Did you know that Insomnia......

Based on the responses of the 36,984 randomly selected respondents, the study reported the following:

1. 13% (about 1 in 7) of people in Canada over the age of 15 have insomnia. (Editor's Note: Compare to an estimated 9% of the US population)
2. 18% of these reported sleeping less than 5 hours a night.
3. 29% of them said that they had taken some kind of sleep medication during the previous 12 months, versus 7% of non-insomniacs.
4. Insomnia risk rises with age – about 10% at age 15-24, to about 20% at age 75+.
5. Women are more likely to report insomnia than are men, but only just – 15% versus 12%.
6. Medical conditions seemed to affect about 20% of the sleepless.
7. Almost 1/3 reported insomnia along with anxiety or mood disorders – versus about 12% who didn’t report these issues.
8. 23% of people who reported their lives as “stressful” suffered from insomnia – about double the people who reported “little or no” stress.
9. 17% of insomniacs rated their ability to cope with difficult problems as fair or poor.
10. Heave/obese people have a higher prevalence of insomnia than people of normal weight. The lowest reported episodes of insomnia were people of a normal weight.
11. Those with high school education or lower report a higher incidence of insomnia than more educated groups. Lower education generally translates into a lower standard of living (they looked at this as well).
12. 16% of heavy drinkers (2+ drinks/day) reported insomnia. It’s pretty much taken as fact now that alcohol may help you get to sleep, but the quality of that sleep is really poor.
13. 18% of people who use cannabis (marijuana) were sleepless.

LINK: http://www.myzeo.com/sleep/knowledge-center/articles/13-surprising-facts-about-insomnia