General Sleep Statistics:

- Up to 15% of people are Sleepwalking.

- about 15% of people have restless leg syndrome

- Vehicular crashes are the third leading cause of death and injury in the

USA, and up to 20% of them are sleep related

- Untreated sleep apnea causes 500,000 motor vehicle crashes annually

- One in 20 men has sleep apnea

- Seizures occur more commonly during sleep than during waking hours

- Many tranquilizers actually decrease deeper stages of sleep that are

required for the restoration and fresh feeling in the morning

- Sleep loss of four hours is equivalent to being drunk with a blood alcohol

level of 0.1%

- One-third of young adults are pathologically sleepy during the day

- Sleep problems add an estimated $15.9 billion to national health care costs

• sources: Sleep Disorders Center study.

Insomnia Statistics

- 20-40% of all adults have insomnia in the course of any year

- 1 out of 3 people have insomnia at some point in their lives

- Over 70 million Americans suffer from disorders of sleep and wakefulness

- Of those, 60% have a chronic disorder Read The Full Story…