Normal Pulse Rate Guide: Resting, Sleeping & Exercise Rates

Pulse rates vary significantly during sleep, pregnancy, and exercise. Learn the normal ranges for women, teens, and infants, and identify causes for low heart rates.

What Is a Normal Pulse Rate for a 40-Year-Old Woman?

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Natalie Stein

According to Medline Plus, from the National Library of Medicine in the National Institutes of Health, pulse rate is the number of beats per minute. Other terms for the pulse rate are the heart rate or heart beat.