Percentile Sentence Examples

Percentile curves are presented in 4 different growth curves.

The fund's performance for the year failed to meet its target, ranking in the 85th percentile of the WM 50.

You are charged based on the 95th percentile of your monthly usage.

Table 1. Relative risk of heart disease at the 90th percentile of consumption compared to the 10th percentile.

The 97.5th percentile level of consumption is generally taken to be representative of the upper limit of normal dietary behavior.

They are sized for the 98 or 99th percentile, not the mathematical average.

For instance if your baby quickly drops from the 70th percentile to the 50th percentile in height or weight, notify your pediatrician.

You need to decide whether you want to aim for the 25th or 75th percentile by looking at the individual indicator.

A baby that is at the 50th percentile in either height or weight is right at the national average.

The 95th percentile left is the figure used for charging.

Tutors are able to raise the standard of an average student to the 98th percentile (Bloom 1984 ).

Leeds is the only site predicted to exceed the EU stage 1 2004 90th percentile target.

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Your doctor may tell you the percentile your child's height and weight falls into in regards to national averages.

However, what percentile your baby is in is not as important as knowing he or she is growing at an appropriate and steady rate.

For example, if your child is in the 50th percentile for weight, that means 50 percent of babies the same age and gender as your baby weigh within the same range.

You can find percentile calculators and infant growth percentile charts online which makes tracking their growth easy.

It is not unusual for a premature baby to fall within the low percentile.

If your six month-old baby boy falls into the 70th percentile for weight, it means that 70 percent of six month-old boys in America weigh the same or less than your son while 30 percent weigh more than your son.

If he falls into the 80th percentile for height, it means that 80 percent of America's six month-old boys are the same length or shorter than your son and 20 percent are longer.

Because these charts are generally computerized, it can leave you going home empty-handed, and perhaps unsure of exactly what percentile your doctor reported your child as being in.

With the Child Growth Percentile Calculator, simply enter your baby's height, weight and head circumference in order to see in which percentile your baby currently falls.

Weight gain charts have curves on them, and these curved lines are each representative of a certain percentile.

Wherever your child's weight falls on the chart in accordance with his or her height, the line on which that point falls is your child's percentile.

The higher the percentile number, the larger your baby is in comparison with other babies of the same age and sex.

For example, if your child is in the 80% percentile, that means that 20% of children the same age and sex are larger than your child, and 80% are smaller.

If your child is at the 50% percentile, it means he or she is exactly of average weight, with half being larger and half being smaller.

The average weights, heights and head circumferences were plotted on graphs; these curves were named the 50th percentile on each chart.

Other percentile curves were also placed on the charts marking the 25th, 75th, and 90th percentiles for the different measurements.

The percentile that the infant falls on early in life does not necessarily indicate where the child may be at an older age.

If a teen is above the 50th percentile, he may be considered overweight for their height.

If a teen is graphed on the chart at below the 50th percentile mark, he may be considered underweight.

The site indicates that "one size fits most", so you will have to contact them to be sure the leg warmers will be comfortable for your toddler, especially if you have one who is in the upper percentile of height.

Children are considered unusually short if they fall below the third percentile of height for their age group.

If the child is consistently below the fifth percentile on standard growth charts or if a child stops growing at all, the parent(s) should discuss the implications with the child's pediatrician.

For children and adolescents, obesity is defined in terms of body mass index (BMI) percentile.

Children and adolescents with a BMI-for-age in the 85th to 95th percentile are considered overweight and at risk for obesity, and those with a BMI-for-age greater than the 95th percentile are considered obese.

Children whose blood pressure is above the 95th percentile for their age/gender/height group are diagnosed with hypertension.

Children whose blood pressure is between the 90th and 95th percentile are diagnosed with pre-hypertension.

Children who fall below a particular weight range for their age or who dip below two or more percentile curves on the chart over a short period of time will likely have a more thorough evaluation to find out if there is a problem.

The term intrauterine growth retardation (also known as intrauterine growth restriction)(IUGR) is generically defined as a fetus who is at or below the tenth percentile in weight for its gestational age.

In symmetrical IUGR weight, head and length are all below the tenth percentile and the baby's head and body are proportionately small.

In asymmetrical IUGR, weight is below the tenth percentile, and head and length are preserved.

If the disease is recognized early and adequately treated, the child will grow at an accelerated rate until reaching the same growth percentile where the child measured before the onset of hypothyroidism.

Megalencephaly is defined as any brain size above the 98th percentile within the population.

Males who have XYY syndrome are usually normal in length at birth but have rapid growth in childhood, typically averaging in the seventy-fifth percentile (taller than 75 percent of males their same age).

These are then converted using a scale divided into categories (such as average and superior), and the final score is generally given as one of these categories rather than as a number or percentile ranking.

During the first seven days of the infant's life, TBS results are rated for risk of bilirubin toxicity or bilirubinrelated brain damage within percentile ranges representing degrees of hyperbilirubinemia.

One in 10,000 infants are in the 99.99 percentile.

The mean of subtest scores were at least in the 80th percentile for homeschooled students.

Homeschool students tend to score above the national percentile on standardized achievement tests such as the Iowa Test of Basic Skills.

Generally, when you see this percentile, you should read it as your child is performing as well as or better on that particular task compared to the given percent of the population.

For example, if your child scores in the 90th percentile on a math section that means your child performs as well as or better than 90 percent of the population on that particular given test.

It is often detected in children if they are found to be in the low percentile of growth.

Obesity in children is defined as having a BMI that is at or above the 95th percentile for other children of the same age.

Obesity occurs when your child's body mass index (BMI) is above the 95th percentile.

The percentile can be deceiving, however, as "Power Sellers" may move enough merchandise to keep a high rating, yet they are stiffing every fifth customer.

If the seller has a great percentile rating but over 10 negative reviews in a month, don't buy from them.