Table 1.

Average pulse rate at different ages

Age	Lower limits of normal	Average	Upper limits of normal
Newborn	70	120	170
1-11 months	80	120	160
2 years	80	110	130
4 years	80	100	120
6 years	75	100	115
8 years	70	90	110
10 years	70	90	110

From Behrman RE, Vaughn VC III: Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, ed 12, Philadelphia, 1983, WB Saunders