A third of the adults in Texas could use a little more sleep, a new federal report says. People between the ages of 18-60 should get at least seven hours of sleep a night.
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Southern and Appalachian states reported being the most sleep deprived while those living in the Great Plains said they were the most rested.
Whites and Hispanics sleep more than native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders and blacks, according to the CDC analysis, which was based on 2014 self-reported data from 444,306 US adults who answered questions by telephone in a routine national health survey.
The prevalence of healthy sleep duration varied among states and ranged from 56 percent in Hawaii to 72 percent in South Dakota.
The CDC said that less than seven hours of sleep a night and other poor sleep habits are linked to health risks.
A new CDC study concludes something we’ve known for a while: Americans aren’t getting as much sleep as they should.
“As a nation we are not getting enough sleep”, Dr. Wayne Giles, director of CDC’s Division of Population Health, said in a news release. Getting less than an adequate amount of rest can potentially raise a person’s risk for a host of health problems, ranging from weight gain and obesity to high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, diabetes and mental health issues like depression.
In addition to urging individuals to pay more attention to their sleep, the CDC’s report called for employers to design better work schedules, particularly for shift work.
For the past decade, about one-third of adults have consistently reported not getting enough sleep, according to Wheaton.
People with higher education also appeared better able to sleep well.
The percentage reporting a healthy sleep duration was higher among people who were married (67 percent) compared with those who were never married (62 percent) or divorced, widowed, or separated (56 percent).
The lowest proportion of adults who slept adequately was centred in the southeastern United States, an area that also has the highest prevalence of obesity and other chronic conditions.
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Go to bed at the same time each night and rise at the same time each morning. And maybe they aren’t aware of the impact sleep can have on your health. After all, health-care workers are more likely to make costly mistakes if cognitively impaired by sleep deprivation, she said.
