Table 6.

Subtotal mass (total mass excluding the head) in kilograms for examined persons 8 years of age and older, by sex, race and ethnicity, and age: United States, 1999–2004

Sex, race and ethnicity, and age	Sample size	Mean	Standard error of the mean	Percentile
				5th	10th	15th	25th	50th	75th	85th	90th	95th
Male				Kilograms
All race and ethnicity:
Age 20 years and older, age adjusted	6,559	82.2	0.3	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Age 20 years and older, crude	6,559	82.4	0.3	56.9	61.4	64.7	69.9	79.8	92.3	99.9	105.4	116.1
Age:
8–11 years	1,067	34.7	0.5	20.9	23.0	24.4	26.4	32.2	40.2	45.7	50.1	58.2
12–15 years	1,726	56.4	0.6	31.6	35.1	38.7	43.9	53.9	65.2	74.4	79.9	92.0
16–19 years	1,751	72.1	0.6	50.2	52.8	55.0	58.9	67.9	80.9	90.3	96.9	106.9
20–39 years	2,183	80.9	0.5	55.2	59.6	62.6	67.3	77.5	90.4	98.9	104.9	118.8
40–59 years	2,024	84.9	0.5	60.4	64.6	68.0	73.1	82.5	94.5	102.0	106.9	117.0
60–79 years	1,851	82.1	0.5	57.6	61.7	65.7	70.3	80.3	91.5	98.9	104.7	112.3
80 years and older	501	71.4	0.6	52.1	56.2	59.6	63.0	70.0	79.2	84.9	88.3	95.9
Mexican American:
Age 20 years and older, age adjusted	1,488	76.3	0.4	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Age 20 years and older, crude	1,488	76.4	0.7	54.0	58.5	60.8	64.8	74.3	85.1	92.2	96.0	106.0
Age:
8–11 years	348	36.8	0.7	20.9	22.7	23.9	26.5	33.1	45.0	50.5	55.7	64.5
12–15 years	599	56.8	0.7	31.5	36.3	39.9	45.1	54.3	66.6	74.8	79.4	88.5
16–19 years	611	70.4	0.9	48.9	51.9	53.8	57.1	65.4	80.0	87.8	95.1	105.6
20–39 years	570	75.6	1.0	52.9	57.2	59.7	63.5	73.3	84.8	92.7	96.1	107.7
40–59 years	427	78.5	0.8	57.1	61.5	64.4	68.3	76.5	85.7	90.7	96.6	105.5
60–79 years	443	76.4	0.8	56.7	59.8	61.7	66.0	74.5	84.6	91.0	95.1	105.0
80 years and older	48	65.9	1.6	48.1	55.8	55.9	59.9	64.1	72.0	74.9	76.5	†
Non-Hispanic white:
Age 20 years and older, age adjusted	3,320	83.6	0.4	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Age 20 years and older, crude	3,320	83.9	0.4	58.9	63.4	66.5	71.5	81.4	93.4	100.8	106.0	116.4
Age:
8–11 years	280	34.0	0.7	20.9	23.2	24.6	26.2	32.0	39.0	43.4	47.2	56.1
12–15 years	438	56.3	1.0	32.0	35.1	38.6	44.1	54.1	64.9	74.0	78.9	92.2
16–19 years	447	73.2	0.7	51.1	53.4	55.7	60.7	69.0	83.3	91.8	97.4	106.6
20–39 years	934	82.3	0.7	56.3	60.8	64.2	68.9	78.9	91.7	99.6	105.1	119.3
40–59 years	1,013	86.6	0.6	62.2	67.2	70.5	75.1	83.9	95.6	103.4	107.3	117.2
60–79 years	975	83.6	0.5	59.8	64.3	67.2	71.9	81.7	92.8	99.7	105.5	113.0
80 years and older	398	71.8	0.7	52.9	56.9	60.1	63.8	70.3	79.5	85.1	88.3	95.2
Non-Hispanic black:
Age 20 years and older, age adjusted	1,245	82.4	0.6	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Age 20 years and older, crude	1,245	83.0	0.7	55.6	60.2	63.3	68.2	79.2	93.0	102.8	110.6	122.8
Age:
8–11 years	359	35.7	0.7	21.4	23.2	25.0	27.4	31.8	41.0	47.3	53.8	61.6
12–15 years	566	58.3	0.7	32.7	36.3	39.3	45.8	55.2	67.3	75.9	83.5	94.4
16–19 years	551	72.8	1.1	49.9	52.7	54.6	58.6	66.8	79.0	90.3	102.4	116.5
20–39 years	450	83.2	1.2	54.6	59.8	63.4	67.1	78.0	92.8	103.9	112.9	128.0
40–59 years	435	83.9	0.9	56.7	61.0	64.2	69.7	81.1	94.2	102.8	109.5	121.7
60–79 years	324	81.2	1.0	53.7	59.1	62.2	68.0	79.5	92.0	99.4	105.8	113.9
80 years and older	36	71.2	2.5	†	†	58.1	62.6	69.9	75.0	80.7	90.8	†
Female
All race and ethnicity:
Age 20 years and older, age adjusted	6,532	70.3	0.3	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Age 20 years and older, crude	6,532	70.4	0.4	46.7	50.0	52.6	56.7	66.7	80.0	89.2	96.1	107.0
Age:
8–11 years	1,082	36.5	0.6	20.3	22.9	24.3	26.5	34.3	43.6	49.7	53.5	60.6
12–15 years	1,780	54.0	0.5	35.4	38.9	41.0	44.2	50.8	60.1	68.3	74.4	83.8
16–19 years	1,513	61.1	0.6	42.0	44.3	46.4	49.8	56.8	67.8	77.7	85.2	94.0
20–39 years	2,043	69.0	0.6	46.0	49.0	51.2	55.1	64.5	78.3	87.7	95.7	107.9
40–59 years	2,049	73.2	0.7	48.0	51.2	54.0	58.4	69.4	83.6	92.7	99.7	111.5
60–79 years	1,846	70.1	0.3	47.9	51.7	54.3	58.7	67.7	78.6	86.7	91.9	102.0
80 years and older	594	60.2	0.8	41.9	45.1	47.6	50.8	58.8	67.8	72.8	75.9	84.9
Mexican American:
Age 20 years and older, age adjusted	1,438	68.1	0.5	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Age 20 years and older, crude	1,438	68.4	0.7	46.6	49.9	52.4	56.3	65.5	77.6	85.4	89.9	98.7
Age:
8–11 years	342	34.9	0.7	20.1	21.6	23.3	25.1	31.5	41.8	48.1	52.7	56.5
12–15 years	632	54.4	0.7	36.6	39.3	41.0	43.9	51.0	61.1	67.6	75.2	85.4
16–19 years	533	59.7	0.7	40.7	44.0	45.5	48.4	55.4	66.1	75.7	81.9	92.3
20–39 years	492	66.9	0.9	45.3	48.3	51.3	55.0	64.2	76.2	84.4	88.6	97.0
40–59 years	442	71.9	1.0	49.3	52.6	55.1	60.0	69.0	80.2	88.7	94.1	102.4
60–79 years	457	67.0	0.8	46.8	51.0	53.2	56.9	65.6	75.8	81.6	85.8	93.3
80 years and older	47	53.7	2.2	36.7	37.7	41.0	46.1	53.0	60.0	63.2	64.7	†
Non-Hispanic white:
Age 20 years and older, age adjusted	3,250	69.8	0.4	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Age 20 years and older, crude	3,250	69.9	0.4	46.9	50.2	52.6	56.6	66.2	79.2	88.2	94.6	105.4
Age:
8–11 years	281	36.2	0.8	20.2	23.1	24.5	27.4	34.4	42.8	49.0	53.0	60.6
12–15 years	448	53.0	0.8	34.4	37.3	40.7	43.8	50.6	58.6	66.8	71.6	78.9
16–19 years	409	61.1	0.8	43.1	45.1	47.7	50.2	57.1	67.5	75.9	85.2	92.5
20–39 years	907	68.1	0.7	46.2	49.5	51.7	54.8	63.6	76.7	86.5	92.7	105.5
40–59 years	964	72.9	0.8	48.0	50.9	53.6	58.0	69.1	83.3	91.9	99.5	110.6
60–79 years	922	69.9	0.5	48.1	52.1	54.7	59.4	67.4	78.1	85.8	90.7	100.2
80 years and older	457	60.6	0.9	42.0	45.2	47.9	51.2	59.0	68.1	72.9	75.8	85.3
Non-Hispanic black:
Age 20 years and older, age adjusted	1,312	78.7	0.6	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Age 20 years and older, crude	1,312	79.1	0.6	50.0	54.8	57.7	63.7	75.6	90.6	100.7	108.3	120.7
Age:
8–11 years	373	38.9	0.8	21.4	23.4	25.4	27.9	36.0	46.4	52.5	57.0	65.2
12–15 years	558	58.3	0.8	38.7	42.0	44.2	46.6	54.0	65.9	76.1	82.3	90.4
16–19 years	435	66.6	1.2	43.3	45.6	47.5	50.6	59.3	77.7	87.9	96.9	112.0
20–39 years	455	77.6	1.1	49.0	52.4	55.8	61.1	73.2	90.1	100.8	109.1	120.8
40–59 years	453	82.1	0.9	52.5	57.9	62.1	66.7	77.9	93.6	101.9	110.3	123.8
60–79 years	346	78.7	1.1	50.4	55.5	59.2	65.0	77.2	89.5	100.2	105.6	110.9
80 years and older	58	63.6	1.8	†	48.2	50.4	53.7	63.0	70.6	77.4	83.0	84.6

… Category not applicable.

^†Standard error not calculated by SUDAAN.