Scientists reckon there’s a surprising way you can tell if someone has a high ‘body count’

How many people someone has slept with is something that not a lot of people disclose, but apparently, there’s one way to find out whether someone has a high count or not.

In a world where some people apparently like to pick and choose their partners based on how many sexual partners they have had, scientists believe they know a way to find out whether someone’s been enjoying the fruits of sex.

Recently, there was also a study which showed worrying signs for both men and women who didn’t have sex often, so this new body count study is pretty interesting to follow up with.

Walden University in Pennsylvania took information from US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and more and then collected data from 14,542 men and women who were asked about the number of times they engaged in oral or anal sex.

Scarily, it found that increased risk of death increased to 197 per cent for individuals who reported low sexual frequency and depression.

A study can tell how many people a person has slept with (Getty Stock Images)

On the flip side, does this mean that high levels of sex decrease your likelihood of death?

If that’s true, those who tested positive for having a high body count will be laughing when they’re outliving the rest of us.

Let’s get into this study.

The idea of body counts is an interesting topic, but it’s never been easy to determine whether a person has a high body count or not.

While it depends on what your definition of ‘high’ is, a Washington State University study can tell you that there’s a characteristic people share if they’ve had a significant amount of sexual partners.

Researchers Caroline Smith and Ed Hagen studied 4,300 participants in the US to find that men and women have one thing in common if they’ve been getting down and dirty a lot.

Apparently, it’s their strength.

“We found a main effect of strength on mating success proxied by lifetime number of sexual partners and current partnered status, but not past-year number of sexual partners or age at first intercourse,” the study read.

So, if you end up getting freaky with someone and their arms are like steel, you might have a rampant lover on your hands.

It's all to do with your body (Getty Stock Images)

According to a study featured in Social Psychological and Personality Science, there’s also an ideal number of partners for each gender to have.

For men, it’s four to five, and for women, it’s two to three (that seems off, but okay).

While it might seem ideal, the average person has slept with between one and ten people over the course of their life, as per a YouGov poll.

Of course, the number of sexual partners, or just the amount of sex a person will have largely depends on their hormones and their libido.

For example, if you’ve been in a long-term relationship for most of your life and then you leave it at 50, you’re probably not going to be having many partners afterwards as your libido might have slowed down, as per a study.

All in all, don’t worry about the numbers.