MIS 0855: Data Science Final Project

1. Effects of
Insufficient Sleep
Oviya Soundararajan
Ethan Moyer
Shaun Klotz
Drew Bennison

2. Describe the Scenario
Question: To what extent does sleep alters the
length of life? What role does Insurance play?
Importance:
- These issues are brought to light and can be addressed to improve the standard of living amongst PA
residents
- To highlight how essential sleep is

3. Describe the Data
Kep Elements:
1. Insufficient Sleep (%)
2. Length of Life
3. Mental Distress (%)
4. Physical Distress (%)
5. UnInsured (%)
Source: County Health Rankings.org

4. Analysis/Results
- P Value: 0.327
- Not statistically
significant

5. Analysis/Results
Orange= Below average
rates of insurance
Blue= Above average rates
of insurance
Importance of Sample Size

6. Orange= Worse than
average physical and
mental distress
Blue= Better than
average physical and
mental distress

7. Conclusions
● As Insufficient sleep , life expectancy , among both insured and uninsured
● While not statistically significant, there is a slightly positive relationship b/w higher
rates of % uninsured and life expectancy
● As insufficient sleep frequent mental/ physical distress as well.
● Counties with higher uninsurance rates had higher physical and mental distress,
than similar counties with lower uninsurance rates.
Overall, sleep affects length of life to a great extent. Counties with lower uninsurance tend to have lower
levels of distress.
**Lower levels of distress → better sleep → longer length of life**

8. References
““About BRFSS.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, www.cdc.gov/brfss/about/index.htm.
How Healthy Is Your County? | County Health Rankings.” County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, County
Health, 2019, www.countyhealthrankings.org/.