Blood Pressure in Children

Dr. Greene’s Answer:

Boys generally have higher normal blood pressures than girls of the same age. Taller children have higher normal blood pressures than shorter children of the same age.

For an average 5-year-old girl, a normal blood pressure would be less than 106/68. Click here for a complete table of normal blood pressures for children.

Medical review by: Khanh-Van Le-Bucklin, Jori Bogetz
Last medical review: July 07, 2010
Updated: September 20, 2022

Dr. Greene is a practicing physician, author, national and international TEDx speaker, and global health advocate. He is a graduate of Princeton University and University of California San Francisco.

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  1. Christy

    My son is 5 what should hires blood pressure be

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