Survey: Only 16% of sleep-deprived Americans track their sleep
MINNEAPOLIS — Up late? Early riser? Regardless, if you’re like most Americans, your sleep is taking a big hit.
According to a new Sleep Number study conducted by an independent research firm, Americans sleep an average of 6.7 hours per night (experts recommend eight). But, only 5.7 hours of that are considered restful. If that’s not enough to make you want to take a nap, 41% report they get four hours or less of restful sleep per night.
New York may be home to the “city that never sleeps,” but there are 11 states getting less sleep than the Empire State, including Georgia and Hawaii, the most sleep-deprived states in the country. Visit Sleepnumber.com/CommitToSleep for national and state-by-state statistics.
States getting the least amount of sleep are:
Georgia (6.1 hours);
Hawaii (6.3 hours);
Nevada (6.3 hours);
Oklahoma (6.4 hours); and
Arizona (6.4 hours).
States that get the most sleep, but still don’t hit the recommended eight hours, are:
Idaho (7.1 hours);
New Hampshire (7.1 hours);
Vermont (7.1 hours);
Montana (7 hours); and
Oregon (6.9 hours).
According to the study, more than half of people (58%) wish they knew more about improving their sleep quality, with Hawaii at the top of that list (78%). Yet, few actually track their sleep like they do other parts of their lives. As many as 43% of Americans have tried tracking exercise and 41% have tried tracking diet, yet only 16% have tracked their sleep.