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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
According to this site - http://www.halls.md/chart/women-height-w.htm -
"The average female American womens height is 163 to164 cm,
which is approximately 64.2 to 64.6 inches, which is approximately 5 foot - 5 inches tall. (for white females*)."
Oddly they don't seem to make it easy to determine the overall average (including those pesky other races). Not sure why. Also, wouldn't 64.something inches be 5 foot 4 (and something)? I'm no math whiz, but something seems sketchy about those conversions.
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"According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the average U.S. woman is 5' 3.7 (162 centimeters) tall and weighs 152 pounds (69 kilograms)."
http://www.wonderquest.com/size-women-us.htm
5'4":
http://blazernet.ccsd.k12.co.us/medi...re/height.html
"The average American male today stands 5-foot-9 and the average female is just shy of 5-foot-4."
http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache...hl=en&ie=UTF-8
5'3.5":
http://www.sexualrecords.com/WSRaverages.html [spree: also contains interesting information about average penis, testicle, vagina, clitoris,, breast, etc. size. No racy pictures]
"Well, according to the Centers for Disease Control, the average height of the American male is 5'9" and the American female is 5'4"."
http://www.geocities.com/bigheadedpygmies/
And the official gov numbers:
"Average Height and Weight for Men and Women ages 20+
Men:
Height: 69.1 inches
Weight: 180 lbs
Women:
Height: 63.7 inches
Weight: 152 lbs"
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/bodymeas.htm
