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Hi Elaine L
Here are some average guidelines for blood counts.
Don't panic if some counts are out of wack. Talk to your doctor first.

As a general average guideline:-
WBC - white blood cell count.
Adult Range:
SI units.
4.0 - 11.0 x 10*9 cells/L.
US units.
4,000 and 11,000 cells/ cu.mm (cubic millimetres) or /µl (per microlitre of blood)

WBC Differential.
Lymphocyte
Adult Range: 18 - 40%
Absolute value or Absolute lymphocyte counts (ALC):
720- 4400/µl or 0.72 - 4.4 x 10*9/L.
Children's Range: 25 - 50%
Absolute value or Absolute lymphocyte counts (ALC):
1000 - 5500/µl or 1.0 - 5.5 x 10*9/L.

Monocytes
Adult Range: 3 to 8%
Absolute value or Absolute monocyte count:
120 - 880/µl or 0.1 - 0.8 x 10*9/L.

Neutrophils
Adult Range: 50 - 73%
Absolute value or Absolute neutrophil counts (ANC):
2,000 - 8,030/µl or 2.0 - 8.0 x 10*9/L.
Children's Range: 30 - 60%
Absolute value or Absolute neutrophil counts (ANC):
1200- 6600/µl or 1.2 - 6.6 x 10*9/L

Eosinophils
Adult Range: 2 - 4%
Absolute value:
80 - 440/µl or 0.08 - 0.4 x 10*9/L.

Basophils
Adult Range: 0.5 - 1%
Absolute value:
20 - 110/µl or 0.02 - 0.1 x 10*9/L.

RBC - red blood cell count
(varies with altitude):
Male: 4.7 to 6.1 million cells/µl (per microlitre of blood)
Female: 4.2 to 5.4 million cells/µl
Children: 4.6 - 4.8 million cells/µl

Red cell distribution width (RDW)
11-15%

Haemoglobin
(varies with altitude):
Male - 8.1 to 11.2 mmol/L (13 to 18 gm/dL)
Female - 7.4 to 9.9 mmol/L (12 to 16 gm/dL)
Child - 7.1 to 8.4 mmol/L (11.5 to 13.5 gm/dL)
Newborns - 10.5 to 13.7 mmol/L (17 to 22 gm/dl)

Haematocrit
(varies with altitude):
Newborn Range - 0.5 to 0.62 (50-62%)
Child - 0.33 to 0.40 (33-40%)
Adult male - 0.39 to 0.51 (39-51%)
Adult female 0.34 to 0.46 (34-46%)

Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV)
Values are higher in newborns and infants.
Adult men 80-98 fl (femtoliters)
Adult Women: 96-108 fl

Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin (MCH)
27.5 - 33.5 pg/cell (picograms per cell)

Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC)
32 to 36 gm/dL
(this is sometimes reported in % i.e. 32-36%)

The platelet count
The normal range can be expressed in a number of ways, but they all mean the same.
150,000 - 350,000/µl ( platelets per microlitre)
150,000 - 350,000/ mm3 (platelets per cubic millimetre)
150 - 350 x 10*9/liter.

Mean Platelet Volume (MPV)
7.5-11.5 fl