Article: Perceived insufficient rest or sleep--four States, 2006.(Report)(Table)

Chronic sleep loss is an under-recognized public health problem that has a cumulative effect on physical and mental health. Sleep loss and sleep disorders can reduce quality of life and productivity, increase use of health-care services, and result in injuries, illness, of deaths (i). Epidemiologic surveys suggest that mean sleep duration among U.S. adults has decreased during the past two decades (CDC, unpublished data, 2007). An estimated 50-70 million persons in the United States have chronic sleep and wakefulness disorders (1). Most sleep disorders are marked by difficulty falling or staying asleep, daytime sleepiness, sleep-disordered breathing, of abnormal movements, ...

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