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. 2019 Feb 15;9(6):634–644. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2019.02.004

Table 1.

Stage of puberty in girls and boys: children's estimates of pubertal stages using line drawings described in Methods.

Girls (breast)
Boys (genitalia)
Pubic hair 1 2 3 4 5 Total 1 2 3 4 5 Total
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 1 8 8 1 0 18 1 5 9 2 2 19
3 1 6 29 10 8 54 0 3 12 9 0 24
4 0 3 14 20 9 46 1 1 9 27 7 45
5 0 0 3 5 3 11 0 0 1 3 3 7
Total 2 17 54 36 20 129 2 9 31 41 12 95

Note: Taylor et al., 2001,19 based on Tanner, 1962.48