Swedish Growth Charts

In 1999 PC PAL developed growth charts for the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare which replaced the official national charts dating from 1976. Recognising the flexibility and cost effective aspects of the chart component, the authorities have added new features and introduced improvements identified by growth specialists including updated calculation methods emerging from current research. As a result of this ongoing development, this component is the most sophisticated in our range.

PC PAL has developed bespoke computerised growth charts for three areas of the Swedish healthcare system covering:

1. BVC childcare clinics
2. Swedish school charts
3. Swedish hospital charts
4. Turner syndrome
5. Down syndrome
6. Growth charts with extended SD’s
7. Lists with tables for measurements, calculations and birth data.

Special features of the Swedish growth chart component:

• The component can create a two-page layout, making the printed charts easier to view
• Logarithmic scales are employed to make it easier to follow the child's rapid growth during infancy.
• The chart for infants displays a plot corrected for prematurity. This means that the program plots a second curve on the growth chart by subtracting the missed months of gestation from the child's chronological age (this is performed until 2 years of age when natural catch-up is considered to be complete). Thus at a chronological age of 5 months a baby born 2 months early it will be plotted automatically as a 3 month-old to compensate for the two months of growth missed in utero.
• A section for additional pubertal information identifies whether the onset of puberty is within normal limits.
• Turner and for Down syndrome charts are included. These are displayed with the Swedish normal population range shown as a shadow reference to facilitate comparison.

More info about the Swedish Growth Charts >
List of functionality (pdf) >