By Service | 10 June, 2020
Breaths?
To help people understand the subtle impact of Colish on the world, we considered using ‘the number of breaths you take’ as a memory anchor.
The number of breaths a person takes on average is dependent on several factors such as age, on your rest state, your health.
One value we have is between 12 - 18 breaths an minute, or on average 15, i.e. every 4 seconds.
Sources
- USA Environmental Protection Agency, https://blog.epa.gov/2014/04/28/how-many-breaths-do-you-take-each-day/. Anne Brown, Quote: ‘The average person takes between 17,280 and 23,040 breaths a day.’
- Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory_rate. Quote:‘the typical respiratory rate for a healthy adult at rest is 12–18 breaths per minute.’ with reference to ‘Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology’
- Barrett, Kim E.; Barman, Susan M.; Boitano, Scott; Brooks, Heddwen (2012-04-05). Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology (24 ed.). p. 619. ISBN 978-0071780032.