Table 4 Distribution of height for age among school children aging 5 to 10 years in North Central province, Sri Lanka by age and sex

 (61–71)

206

0.5

(0.0%, 1.7%)

10.7

(6.2%, 15.1%)

−0.66

1.11

 (72–83)

565

1.6

(0.5%, 2.7%)

9.9

(7.4%, 12.5%)

−0.71

1.15

 (84–95)

474

1.5

(0.3%, 2.7%)

12.4

(9.4%, 15.5%)

−0.87

1.05

 (96–107)

432

1.6

(0.3%, 2.9%)

13.4

(10.1%, 16.8%)

−0.80

1.06

 (108–119)

403

4.2

(2.1%, 6.3%)

13.2

(9.7%, 16.6%)

−0.93

1.08

 (120–131)

164

7.9

(3.5%, 12.4%)

20.7

(14.2%, 27.2%)

−1.14

1.19

 (61–71)

183

0.5

(0%, 1.9%)

7.7

(3.5%, 11.8%)

−0.47

1.28

 (72–83)

500

1.4

(0.3%, 2.5%)

10.4

(7.6%, 13.2%)

−0.76

1.11

 (84–95)

443

1.8

(0.5%, 3.2%)

9.3

(6.4%, 12.1%)

−0.74

1.02

 (96–107)

449

1.1

(0.0%, 2.2%)

10.7

(7.7%, 13.7%)

−0.82

0.97

 (108–119)

416

4.1

(2.1%, 6.1%)

16.6

(12.9%, 20.3%)

−1.06

1.11

 (120–131)

175

7.4

(3.3%, 11.6%)

20.6

(14.3%, 26.8%)

−1.16

1.26

 (61–71)

389

0.5

(0.0%, 1.4%)

9.3

(6.2%, 12.3%)

−0.57

1.2

 (72–83)

1065

1.5

(0.7%, 2.3%)

10.1

(8.3%, 12.0%)

−0.73

1.13

 (84–95)

917

1.6

(0.8%, 2.5%)

10.9

(8.8%, 13.0%)

−0.81

1.04

 (96–107)

881

1.4

(0.5%, 2.2%)

12.0

(9.8%, 14.2%)

−0.81

1.02

 (108–119)

819

4.2

(2.7%, 5.6%)

14.9

(12.4%, 17.4%)

−1.00

1.10

 (120–131)

339

7.7

(4.7%, 10.6%)

20.6

(16.2%, 25.1%)

−1.15

1.22