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Calculator: Head circumference-for-age percentiles and Z-scores, 0 to 24 months (WHO)


 Calculator: Head circumference-for-age percentiles and Z-scores, 0 to 24 months (WHO)

 
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Sex Female

 Male
Age  
Head circumference  

 
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Z-score  
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 Head circumference-for-age percentile interpretation

 
Percentile <2: Microcephaly
Percentile ≥2 and <98: Normal head circumference
Percentile ≥98: Macrocephaly

 
 

 
Notes
  • This calculator is based on the World Health Organization (WHO) growth standard.
  • Microcephaly is a head circumference greater than 2 standard deviations below the mean.
  • Macrocephaly is a head circumference greater than 2 standard deviations above the mean.
  • At the extremes (>97th percentile or <3rd percentile), small differences in percentiles represent clinically important differences. At these extremes, the Z-score is a more precise reflection of how far the measurement deviates from the mean and is a useful tool for tracking changes.
  • For all LMS tables, the row in the table corresponding to the patient-specific value is found in the first column of the table; values to be used for L (the Box-Cox power), M (the median), and S (the generalized coefficient of variation) in the equation for Z-score are retrieved.
  • The accuracy of the calculation can be assessed by viewing the graph of head circumference-for-age percentiles for this sex and age group in UpToDate.
  • Z-scores may be used to do a table lookup for the corresponding percentile in the Normal table percentiles for Z-score table (below). Numbers along the left side (Y-axis) of the table represent the first number and first decimal place of the Z-score, while the numbers along the top (X-axis) of the table represent the second decimal position of the Z-score.

 
Equations used
 
Z_Score = ((Head_circumference/M)L - 1) / (L * S)
Percentile = ZtoPercentile(Z-score)

 

 
Examples
 
Z-scorePercentile equivalent
- 3.0
0.3
- 2.0
2.5
+ 2.0
97.5
+ 3.0
99.7

 
References
  1. World Health Organization. The WHO Child Growth Standards. https://www.who.int/childgrowth/standards/en/ (Accessed on June 26, 2023).

 

 LMS table: Head circumference-for-age percentiles, females 0 to 24 months, WHO growth standard

 
Age [months] Power [L] Median [M] Variation [S]
0 1 33.8787 0.0350
1 1 36.5463 0.0321
2 1 38.2521 0.0317
3 1 39.5328 0.0314
4 1 40.5817 0.0312
5 1 41.4590 0.0310
6 1 42.1995 0.0309
7 1 42.8290 0.0307
8 1 43.3671 0.0306
9 1 43.8300 0.0305
10 1 44.2319 0.0304
11 1 44.5844 0.0303
12 1 44.8965 0.0303
13 1 45.1752 0.0302
14 1 45.4265 0.0301
15 1 45.6551 0.0301
16 1 45.8650 0.0300
17 1 46.0598 0.0299
18 1 46.2424 0.0299
19 1 46.4152 0.0298
20 1 46.5801 0.0298
21 1 46.7384 0.0297
22 1 46.8913 0.0297
23 1 47.0391 0.0296
24 1 47.1822 0.0296

 

 LMS table: Head circumference-for-age percentiles, males 0 to 24 months, WHO growth standard

 
Age [months] Power [L] Median [M] Variation [S]
0 1 34.4618 0.0369
1 1 37.2759 0.0313
2 1 39.1285 0.0300
3 1 40.5135 0.0292
4 1 41.6317 0.0287
5 1 42.5576 0.0284
6 1 43.3306 0.0282
7 1 43.9803 0.0280
8 1 44.5300 0.0280
9 1 44.9998 0.0279
10 1 45.4051 0.0279
11 1 45.7573 0.0279
12 1 46.0661 0.0279
13 1 46.3395 0.0279
14 1 46.5844 0.0279
15 1 46.8060 0.0279
16 1 47.0088 0.0279
17 1 47.1962 0.0280
18 1 47.3711 0.0280
19 1 47.5357 0.0280
20 1 47.6919 0.0281
21 1 47.8408 0.0281
22 1 47.9833 0.0281
23 1 48.1201 0.0282
24 1 48.2515 0.0282

 

 LMS table: Normal table percentiles for Z-score

 
Z 1 3 5 7 9
-3.0 0.13% 0.12% 0.11% 0.11% 0.10%
-2.9 0.18% 0.17% 0.16% 0.15% 0.14%
-2.8 0.25% 0.23% 0.22% 0.21% 0.19%
-2.7 0.34% 0.32% 0.30% 0.28% 0.26%
-2.6 0.45% 0.43% 0.40% 0.38% 0.36%
-2.5 0.60% 0.57% 0.54% 0.51% 0.48%
-2.4 0.80% 0.75% 0.71% 0.68% 0.64%
-2.3 1.04% 0.99% 0.94% 0.89% 0.84%
-2.2 1.36% 1.29% 1.22% 1.16% 1.10%
-2.1 1.74% 1.66% 1.58% 1.50% 1.43%
-2.0 2.22% 2.12% 2.02% 1.92% 1.83%
-1.9 2.81% 2.68% 2.56% 2.44% 2.33%
-1.8 3.52% 3.36% 3.22% 3.07% 2.94%
-1.7 4.36% 4.18% 4.01% 3.84% 3.67%
-1.6 5.37% 5.16% 4.95% 4.75% 4.55%
-1.5 6.55% 6.30% 6.06% 5.82% 5.59%
-1.4 7.93% 7.64% 7.35% 7.08% 6.81%
-1.3 9.51% 9.18% 8.85% 8.53% 8.23%
-1.2 11.31% 10.94% 10.57% 10.20% 9.85%
-1.1 13.35% 12.92% 12.51% 12.10% 11.70%
-1.0 15.63% 15.15% 14.69% 14.23% 13.79%
-0.9 18.14% 17.62% 17.11% 16.60% 16.11%
-0.8 20.90% 20.33% 19.77% 19.22% 18.67%
-0.7 23.89% 23.27% 22.66% 22.07% 21.48%
-0.6 27.09% 26.44% 25.79% 25.14% 24.51%
-0.5 30.50% 29.81% 29.12% 28.43% 27.76%
-0.4 34.09% 33.36% 32.64% 31.92% 31.21%
-0.3 37.83% 37.07% 36.32% 35.57% 34.83%
-0.2 41.68% 40.91% 40.13% 39.36% 38.59%
-0.1 45.62% 44.83% 44.04% 43.25% 42.47%
-0.0 49.60% 48.80% 48.01% 47.21% 46.41%
0.0 50.40% 51.20% 51.99% 52.79% 53.59%
0.1 54.38% 55.17% 55.96% 56.75% 57.54%
0.2 58.32% 59.10% 59.87% 60.64% 61.41%
0.3 62.17% 62.93% 63.68% 64.43% 65.17%
0.4 65.91% 66.64% 67.36% 68.08% 68.79%
0.5 69.50% 70.19% 70.88% 71.57% 72.24%
0.6 72.91% 73.57% 74.22% 74.86% 75.49%
0.7 76.12% 76.73% 77.34% 77.94% 78.52%
0.8 79.10% 79.67% 80.23% 80.79% 81.33%
0.9 81.86% 82.38% 82.89% 83.40% 83.89%
1.0 84.38% 84.85% 85.31% 85.77% 86.21%
1.1 86.65% 87.08% 87.49% 87.90% 88.30%
1.2 88.69% 89.07% 89.44% 89.80% 90.15%
1.3 90.49% 90.82% 91.15% 91.47% 91.77%
1.4 92.07% 92.36% 92.65% 92.92% 93.19%
1.5 93.45% 93.70% 93.94% 94.18% 94.41%
1.6 94.63% 94.85% 95.05% 95.25% 95.45%
1.7 95.64% 95.82% 95.99% 96.16% 96.33%
1.8 96.49% 96.64% 96.78% 96.93% 97.06%
1.9 97.19% 97.32% 97.44% 97.56% 97.67%
2.0 97.78% 97.88% 97.98% 98.08% 98.17%
2.1 98.26% 98.34% 98.42% 98.50% 98.57%
2.2 98.65% 98.71% 98.78% 98.84% 98.90%
2.3 98.96% 99.01% 99.06% 99.11% 99.16%
2.4 99.20% 99.25% 99.29% 99.32% 99.36%
2.5 99.40% 99.43% 99.46% 99.49% 99.52%
2.6 99.55% 99.57% 99.60% 99.62% 99.64%
2.7 99.66% 99.68% 99.70% 99.72% 99.74%
2.8 99.75% 99.77% 99.78% 99.80% 99.81%
2.9 99.82% 99.83% 99.84% 99.85% 99.86%
3.0 99.87% 99.88% 99.89% 99.89% 99.90%
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