Under what conditions would the breathing rate increase?

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The rapid breathing rate is the body's way of trying to increase oxygen or lower carbon dioxide levels level in the blood. Breathing rate increases during vigorous physical exercise, fight or flight, emergencies and when oxygen content decreases as in hill areas.

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