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Sleep Statistics
1. INTELLIGENT SLEEP
Wayne Caswell
Founding Editor, Modern Health Talk
waynecaswell@mHealthTalk.com
Sleep Statistics from “Sleepless in America,” a National Geographic channel
documentary. (Watch at www.mhealthtalk.com/sleepless-in-america/)
How much sleep do we Need?
Every species studied to date (plant or animal) needs sleep.
Human Infants need 16 hours/day
Children ages 5-12 need 10-11 hours/night
Teens need 8-10 hours
Adults need 7-9 hours
Seniors need 6-8 hours
How much sleep do we Get?
2 hours — Americans sleep this much less than we did 150 years ago.
40% of all adults sleep less than 7 hours. (Actually most sleep less than 7 hrs Mon-Fri.)
>40% of night shift workers sleep less than 6 hours.
30% of all adult workers get less than 6 hours. (CDC, 2012)
70% of adolescents are sleep deprived.
Short Sleep is a KILLER
20% more likely to Die in 20 years
27% higher risk of Obesity
Hungrier: high-calorie, high-carb
Increased appetite for fatty foods 33%
500 more calories/day consumed (like adding 1 cheese burger/day to your diet)
30-40% reduced Glucose Metabolism
62% higher risk of Breast Cancer
48% higher risk of Heart Disease
5 times higher risk of Diabetes
>29M Americans have diabetes.
>79M more have pre-diabetes.
3 times higher risk of catching a Cold due to Impaired Immunity
4 times higher risk of Stroke
5 times higher risk of developing Depression
Brain Tissue loss and failure to clear out amyloid plaques & toxins associated with
Alzheimer’s
2. Drowsy Driving is a KILLER
20% of Car Accidents (>100,000/year)
1,500 Deaths
71,000 Injuries
$12.5 billion Monetary Loss
32% reduced Alertness with 1.5 less sleep
Like driving Drunk (<5 hours sleep as bad as 5% blood-alcohol)
Benefits of Good Sleep (messages for women)
Look Better: We all need our Beauty Sleep
Overall Appearance: less attractive, sad looking
Weight: Lose 14.3 lbs/yr with 1 hour more sleep
Health: Live longer & better
School: Develop higher IQ, get better grades
Family: Improved relationships & sex
Benefits of Good Sleep (messages for men)
Improved: attention, creativity, decision-making, focus, mood, reaction & recovery
times, working memory, and more
Resulting in: more raises & promotions, earning capacity, net worth
11% quicker recovery from Exhaustion (better workouts)
17% improved Reaction Times off the block (swimming)
3% improved Reaction Times (basketball)
0.1 second faster 40-yard dash (football)
42% boost in Hitting Accuracy (tennis)
3x fewer lapses in attention (baseball)
Naps among military pilots improved performance of 34% and alertness 100% (NASA)
Other Sleep Stats
Corporate productivity: $63 billion/year lost from sleep deprivation (Harvard Health
News, 2011)
Disasters: Experts now believe sleep deprivation played a role in:
the Exxon Valdez oil spill,
Staten Island Ferry crash, and
Three Mile Island nuclear meltdown, among others.
among other disasters.
Mood & Emotion: 60% more reactive
Medical errors: increase dramatically with long hours.
Students: later start times result in higher test scores, less depression, and 70% fewer
car crashes.
Only about 50% of people who try a CPAP machine for apnea continue to use it
regularly.
60M sleep medications were prescribed by US physicians in 2011.