How many red blood cells are produced in an average 70-kg person every second?

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The number is 2.5 million! The average life span of a human red cell is 120 days; therefore the number produced per second is simply given by the 26 trillion (average cells in 70kg person), divided by 120 days and expressed in seconds. 

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