Many Americans are still not enough sleep

According to a study released Thursday was, millions of Americans not getting enough sleep - a problem that a major problem of public health than most experts can represent clearly before.

The study was conducted by the Federal Centers for U. S. Control and Prevention (CDC) and the data used in more than 400,000 telephone interviews that collected by the departments of health.

The study results were published in the current issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, and show that almost one third of Americans sleep on average less than seven hours a night - a figure that most medical experts agree, Sleep is the least healthy adults required.

The survey was conducted in 2008 and asked participants how many days a month he had not seen enough sleep or rest.

The study revealed that only three of 10 respondents said that the people she had enough sleepless nights, while 10 participants reported having spent the night in the last 30 days earlier.

The results of the study, the CDC estimates that up to 70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep and wakefulness.

The report also noted significant differences in sleep quality on demographics such as age, sex, race, education and geographical location.

Overall, the study found that more whites than blacks and Hispanics fell asleep, slept better than men women and the elderly better than the young.

The researchers also found some unusual and unexpected trends.

Insomnia is more common, for example, among residents of southern states like Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia.

Interestingly, the study also found that people sleep better without A-levels have habits of people with university degrees, with nearly 40 percent of people with less than high school reported d 'a good night's sleep every night during the previous month, while only 28 per cent of graduates could say the same thing.

At the conclusion of the report, the CDC issued a warning that the chronic lack of sleep can lead to serious complications such as high cholesterol, obesity and depression. Inside addition, furthermore experimental a correlation linking wakefulness and bad lifestyle, like smoking, intake and drinking.