中国汉族青年身高水平的地域分布

本文就１９８５年调查的中国２８个省区乡村汉族青年身高资料，并参考有关报道，采取排序等方法，试绘了一张身高水平分布示意地图。指出：（１）北方较高，南方较矮，这是粗略的提法，更具体地表现为沿海省份比毗邻的内陆省区优越；因而东北是“南高北矮”，广东比湖南高。（２）目前，在高身高区与矮身高区之间，有一条较明确的界线（如附图）。（３）在全国范围内，环渤海地区青年身高最高；而贵州省为最矮。

DISTRICT DISTRIBUTION OF STATURE IN CHINESE YOUTH

Based on the nationwide data of 1985,a map of stature distribution among rural Chineseyouth from 28 provinces in China is made by the method of ranking and referring in other data.The resultS show:(l)There is a tendency in whole country that the s.tatures are higher in norththan those in south.More precisely,they are higher along the coasts than those in inland adkcent to them;therefore,it is higher in the south than that in the north in Northeastern provincesand lower in Hunan than that in Guangdong. (2) At present, there are clear demarcation betWeen high stature and low stature regions. (3) Within the whole country, the average statures ofyouth in the area around Bobal is the highest and in Guizhou province the lowest.