Men's Bodies
The Vital Statistics

by Jerry Kennard

for About.com

Updated August 06, 2006

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Average Height: Height-5ft 9 (1.77 meters)

Average Weight: Weight- 172 lbs

Average Weight Distribution Tissue Type: 43% is muscle, 14% fat, 14% bone and marrow, 12% internal organs, 9% connective tissue and skin, 8% blood.

Average Body Weight Distribution: 47% trunk and neck, 34% legs, 12% arms, 7% head.

Water Content: Two thirds of the body is water

Average Area of Skin: If laid flat skin would cover between 11-18 meters

Average Lifetime Heart Beats: 2,700,000,000 times at between 72-80 beats per minute

Number of Bones: 206

Average Number of Sperm Produced: Man can produce 3,000 sperm a second

Average Number of Sperm per Ejaculation: 200- 300 million

Average Male Voice Audibility: Can be understood up to 200 yards. However the maximum distance is 10.5 miles at night over still water

Average Hair Count: 100,000 hairs

Average Penis Size: 2.5 to 5 inches (6-11 cms) when flaccid. 4 and 8 inches 9 (10-20 cms) when erect,

Average Breakdown of Man in Elements: 65% oxygen, 18.5% carbon, 9.5% hydrogen, 3.3% nitrogen, 1.5% calcium, 1% phosphorus, and 0.35% or less of potassium, sulphur, chlorine, sodium and magnesium. There are also traces of iron, fluorine, iodine, zinc and a few others

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