Health & Fitness
What Disorder Contributes To 253 Million Days of Sick Leave A Year?
A surprising ailment causes 63.2 Billion dollars of lost revenue a year.
Sleep disorders lead to 253 million days of sick leave a year in the United States. 63.2 billion dollars are lost a year due to insomnia. A third of this is due to absence from work, while the other two thirds is due to a loss in productivity at work. 10% of the population suffers from insomnia. Sleep apnea affects 4-5% of the population.
University of Bergen, November 2012
Most people will experience an occasional night of insomnia here and there. However, millions of Americans suffer with chronic insomnia. These chronic cases are oftentimes simply an imbalance in the electrical activity of the brain which prevents the brain from producing the normal brainwave patterns that stimulate sleep.
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