average male height

Height has the most direct impact on people's image. If a person's height is relatively short, then the person's image will not look very good. Of course, the average height of people in different regions is also different due to regional differences. In addition, gender will also directly affect the average height. The average height of men is higher than that of women. So, what is the average height of men?

The State Council Information Office released the "Report on Nutrition and Chronic Disease Status of Chinese Residents" on June 30, 2015. The report shows that in 2012, the average height of adult males aged 18 and above in my country was 167.1cm, and that of females was 155.8cm. The weight of males was 66.2 kg and that of females was 57.3 kg. Compared with 2002, residents' height and weight have increased.

As soon as the news came out, netizens reacted enthusiastically after comparing it to themselves. ""Exceeded the target", "Confident enough to join the first echelon in the North"... Men and women who exceeded the standard line "showed off" in various ways. Some average offline netizens mocked themselves as "I was an angel whose legs were chopped off in my previous life", lamented that they were "under a lot of pressure", "didn't drink enough milk powder, resulting in calcium deficiency", and mocked themselves as "having dragged down the average height of the province".

Among them, both men and women in Shandong top the list in terms of height, with the average height of men being 175.44 centimeters and the average height of women being close to 170 centimeters. Jiangsu ranks 17th, with the average height of men at 171.54 cm and the average height of women at 161.54 cm.

Key information is missing and it is difficult to tell whether it is true or false

This ranking list, which claims to be from the National Bureau of Statistics, not only does not indicate the year of the survey, but also does not provide any explanation of the survey method or sample distribution.

Source guess 1: National Bureau of Statistics?

In the process of circulation, the "Average Height Table" has been constantly labeled as "official" as "published by the National Bureau of Statistics" in order to verify its source. After logging into the official website of the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China, no statistical bulletin or data related to "average height by province" was found in any year.

Source guess 2: Census?

Netizens speculated that the data may come from the census. The reporter saw on the Bureau of Statistics website that the most recent "Sixth National Census Plan" stipulates that the main contents of the census registration include: name, gender, age, ethnicity, occupation, marriage, housing, etc., but does not include height.