Introduction: Head and face anthropometric data are important in headgear and eyewear design. Previous head and face anthropometric surveys have mainly focused on Western populations, and few have been conducted on Chinese populations. In response to the need to establish normative data for the head and face dimensions of Chinese people, an anthropometric survey was conducted on Chinese adults in Hong Kong using direct anthropometric methods. Method: Eighteen head and face dimensions were measured in 308 adults (156 males and 152 females) from 3 age groups. All of the measurements were made using a set of standard anthropometric instruments and techniques. Results and discussion: The means, standard deviations, and 5th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 95th percentile values of the 18 dimensions are presented in this paper. Correlation analyses demonstrated significant correlations for some dimension pairs. The results help to clarify the head and face characteristics of southern Chinese civilians and provide meaningful scientific references for headgear and eyewear design

Keywords: Anthropometric survey, Head and face dimensions, Chinese adults.