Annual change in average male height, 1897 to 1996
The relative annual change in the mean height of adult men by year of birth. Data for the latest cohort (the year1996) is therefore the mean height of men aged 18 in 2014. Positive values indicate an increase in average height;negative values indicate a decline.
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