FVC (Forced Vital Capacity): Females, Age 50-59

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What these numbers mean

A value around 3.25 L is typical (50th percentile) for females in this age group. The middle 50% of the reference population fall between about 2.94 L and 3.56 L; values below or above that central range sit in the lower or upper half of the distribution.

Also see: 40-49 · 60-69 · 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 50-59

FVC (Forced Vital Capacity) Percentile Chart (L)

Very low 2.50 L
Low 2.94 L
Average 3.25 L
High 3.56 L
Very high 4.02 L
FVC (Forced Vital Capacity) percentile distribution chart for Females, age 50-59 5th 5th: 2.50 L (Very low) 2.50 Very low 25th 25th: 2.94 L (Low) 2.94 Low 50th 50th: 3.25 L (Average) 3.25 Average 75th 75th: 3.56 L (High) 3.56 High 95th 95th: 4.02 L (Very high) 4.02 Very high 0 1 2 3 4 5 L FVC (Forced Vital Capacity) percentile distribution chart for Females, age 50-59 5th 5th: 2.50 L (Very low) 2.50 Very low 25th 25th: 2.94 L (Low) 2.94 Low 50th 50th: 3.25 L (Average) 3.25 Average 75th 75th: 3.56 L (High) 3.56 High 95th 95th: 4.02 L (Very high) 4.02 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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