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- About 40 million Americans suffer from a sleep problem, nearly 60% of them have a chronic disorder.
- The second most common sleep disorder is Obstructive Sleep Apnoea, which affects about
18 million Americans.
- A poll conducted by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) found 62% of all adults surveyed had driven a car while feeling drowsey and over 25% admitted they had actually dozed off while driving..
- Drivers are up to 7 times more likely to have an automobile accident if they have untreated OSA.
- More than 50% of Americans aged 65 and older have a sleep problem.
- The prevalence of sleep disorders appears to increase with advancing age, and as
Americans age, an estimated 80 million Americans will have a sleep problem by
the year 2010.
- Sleep disorders add an estimated $15.9 billion to the National Health Care Bill.
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration found 28% of commercial truck drivers they surveyed had OSA ranging from mild to severe.
- 23% of People surveyed said they new someone who had experienced a “fall-asleep”
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