Study: Southerners more sleep deprived
Where you live in the United States may influence how well you sleep, researchers report. Credit: ISTOCK
Where you live in the United States may influence how well you sleep, researchers report.
Southerners report the most sleep disturbances and daytime fatigue, while people in the West have the least, according to a new study that created state-by-state sleep maps for the United States.
"Sleep disturbance is a major public health concern. However, geographic dispersion of sleep problems, and the factors that may play a role in why some states or regions get better sleep, have been largely unexplored," study author Michael Grandner, a research associate at Penn's Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, said.
"Our study generated the first sleep maps for the U.S. that include data on sleep disturbance and daytime fatigue across most of the country," he added.
The researchers, using telephone survey data from more than 150,000 adults, determined that regional differences in mental health, race/ethnicity and access to medical care were the major reasons for the differences in sleep patterns among states.
The study was published online in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. -- HealthDay
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