Average height of men

The most direct impact of height on people is their image. If a person is short, then his image will not look very good. Of course, people in different regions have different average heights 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?

1. Average height of Chinese men

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

2. Public Attention

As soon as the news came out, netizens compared themselves with the news and responded enthusiastically. "Exceeded the target", "Confident that I can join the first echelon in the north" ... Men and women who exceeded the standard line "showed off" in various ways. Some netizens below the average line joked that "I was an angel with legs cut off in my previous life", lamented that "I was under a lot of pressure", "I didn't drink enough milk powder, which led to calcium deficiency", and joked that "I dragged down the average height of the province".

Shandong ranked first in terms of both men and women's height, with men averaging 175.44cm and women averaging nearly 170cm. Jiangsu ranked 17th, with men averaging 171.54cm and women averaging 161.54cm.

3. Source of doubt

Key information is missing and it is difficult to distinguish true from false

This ranking claimed to come from the "National Bureau of Statistics", which not only did not specify the survey year, but also did not provide any explanation of the survey method or sample distribution.

Source hypothesis 1: National Bureau of Statistics?

In the process of circulation, the "Average Height Table" has been constantly labeled as "official" by the National Bureau of Statistics. In order to verify its source, the official website of the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China has not found any statistical bulletin or data related to the "average height of each province" in any year.

Source hypothesis 2: Population census?

Regarding netizens' speculation that the data may come from the population census, this reporter saw on the website of the Statistics Bureau that the most recent "Sixth National Population Census Plan" stipulates that the main contents of the population census registration include: name, gender, age, ethnicity, occupation, marital status, housing, etc., but does not include height.