FVC (Forced Vital Capacity): Females, Age 5-9

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A value around 1.42 L is typical (50th percentile) for females in this age group. The middle 50% of the reference population fall between about 1.31 L and 1.54 L; values below or above that central range sit in the lower or upper half of the distribution.

Also see: 10-14 · All ages

Data source: Quanjer et al. (GLI-2012) (2012) · n=74.2K About this study

Reference population: 74,187 healthy lifelong nonsmokers aged 3-95 years in four fitted groups; 57,395 were in the source-labelled Caucasian group

FVC (Forced Vital Capacity) Respiratory Females 5-9

FVC (Forced Vital Capacity) Percentile Chart (L)

Very low 1.14 L
Low 1.31 L
Average 1.42 L
High 1.54 L
Very high 1.72 L
FVC (Forced Vital Capacity) percentile distribution chart for Females, age 5-9 5th 5th: 1.14 L (Very low) 1.14 Very low 25th 25th: 1.31 L (Low) 1.31 Low 50th 50th: 1.42 L (Average) 1.42 Average 75th 75th: 1.54 L (High) 1.54 High 95th 95th: 1.72 L (Very high) 1.72 Very high 0 1 2 3 4 5 L FVC (Forced Vital Capacity) percentile distribution chart for Females, age 5-9 5th 5th: 1.14 L (Very low) 1.14 Very low 25th 25th: 1.31 L (Low) 1.31 Low 50th 50th: 1.42 L (Average) 1.42 Average 75th 75th: 1.54 L (High) 1.54 High 95th 95th: 1.72 L (Very high) 1.72 Very high 0 1 2 3 4 5 L

This percentile chart shows how common a value is, not whether it is healthy.

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