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The 'Lucas Daniel Smith, Obama Kenyan Birth Certificate' indicates that Barack Obama was born a short, broad-shouldered, slightly-less-than-average weight baby, but NOT some improperly proportioned 'dwarf' as some 'forgery-promoting' individuals have claimed.
The birth document lists the following measurements:
Height = 18 inches (45.72 cm.)
Weight = 7 pounds 1 ounce (3.203 kg.)
Width Between Shoulders = 6 inches (15.24 cm.)
The CDC publishes a series of Clinical Growth Charts, as linked below:
http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/clinical_charts.htm
The following information was obtained by reference to the above linked CDC page.
According to the below linked chart, titled, 'Data Table of Infant Length-for-age Charts, Males, Ages Birth - 36 Months', Obama was born in the approximate 5.8 percentile regarding height (interpolating the data between the 5 and 10 percentile figures listed in the chart).
http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/html.../lenageinf.htm
According to the below linked chart, titled, 'Data Table of Infant Weight-for-age Charts, Males, Birth - 36 Months', Obama was born in the approximate 28.5 percentile regarding weight (interpolating the data between the 25 and 50 percentile figures listed in the chart).
http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/html...s/wtageinf.htm
The below linked article reports that a Mean Newborn Shoulder Width of 122.06 mm (12.206 cm.) was found for the babies studied. The standard deviation for the data was 10.50 mm. (1.05 cm.) Thus, Obama's reported shoulder width of 15.24 cm. was about 2.9 standard deviations above the mean. Normally, less than about 0.2% of newborn babies would be expected to have a shoulder width equal to Obama's at birth.
I suspect that there was probably some error made in either measuring or reporting the shoulder width data on the Kenyan birth certificate. Nevertheless, he apparently was indeed born with rather broad shoulders. Since he was short and only slightly-less-than-normal in weight, I assume that his weight at birth went primarily into his upper body mass.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10426618
Full Article: http://www.scribd.com/doc/135312086/...-Vol106-pp-589
The 'Lucas Daniel Smith, Obama Kenyan Birth Certificate' is authentic regarding the birth height and weight data shown. I do question the unusually wide shoulder width data listed on the document and suspect that an error may have been made by the medical staff at the Coast Province General Hospital in either measuring or recording the data.
The birth document lists the following measurements:
Height = 18 inches (45.72 cm.)
Weight = 7 pounds 1 ounce (3.203 kg.)
Width Between Shoulders = 6 inches (15.24 cm.)
The CDC publishes a series of Clinical Growth Charts, as linked below:
http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/clinical_charts.htm
The following information was obtained by reference to the above linked CDC page.
According to the below linked chart, titled, 'Data Table of Infant Length-for-age Charts, Males, Ages Birth - 36 Months', Obama was born in the approximate 5.8 percentile regarding height (interpolating the data between the 5 and 10 percentile figures listed in the chart).
http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/html.../lenageinf.htm
According to the below linked chart, titled, 'Data Table of Infant Weight-for-age Charts, Males, Birth - 36 Months', Obama was born in the approximate 28.5 percentile regarding weight (interpolating the data between the 25 and 50 percentile figures listed in the chart).
http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/html...s/wtageinf.htm
The below linked article reports that a Mean Newborn Shoulder Width of 122.06 mm (12.206 cm.) was found for the babies studied. The standard deviation for the data was 10.50 mm. (1.05 cm.) Thus, Obama's reported shoulder width of 15.24 cm. was about 2.9 standard deviations above the mean. Normally, less than about 0.2% of newborn babies would be expected to have a shoulder width equal to Obama's at birth.
I suspect that there was probably some error made in either measuring or reporting the shoulder width data on the Kenyan birth certificate. Nevertheless, he apparently was indeed born with rather broad shoulders. Since he was short and only slightly-less-than-normal in weight, I assume that his weight at birth went primarily into his upper body mass.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10426618
Full Article: http://www.scribd.com/doc/135312086/...-Vol106-pp-589
The 'Lucas Daniel Smith, Obama Kenyan Birth Certificate' is authentic regarding the birth height and weight data shown. I do question the unusually wide shoulder width data listed on the document and suspect that an error may have been made by the medical staff at the Coast Province General Hospital in either measuring or recording the data.
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