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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.


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