Statistics and Facts About the Sleep Loss Problem in the USA
Sleep Loss Statistics and Facts
- More than 70 million Americans suffer from some form of sleep loss.
- According to The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, more than 100,000 serious automobile accidents a year are caused by driver
fatigue and lack of sleep.
- The National Sleep foundation reports that there has been a downward trend in the past five years in the amount of sleep that Americans get each night.
- People who sleep less than eight hours a night are twice as likely to become obese.
- The indirect costs for sleep deprivation (work loss, property damage from accidents, decreased productivity) are $35 billion
annually according to the National Sleep Foundation.
- People with serious sleep disorders are four times more likely to suffer depression than people who sleep well.