a	37.9	46.8f	55.5d	64.4d	FM24	Draw person—3 parts a	44.0	48.2d	52.3d	56.4d
PS25	Serve oneself injera a	31.7	46.5d	61.2f	76.0d	FM25	Copya +	33.8	40.4d	46.9d	53.4d
PS26	Toilet-goingc	60.1	70.4d	80.6d	90.8d	FM26	Pick longer line	33.8	40.4d	46.9d	53.4e
						FM27	Copy □ demonstrated	45.7	51.8d	57.7d	63.6d
						FM28	Draw person—6 partsa	52.4	57.5d	62.4d	67.4d
						FM29	Copya□	52.3	58.2d	64.0d	69.8d
	Language domain						Gross motor domain
LA1	Respond to bell	birthb	birthb,d	birthb,d	birthb,d	GM1	Equal movement	birthb	birthb,d	birthb,d	birthb,d
LA2	Vocalizes	birthb	birthb,d	0.3f	1.0f	GM2	Lift head	birthb	0.1f	0.4f	0.7f
LA3	“Ooo”/ Aah	1.4	1.5f	1.6d	1.6e	GM3	Head up 45°	1.6	2.4f	2.3f	2.6d
LA4	Laugh	2.0	2.2f	2.5d	2.7e	GM4	Head up 90°	2.9	3.2f	3.6f	3.9d
LA5	Squeals	2.2	2.5f	2.8d	3.2e	GM5	Sit head steady	3.0	3.3f	3.6f	3.9d
LA6	Turn to rattling sound	3.7	4.3f	4.8d	5.4d	GM6	Bear weight on legs	3.1	3.4f	3.6d	3.8e
LA7	Turn to voice	4.5	5.2f	5.8d	6.5d	GM7	Chest up-arm support	3.9	4.3f	4.6f	4.9d
LA8	Single syllables	4.6	5.5d	6.3d	7.1d	GM8	Roll over	3.8	4.4f	4.9f	5.4d
LA9	Imitate speech sounds	5.2	6.5f	7.8f	9.1d	GM9	Pull to sit, no head lag	4,4	4.9f	5.5f	6.0d
LA10	Dada/Baba/Mama, non-specific	5.7	6.7d	7.8d	8.8d	GM10	Sit, no support	5,4	6.0d	6.6d	7.3d
LA11	Combine syllables	6.2	7.5f	8.8f	10.1d	GM11	Stand, holding on	6,5	7.3d	8.3d	9.3d
LA12	Jabbers	7.0	8.5f	10.0f	11.5d	GM12	Pull to stand	7,2	8.0d	8.9d	9.9d
LA13	Dada/Mama/baba, specific	8.8	10.2f	11.6d	12.9d	GM13	Get to sitting	7,4	8.3d	9.2d	10.1d
LA14	One word	10.1	11.9d	13.6d	15.3d	GM14	Stand 2 s	8,6	9.7d	10.7d	11.6d
LA15	2 words	11.5	13.8f	15.9d	18.0d	GM15	Stand alone	9,8	11.3d	12.3d	13.4d
LA16	3 words	13,5	15.6f	17.7f	19.8d	GM16	Stoop and recover	11,6	13.2d	14.8f	16.4f
LA17	6 words	16,5	19.1f	21.8f	24.4f	GM17	Walk well	11,3	13.1d	14.9f	16.7f
LA18	Point 2 pictures	20,8	24.0f	27.2f	30.3f	GM18	Walk backwards	11,9	14.9d	17.4f	19.9f
LA19	Combine words	18,7	21.3d	23.9d	26.4d	GM19	Runs	14,4	16.6d	18.9d	21.2d
LA20	Name 1 picture	20,1	23.2f	26.2f	29.3d	GM20	Walk up steps a	13,9	16.9d	19.6d	22.3d
LA21	Body parts 6 a	20,3	23.0f	25.6f	28.2d	GM21	Kick ball forward	14,2	17.6d	21.0d	24.4d
LA22	Point 4 pictures	25,9	31.0f	35.9f	40.9f	GM22	Jump up	24.0	27.0f	31.0f	35.0f
LA23	Speech, half understandable	20,5	24.2f	27.8d	31.5e	GM23	Throw ball overhand	16.9	22.1d	27.2f	32.4d
LA24	Name 4 pictures	27,6	32.5f	37.3f	42.1f	GM24	Broad jump	31.7	35.6d	39.3f	43.1f
LA25	Know 2 actions	24,5	29.5d	34.4d	39.4d	GM25	Balance each foot 1 s	23.4	28.9d	33.0d	37.1d
LA26	Know 2 adjectives	30,9	35.1d	39.1d	43.3d	GM26	Balance each foot 2 s	23.9	31.2e	36.4e	41.6e
LA27	Name 1 color a	40,3	45.1d	49.8f	54.6f	GM27	Hops	31.9	38.5d	45.0d	51.5d
LA28	Use of 2 objects a	30,4	35.6f	40.7d	45.8d	GM28	Balance each foot 3 s	29.8	36.1d	42.2e	48.4e
LA29	Count 1 block	36,6	41.9d	47.0f	52.2f	GM29	Balance each foot 4 s	33.8	40.0e	46.0e	52.1e
LA30	Use of 3 objects a	32,3	37.5d	42.7d	47.8d	GM30	Balance each foot 5 s	39.2	44.8e	50.2e	55.8e
LA31	Know 4 actions	32,4	38.5e	44.4f	50.4d	GM31	Heel-to-toe walk	49.1	55.5d	61.8d	68.1d
LA32	Speech all understandable	28,4	36.3f	44.0f	51.8d	GM32	Balance each foot 6 s	41.8	47.9e	53.8e	59.7e
LA33	Understand 4 prepositions	30,8	37.5d	44.0d	50.7e
LA34	Name 4 colors a	51,9	56.8f	61.5f	66.3f
LA35	Define 5 words a	47,4	54.3f	61.0d	67.8d
LA36	Know 3 adjectives	34,5	40.6d	46.5d	52.5e
LA37	Count 5 blocks a	49,0	54.3d	59.4d	64.6d
LA38	Opposites-2	48,5	54.0d	59.2d	64.5d
LA39	Define 7 words a	59,1	66.8f	74.2f	81.8f

PS personal social, FM fine motor-adaptive, LA language, GM gross motor items

^aAdapted test items (written in bold)

^bThe child is able to perform or pass the task soon after birth

^cNewly added test item removed at final consensus meeting

^dItem achieved at no significantly different ages it is achieved in Denver II (achieved at similar age)

^eItem achieved at a significantly earlier age than the age it is achieved in Denver II (achieved at earlier age)

^fItem achieved at a significantly later age than the age it is achieved in Denver II (achieved at later age)