The more you walk every day, the longer you might live — especially if you're already healthy or at risk for heart problems. Even small increases in steps can help, with benefits growing as you walk more than about 2,300 steps a day.

Walking more every day, especially between 8,000 and 10,000 steps, is linked to a lower risk of dying and a longer life.

Older people who take more steps every day—like walking around their neighborhood—live longer, and every extra 1,000 steps makes a noticeable difference.

Walking more every day is linked to living longer — every extra 1,000 steps you take is tied to a 15% lower chance of dying from any cause, especially once you pass about 3,900 steps a day.

Walking more every day might help adults live longer, so counting steps could be a good way for public health programs to encourage people to move more.

Walking a little more every day — like 500 extra steps — might help you live longer by reducing your chances of dying from heart problems.