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On average, men take approximately 6,000 steps a day while women take approximately 5,300 steps a day. While any added physical activity can improve your health, the American Heart Association, AHA, recommends an average of 10,000 steps each day.
U.S. children ages 6 to 11 average approximately 10,400 steps per day for boys and 9,400 for girls. That amounts to roughly 5 miles of walking per day. Boys aged 12 to 17 will take 8,400 and girls 6,400 steps per day, or 3 to 4 miles.wo thousand steps equals roughly a mile of walking. So, the average American walks about 2.5 to 3 miles per day. Assessing the number of steps a person takes during a day is complicated by the inaccuracies of pedometers and accelerometers.