Scientists have FOUND a way to find out if you’re likely to die in the near future, according to a NEW study.

The amount of beats your heart makes per minute when you are resting can predict the likelihood of dying prematurely, according to research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal - and if your heart beats 10 times more every minute while resting, then you are nine per cent more likely to suffer an early death.

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Generally, a healthy heartbeat whilst resting is between 60 and 100 beats per minute (BPM).

The lower the heart resting heart rate, the more EFFECTIVELY the heart works. The hearts of professional athletes beat at roughly 40 bpm while resting.

Doctors have known this for some time, but this is the first research of its kind to link the onset of an early death to resting heart rates.


The study shows that if the resting heart rate is more than 80 bpm, you are 45 per cent more likely to die within the next 20 years.

People whose resting heart rate was between 60 and 80 bpm only had a 21 per cent CHANCE of dying prematurely.