Growth charts

The new charts include:

• new centiles – using nine centiles and extending from the 0.4th to the 99.6th centile
• no centile lines for 1–2 weeks of age – because most babies lose some weight and then regain it during the two weeks after birth. A baby’s weight at about two weeks of age should be compared with their birth weight
• a separate preterm birth section (in the combined growth charts and health professionals’ notes only, not in the Well Child/Tamariki Ora Healthbook)
• an adult height prediction and BMI look up (in the combined growth charts and health professionals’ notes only, not in the Well Child/Tamariki Ora Healthbook).

A4 Size

• Weight-height BMI conversion chart (PDF, 197 KB)
   
• Combined growth charts and health professionals’ notes – Boys: A4 (PDF, 344 KB)
• Combined growth charts and health professionals’ notes – Girls: A4 (PDF, 395 KB)
   
• Boys weight 0–1 year (PDF, 62 KB)
• Boys weight 1–5 years (PDF, 29 KB
• Boys length 0–2 years (PDF, 67 KB)
• Boys height 2–5 years (PDF, 30 KB)
• Boys head circumference 0–2 years (PDF, 32 KB)

• Girls weight 0–1 year (PDF, KB)
• Girls weight 1–5 years (PDF, KB)
• Girls length 0–2 years (PDF, KB)
• Girls height 2–5 years (PDF, KB)
• Girls head circumference 0–2 years (PDF, KB)

A3 Size

• Combined growth charts and health professionals’ notes – Boys: A3 (PDF, 417 KB)
• Combined growth charts and health professionals’ notes – Girls: A3 (PDF, 371 KB)

Factsheets

A number of factsheets for health professionals have been developed with information about the growth charts and how to use them.

• Fact sheet 1: What are growth charts and why do we need them? (PDF, 360 KB)
• Fact sheet 2: About the NZ-WHO Growth Charts (PDF, 227 KB)
• Fact sheet 3: Measuring and plotting (PDF, 871 KB)
• Fact sheet 4: Plotting and assessing newborn infants (PDF, 761 KB)
• Fact sheet 5: Plotting preterm infants (PDF, 890 KB)
• Fact sheet 6: Plotting and assessing infants and toddlers up to age five years (PDF, 550 KB)