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Often sanguinarians find themselves looking for what sets them apart from other
people, and often these differences are agreed upon simply by the thought that
"a lot of us have it, so it must be a trait". The problem with this view is
that it rarely, if ever, takes into account normal human variation. This
is essential. We cannot claim to be different, if we don't know what we are
different from, simple logic. Below you will find the averages of the human
body for height, weight, pulse rate, body temperature, sick days,Life expectancy,
sunburn time, migraine rates, and a few other tidbits thrown in just for curiosity
sake. All the information below was found in The Gale Book of Averages.
Variation for each is listed below the tables.
HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS BY AGE AND
SEX - MEN
| Height |
20-24 |
25-29 |
30-39 |
40-49 |
50-59 |
60-69 |
| 5'2" |
130 |
134 |
138 |
140 |
141 |
140 |
| 5'3" |
136 |
140 |
143 |
144 |
145 |
144 |
| 5'4" |
139 |
143 |
147 |
149 |
150 |
149 |
| 5'5" |
143 |
147 |
151 |
154 |
155 |
153 |
| 5'6" |
148 |
152 |
156 |
158 |
159 |
158 |
| 5'7" |
153 |
156 |
160 |
163 |
164 |
163 |
| 5'8" |
157 |
161 |
165 |
167 |
168 |
167 |
| 5'9" |
163 |
166 |
170 |
172 |
173 |
172 |
| 5'10" |
167 |
171 |
174 |
176 |
177 |
176 |
| 5'11" |
171 |
175 |
179 |
181 |
182 |
181 |
| 6'0" |
176 |
181 |
184 |
186 |
187 |
186 |
| 6'1" |
182 |
186 |
190 |
192 |
193 |
191 |
| 6'2" |
187 |
191 |
195 |
197 |
198 |
196 |
| 6'3" |
193 |
197 |
201 |
203 |
204 |
200 |
| 6'4" |
198 |
202 |
206 |
208 |
209 |
207 |
| Avg variation:
+/- 12 pounds |
HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS
BY AGE AND SEX - WOMEN
| Height |
20-24 |
25-29 |
30-39 |
40-49 |
50-59 |
60-69 |
| 4'10" |
105 |
110 |
113 |
118 |
121 |
123 |
| 4'11" |
110 |
112 |
115 |
121 |
125 |
127 |
| 5'0" |
112 |
114 |
118 |
123 |
127 |
130 |
| 5'1" |
116 |
119 |
121 |
127 |
131 |
133 |
| 5'2" |
120 |
121 |
124 |
129 |
133 |
136 |
| 5'3" |
124 |
125 |
128 |
133 |
137 |
140 |
| 5'4" |
127 |
128 |
131 |
136 |
141 |
143 |
| 5'5" |
130 |
132 |
134 |
139 |
144 |
147 |
| 5'6" |
133 |
134 |
137 |
143 |
147 |
150 |
| 5'7" |
137 |
138 |
141 |
147 |
152 |
155 |
| 5'8" |
141 |
142 |
145 |
150 |
156 |
158 |
| 5'9" |
146 |
148 |
150 |
155 |
159 |
161 |
| 5'10" |
149 |
150 |
153 |
158 |
162 |
163 |
| 5'11" |
155 |
156 |
159 |
162 |
166 |
167 |
| 6'0" |
157 |
159 |
164 |
168 |
171 |
172 |
| Avg Variation:
+/- 10 pounds |
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Women
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Men
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98.4 degrees
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98.1 degrees
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+/- up to 4 degrees variance for both.
Body temperature also fluctuates during
the day, commonly being lower in the
morning and higher in the evenings.
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LIFE EXPECTANCIES OF SELECT COUNTRIES
(based on 2000 data)
| Country |
Life Expectancy
(years) |
| Brazil |
67.5 |
| Canada |
79.2 |
| Chad |
43.5 |
| China |
72.4 |
| Egypt |
65.0 |
| France |
79.3 |
| Germany |
77.9 |
| Greece |
79.3 |
| India |
61.4 |
| Ireland |
77.9 |
| Japan |
80.8 |
| Mexico |
75.4 |
| Philippines |
66.9 |
| Russia |
73.2 |
| Spain |
79.7 |
| Sweden |
79.3 |
| United Kingdom |
78.5 |
| United States |
77.0 |
| Avg Variation:
+/- 8 years |
Chad has the lowest world life expectancy while Japan has
the highest
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
| Men (154 pounds) |
5.5 quarts of blood |
| Women (110 pounds) |
3.5 quarts of blood |
| Average blood pressure |
120 / 80 to 130 / 89 |
| Bone marrow replacement |
2,000,000 red blood cells/second |
| Red blood cell lifespan |
120 days (apx 4 months) |
ILLNESS AND INJURY
Sunburn:
Average person can go 20-40 minutes in the sun before turning red
Migraine Headaches:
24,000,000 Americans suffer from migraine headaches. (Worldwide numbers
unknown)
Colds per Year by Age
| Age (years) |
Avg. # Colds/year |
| 0-4 |
5 |
| 5-19 |
3 |
| 20-39 |
2 |
| 40+ |
2 |
OTHER TIDBITS
In a 100 person office, the most frequent reasons given for taking sick days
and the average number taken per year are:
Cold (21 days)
Fractures (23 days)
Sprains (30 days)
Flu (76 days)
Men average 4.3 sick days/year while women average 5.5 sick days/year.
Divorced or widowed men spend 8 days/year sick while married men spend only
5.5 days/year sick
Divorced or widowed women spend 11.5 days/year sick while married women
spend only 7 days/year sick
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