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- Obstructive Sleep Apnoea has been associated with an up to 23-fold increased risk of heart attack.
- Prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in adult men (as a percentage of the total adult male
population in the UK) is estimated to be 5% according to new figures published by theEuropean Lung Foundation and European Respiratory Society.
- A Gallup poll conducted by the British Sleep Foundation found that 19% of male drivers admitted to having fallen asleep while driving.
- 34% of drivers who drove more than 20,000 miles a year admitted that they had fallen asleep at the wheel during the previous 12 months.
- 770,000 people in the UK are estimated to suffer from a sleep disorder, with OSA being one of the most common.
- Sleepiness is the cause of an estimated 20% of all accidents on motorways.
- Sleepy driving has statistically been proven to be as dangerous as drunk driving.
- Obstructive Sleep Apnoea has also been found in 73.8% of male stroke victims.
- Another study found impaired concentration, memory and problem solving ability
in 89% of untreated OSA sufferers. |
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