Many applications in practice involve percentiles from the normal distribution. We consider confidence interval estimation of a normal distribution percentile and study several methods including the ...

So why is it that when it comes to percentiles, 5 does not mean the same thing as 5? The technical explanation is that percentile ranks are tied to the normal curve, so some are closer than others.

The percentile distribution of blood pressure (BP) with regard to age, sex and cardiovascular risk factors is unknown. We aimed to provide epidemiological data for a comprehensive description of ...