The American Center for Disease Control and Prevention releases this about sleep deprivation

ByAaron G Stock

As sleep deprivation continues, I am dozing and driving, labor accidents and other human errors occur, but in fact how much people are sleep deprived, depending on race and age group I wonder if it will change and how to get a good sleepAmerica Disease Control Center(CDC) is investigating.

Insufficient Sleep Is a Public Health Epidemic | CDC Features
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It is "drowsiness" that triggers such things as doing out while driving a car, and tasks during daytime work are not advanced. Sleep shortage in modern society is caused by a wide range of social factors, insomnia andSleep apnea syndromeIt is also closely related to sleep disorders such as sleep disorders. CDC estimates that 70 million people from 50 million adults in the United States are suffering from sleep disorder, insomnia and the like.


In order to investigate how much sleep deprivation affects the entire population,Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemIt is said that we analyzed the results of questionnaire on adult sleeping situation collected by the world's largest telephone survey called BRFSS and the results obtained from multiple surveys carried out in the past.

Analysis of these data revealed that 35.3% of the 74,571 adults in the 12 surveyed areas slept 7 hours a day, 48% snore, 37.9% snore There was a day when I unconsciously fell asleep, 4.7% answered that there was something in one of the months that I went out while driving a car or actually fell asleep.

ByAmancay Maahs

United States Department of TransportationIn the United States, it is estimated that 1,550 fatal accidents caused by dozing driving occur in one year, and 40,000 injuries occurred, but 4.7% of people answered that they had experienced dozing driving more than once a month in a month It is no wonder no matter how many accidents are happening, looking at there.

In addition to this, CDC has been conducting a questionnaire on sleep disorders for subjects aged 16 years or older since 2005National Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyWe are also analyzing data from the survey called "NHANES", from 2005 to 2006 and from 2007 to 2008.

ByMC Quinn

In the analysis, we gathered the data of 10896 questionnaire respondents over the age of 20, 37% of the adults aged 20 to 39 were lacking sleep. According to the age group, 40.3% answered that 40 to 59 years old and 32% when it is over 60 years old, it is said that sleep is insufficient, and adults of 40 to 59 years old who are more active than 20 to 39 years old lack sleep We know that the proportion is high.

In terms of people, 53% of non-Hispanic blacks, 34.5% of non-Hispanic whites,HispanicIt seems that 35.2% had sleep deprivation, and it can be understood well that the proportion of sleep deprivation of non-Hispanic black people is very high.


According to CDC, the recommended daily sleeping time is 7 to 9 hours, and if it can only take less than this sleeping time, it will interfere with the daytime task.

The sleeping time required from an adult to a child is different,National Institutes of HealthAccording to (NIH)School ageChildren need at least 10 hours of sleep every day, 9 to 10 hours for teens and 7 to 8 hours for adults to need everyday.

However, according to the NIH survey, 30% of adults answered that they only had an average of 6 hours of sleep per day, and we know that only 31% of high school students have slept at least 8 hours.

ByJennifer Kiernan

There may not be many people who think that sleeping in 7 to 9 hours every day is solid even in Japan. However, CDC lists the following four points as "a point to get a good sleep" for such a person.

· Every night I go to bed at the same time and get up at the same time (wear good sleeping habits)
· Do not eat a large meal before sleeping
· Do not take caffeine or alcohol before going to bed.
· Do not take nicotine