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This table shows target heart rate zones for different ages. Your maximum heart rate is about 220 minus your age. In the age category closest to yours, read across to find your target heart rates. Target heart rate during moderate-intensity activities is about 50-70% of maximum heart rate.
Know Your Numbers: Maximum and Target Heart Rate by Age. This table shows target heart rate zones for different ages. Your maximum heart rate is about 220 minus your age. In the age category closest to yours, read across to find your target heart rates.
Your resting heart rate is the heart pumping the number of times needed to deliver blood to the body when you’re not exercising. A normal resting heart rate is between 60 and 100 beats per minute if you are sitting or lying and you are calm and feeling well.
A normal resting heart rate is between 60 and 100 beats per minute if you are sitting or lying and you are calm and feeling well. If you have a resting heart rate lower than 60, you may have bradycardia. A heart rate lower than 60 doesn’t always signal a medical problem.
Use our blood pressure chart to learn what your blood pressure levels and numbers mean, including normal blood pressure and the difference between systolic and diastolic.
The normal rate for a heart to beat is 60-100 beats per minute. Tachycardia is when the heart beats too fast, at a rate of more than 100 beats per minute, when at rest. This can depend on age, health status and physical condition.
A normal heart’s ejection fraction is between 55 and 70 percent. This indication of how well your heart is pumping out blood can help to diagnose and track heart failure. It is important to note, however, that you can have a normal ejection fraction measurement and still have heart failure.
Find fact sheets and more to help you manage your blood pressure with the American Heart Association's resources.
People ages 40 to 55 with an estimated 10-year risk for developing heart disease between 5% and 7.5%, and risk factors that increase their chances of heart disease. Calcium scoring isn’t recommended for routine screening of people who don’t have symptoms of heart disease and have a low risk of heart attacks unless they have a strong family ...
All adults age 20 or older should have their cholesterol and other traditional risk factors checked every four to six years as long as risk remains low. If certain factors put you at high risk, or if you already have heart disease, your health care professional may ask you to check it more often.