Question: An adult takes an average of between 17,000 to 23,000 of these a day. What are they?
Answer: That’s roughly how many breaths an adult takes on average every day, at 12-16 breaths per minute. Exercise and other physical activity will raise that, of course, but in general, scientists say sdults breathe about 6.3 to 8.4 million breaths per year. People who live to 80 take many more than 500 million breaths in their lifetimes.
