Anthropometric Dimensions: women
dim 15 p05 wom to dim 19 p95 wom
US military personnel body dimension data (5th and 95th percentile) per MIL-STD-1472F and DOD-HDBK-743. Covers Ground Troops Male, Aviators Male, Women, and Men (General) population groups. Includes standing body dimensions (stature, eye height, shoulder height, elbow height, knuckle height, functional reach, chest/waist/crotch/knee height), seated dimensions (sitting height, eye/shoulder/elbow height seated, thigh clearance, knee height seated, popliteal height, seat length, knee breadth, elbow breadth, hip breadth), depth/breadth dimensions (shoulder breadth, hip breadth, chest/waist/buttock depth), circumferences (chest, waist, hip, neck, thigh, calf), hand/foot dimensions (hand length, hand breadth, hand circumference, foot length, foot breadth), head/face dimensions (head circumference, head length/breadth, face length/breadth, interpupillary distance), and common working position reach envelopes (overhead, side, forward reach heights and distances). Used for workspace design, cockpit and crew station sizing, access opening clearances, equipment control placement, and ergonomic design calculations.
| population group | record id | body position | dimension id | dimension name | percentile | source table | standard | value cm (cm) | value in (in) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| women | dim 15 p05 wom | seated | 15 | SHOULDER HEIGHT SITTING | 5th | Table XIV | MIL-STD-1472F Tables XIII-XIX | 50.3 | 19.8 |
| women | dim 15 p95 wom | seated | 15 | SHOULDER HEIGHT SITTING | 95th | Table XIV | MIL-STD-1472F Tables XIII-XIX | 61 | 24 |
| women | dim 16 p05 wom | seated | 16 | ELBOW HEIGHT SITTING | 5th | Table XIV | MIL-STD-1472F Tables XIII-XIX | 18.3 | 7.2 |
| women | dim 16 p95 wom | seated | 16 | ELBOW HEIGHT SITTING | 95th | Table XIV | MIL-STD-1472F Tables XIII-XIX | 28.2 | 11.1 |
| women | dim 17 p05 wom | seated | 17 | THIGH CLEARANCE HEIGHT | 5th | Table XIV | MIL-STD-1472F Tables XIII-XIX | 11.4 | 4.5 |
| women | dim 17 p95 wom | seated | 17 | THIGH CLEARANCE HEIGHT | 95th | Table XIV | MIL-STD-1472F Tables XIII-XIX | 15.7 | 6.2 |
| women | dim 18 p05 wom | seated | 18 | KNEE HEIGHT SITTING | 5th | Table XIV | MIL-STD-1472F Tables XIII-XIX | 44.2 | 17.4 |
| women | dim 18 p95 wom | seated | 18 | KNEE HEIGHT SITTING | 95th | Table XIV | MIL-STD-1472F Tables XIII-XIX | 54.1 | 21.3 |
| women | dim 19 p05 wom | seated | 19 | POPLITEAL HEIGHT | 5th | Table XIV | MIL-STD-1472F Tables XIII-XIX | 33 | 13 |
| women | dim 19 p95 wom | seated | 19 | POPLITEAL HEIGHT | 95th | Table XIV | MIL-STD-1472F Tables XIII-XIX | 41.9 | 16.5 |
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