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    "70 million"
    1 Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Sleep Medicine and Research. Sleep Disorders and Sleep Deprivation: An Unmet Public Health Problem. Colten HR, Altevogt BM, editors. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2006. PMID: 20669438.
    "90%"
    2 Weaver MD, Robbins R, Quan SF, et al. Association of Sleep Disorders With Physician Burnout. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(10):e2023256. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.23256
    "Heart attack"
    3 Laugsand LE, Vatten LJ, Platou C, Janszky I. Insomnia and the risk of acute myocardial infarction: a population study. Circulation. 2011 Nov 8;124(19):2073-81. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.025858. Epub 2011 Oct 24. PMID: 22025601.
    "Depression"
    4 Daniel J. Taylor, PhD, Kenneth L. Lichstein, PhD, H. Heith Durrence, PhD, Brant W. Reidel, PhD, Andrew J. Bush, PhD, Epidemiology of Insomnia, Depression, and Anxiety, Sleep, Volume 28, Issue 11, November 2005, Pages 1457–1464, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/28.11.1457
    "Diabetes"
    5 Gottlieb DJ, Punjabi NM, Newman AB, Resnick HE, Redline S, Baldwin CM, Nieto FJ. Association of sleep time with diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance. Arch Intern Med. 2005 Apr 25;165(8):863-7. doi: 10.1001/archinte.165.8.863. PMID: 15851636.
    "Obesity"
    6 Hasler G, Buysse DJ, Klaghofer R, Gamma A, Ajdacic V, Eich D, Rössler W, Angst J. The association between short sleep duration and obesity in young adults: a 13-year prospective study. Sleep. 2004 Jun 15;27(4):661-6. doi: 10.1093/sleep/27.4.661. PMID: 15283000.
    "Heart attack"
    7 Laugsand LE, Vatten LJ, Platou C, Janszky I. Insomnia and the risk of acute myocardial infarction: a population study. Circulation. 2011 Nov 8;124(19):2073-81. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.025858. Epub 2011 Oct 24. PMID: 22025601.
    "Depression"
    8 Daniel J. Taylor, PhD, Kenneth L. Lichstein, PhD, H. Heith Durrence, PhD, Brant W. Reidel, PhD, Andrew J. Bush, PhD, Epidemiology of Insomnia, Depression, and Anxiety, Sleep, Volume 28, Issue 11, November 2005, Pages 1457–1464, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/28.11.1457

    Individuals

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    "75%"
    9 “Sleep Disorder Market Report, 2027” (Selbyville, DE: Global Market Insights, 2021), p. 46.
    "90%"
    10 Weaver MD, Robbins R, Quan SF, et al. Association of Sleep Disorders With Physician Burnout. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(10):e2023256. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.23256
    "Communities of color are twice as likely to have a sleep disorder."
    11 Dudley KA, Patel SR. Disparities and genetic risk factors in obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep Med. 2016 Feb;18:96-102. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2015.01.015. Epub 2015 Feb 27. PMID: 26428843; PMCID: PMC4602395.
    "2x more likely to miss work"
    12 https://www.thensf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2007-SIA-Summary_Of_Findings.pdf

    Employers

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    "30% of the workforce has a sleep disorder"
    13 Kessler, Ronald C et al. “Insomnia and the performance of US workers: results from the America insomnia survey.” Sleep vol. 34,9 1161-71. 1 Sep. 2011, doi:10.5665/SLEEP.1230   
    "$16 Billion"
    14 Twery, M. J. T. J. (2012, August). Are You Sleep-Deprived. NiH Medicine Plus,  Page 16.
    "$31 Billion"
    15 Shahly, Victoria et al. “The associations of insomnia with costly workplace accidents and errors: results from the America Insomnia Survey.” Archives of general psychiatry vol. 69,10 (2012): 1054-63. doi:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.2188 
    "$63 Billion"
    16 Ronald C. Kessler, PhD, et al., “Insomnia and the Performance of US Workers: Results from the America Insomnia Survey,” Sleep, Volume 34, Issue 9, 1 September 2011, Pages 1161–1171, https://doi.org/10.5665/SLEEP.1230 
    "2x more likely"
    17 National Sleep Foundation 2007; Women and Sleep Taylor D. Sleep 2005;28(11):1457-64c via https://www.assp.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/sleep-deprivation-slides.pdf?sfvrsn=4 

    Payors

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    "$411 Billion"
    18 Marco Hafner et al., “Why Sleep Matters -- the Economic Costs of Insufficient Sleep: A Cross-Country Comparative Analysis,” January 2017, https://doi.org/10.7249/rr1791.  
    "70,000,000"
    19 Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Sleep Medicine and Research. Sleep Disorders and Sleep Deprivation: An Unmet Public Health Problem. Colten HR, Altevogt BM, editors. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2006. PMID: 20669438. 
    "90% of people with sleep disorders"
    20 Weaver MD, Robbins R, Quan SF, et al. Association of Sleep Disorders With Physician Burnout. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(10):e2023256. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.23256   
    "2x as likely"
    21 Kingsbury, J.H., Buxton, O.M., Emmons, K.M. et al. Sleep and its Relationship to Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease. Curr Cardiovasc Risk Rep 7, 387–394 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12170-013-0330-0 
    "$3000"
    22 Cost of employee sleep disorders. National Safety Council. (n.d.). Retrieved October 18, 2022, from https://www.nsc.org/workplace/safety-topics/fatigue/cost-of-employee-sleep-disorders 

    Providers

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    "1.7x more likely to have diabetes"
    23 Gottlieb DJ, Punjabi NM, Newman AB, Resnick HE, Redline S, Baldwin CM, Nieto FJ. Association of sleep time with diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance. Arch Intern Med. 2005 Apr 25;165(8):863-7. doi: 10.1001/archinte.165.8.863. PMID: 15851636.
    "1.45x more likely to have a heart attack"
    24 Laugsand, L. E., Vatten, L. J., Platou, C., & Janszky, I. (2011). Insomnia and the risk of acute myocardial infarction. Circulation, 124(19), 2073–2081. https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.111.025858 
    "7.5x more likely to have obesity"
    25 Hasler G, Buysse DJ, Klaghofer R, Gamma A, Ajdacic V, Eich D, Rössler W, Angst J. The association between short sleep duration and obesity in young adults: a 13-year prospective study. Sleep. 2004 Jun 15;27(4):661-6. doi: 10.1093/sleep/27.4.661. PMID: 15283000.
    "10x more likely to have depression"
    26 Daniel J. Taylor, PhD, Kenneth L. Lichstein, PhD, H. Heith Durrence, PhD, Brant W. Reidel, PhD, Andrew J. Bush, PhD, Epidemiology of Insomnia, Depression, and Anxiety, Sleep, Volume 28, Issue 11, November 2005, Pages 1457–1464, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/28.11.1457
    "1 sleep specialist for every 43,000 Americans"
    27 Watson NF, Rosen IM, Chervin RD; Board of Directors of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. The Past Is Prologue: The Future of Sleep Medicine. J Clin Sleep Med. 2017 Jan 15;13(1):127-135. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.6406. PMID: 27998380; PMCID: PMC5181604.

    OSA

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    "Costs $150 billion a year"
    28 2016. Hidden Health Crisis Costing America Billions: Underdiagnosing and Untreating Obstructive Sleep Apnea Draining Healthcare System. Retrieved from https://aasm.org/advocacy/initiatives/economic-impact-obstructive-sleep-apnea/.