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    [OC] Average Male Height by Birth Year, 1896 - 1996
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    [OC] Average Male Height by Birth Year, 1896 – 1996


    Source: CalculateQuick (visualization), NCD-RisC (eLife 2016), CBS Netherlands.

    Tools: D3.js with cubic spline interpolation. Adult height by birth cohort, males 18+.

    Posted by CalculateQuick

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    3. Ribbitor123 on

      ‘Average Male Height by Birth Year’. Interesting trends but I couldn’t help noticing that the countries are cherry-picked and data are out of date by decades.

    6. Homie_Reborn on

      “Same species, different nutrition.”

      Unless you have the data to show that this is driven by nutrition, you shouldn’t put this in your figure caption. If you do have those data, where are they? Your chart shows a trend over time, not a causal relationship between anything and height, let alone nutrition and height.

    9. iamnearlysmart on

      From the era of British famines to post Independence, the height has barely moved in India. One in three children are stunted. This is the real condemnation of the successive governments and to an extent it’s the failure of society as well.

      I wonder if the surge in Japan and Korea can be overlaid with the trend of per capita meat consumption. That seems to be the main problem with India – even the parts that do consume meat consume it rarely since it’s too expensive to be affordable for all.