Table 2.
Age (yrs)† | Sea level (Barranco) | Amazon region (La Merced and San Ramon) | High altitude (Junín) | All areas | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | |
6 | 103 | 45 | 176 | 151 | 49 | 56 | 328 | 252 |
7 | 78 | 39 | 158 | 233 | 77 | 57 | 313 | 329 |
8 | 94 | 69 | 231 | 208 | 59 | 68 | 384 | 345 |
9 | 139 | 64 | 209 | 239 | 81 | 105 | 429 | 408 |
10 | 101 | 71 | 272 | 247 | 85 | 102 | 458 | 420 |
11 | 136 | 110 | 231 | 234 | 107 | 80 | 474 | 424 |
12 | 114 | 105 | 300 | 191 | 182 | 125 | 596 | 421 |
13 | 85 | 31 | 272 | 168 | 102 | 132 | 459 | 331 |
14 | 149 | 74 | 228 | 159 | 144 | 141 | 521 | 374 |
15 | 120 | 119 | 190 | 192 | 138 | 112 | 448 | 423 |
16 | 81 | 36 | 88 | 89 | 75 | 62 | 244 | 187 |
Total | 1200 | 763 | 2355 | 2111 | 1099 | 1040 | 4654 | 3914 |
Data by age and sex. †Age was used as decimals of a year, and children aged 5.5 to 6.49 yrs were designated as 6, children aged 6.50 to 7.49 yrs as 7, and so on [28].