Dec
29
2009
How Many People Have A Sleeping Disorder?
Posted by: Alan in Sleep Disorder, tags: Disorder, Have, Many, People, Sleeping
I am doing a paper and want to include the number of people have a sleeping disorder (not necessarily a specific one)
Does know of a website in which I can quote that? Thanks!
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December 29th, 2009 at 8:41 am
I could only find a number for Sleep Apnea & Restless Leg Syndrom (RLS):
Sleep apnea is very common, as common as adult diabetes, and affects more than twelve million Americans, according to the National Institutes of Health.
-http://www.sleepapnea.org/info/index.htm…
nearly 10% of the population have RLShttp://www.rls.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Document…
but I found lots of links to various sleep disorders (below); perhaps you can find more info
December 29th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Frequency
United States
OSAHS is a common disease in the United States. The prevalence of OSAHS, as indicated by data from the Wisconsin Cohort Study (adults aged 30-60 y), is 9-24% for men and 4-9% for women. The estimated prevalence of OSAHS is 2% in women and 4% in men. Similar data have been reported from an epidemiologic study from Pennsylvania.10
International
The prevalence of OSAHS in non-US populations has only been studied in men and has been found to be as low as 0.3% in England. It is as high as 20-25% in Israel and Australia; the prevalence of OSAHS in Australian men was estimated to be 3%.
from – http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/TOPIC419.HTM
(But I think these data are grossly underestimating the prevalence)
December 29th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
tonight i do because im thinking about the girl i love and is also my best friend the only reason it sucks is cause she dosent know i like her
December 29th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
try sleep apnea thats what i have
December 29th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
wow i dont
December 29th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Ive got one tonight my self cause I cant get this girl out of my mind that I met the other day.