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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory_rate

Average resting respiratory rates by age are:
birth to 6 weeks: 30–40 breaths per minute
6 months: 25–40 breaths per minute
3 years: 20–30 breaths per minute
6 years: 18–25 breaths per minute
10 years: 17–23 breaths per minute
Adults: 12-18 breaths per minute
Elderly >= 65 years old: 12-28 breaths per minute.
Elderly >= 80 years old: 10-30 breaths per minute.

Wilburta Q. Lindh; Marilyn Pooler; Carol Tamparo; Barbara M. Dahl (9 March 2009). Delmar's Comprehensive Medical Assisting: Administrative and Clinical Competencies. Cengage Learning. p. 573. ISBN 978-1-4354-1914-8.