Ecological Disasters & Sleep Apnea
   
 

They were all caused by the effects of Sleep Disordered Breathing - SLEEP APNEA, better known by the general public.

As you now can see Sleep Apnea is responsible for many tragedies that happen to people in their daily lives:

  • The Population of the united states is approximately 273 million, 10% of the women and 25% of men, over 50 years, old have sleep apnea.
  • Three times greater chance of Heart Disease or Attack and Death
    Greater chance of Vehicular Accidents.
  • Ten times greater the chance of a Stroke.
  • Half the people that have hypertension have sleep apnea.
  • 80% to 90% don’t know they have sleep apnea.
  • 5% of the women and 15% if the men between 30 to 60 years of age have sleep apnea.
  • 70% of the people who have sleep apnea are obese but 30% are not
    Almost ¾ of the patients who have suffered ischemic stroke have sleep apnea.
  • 90% of men with a neck larger than 17.5" have treatable sleep apnea.
  • 90% of women with 16.o" neck have treatable sleep apnea.
  • 38,000 cardiovascular deaths a year alone because of Sleep Apnea but as high as 95% of the suffers have not been diagnosed yet
  • 53% of the Diabetics confirm they snore and a large majority severely
  • 28% of the men, and 24% of the women over 65 have sleep Apnea
  • There are over 7 million people in North America who have sleep apnea but have not been diagnose yet
  • 70 Billion is lost in decreased productivity, lost wages and property damage due to Snoring and Sleep Apnea in US alone.
  • Sleepiness is a causative factor in about 100,000 police reported traffic crashes each year, in the US alone.
  • 4% of all fatal motor vehicles accident in the US are because of sleep related problems, as sleepiness.
  • Several states are considering inaction laws that will require holders of commercial driving privileges to submit to Sleep Apnea testing
  • Research confirms that Sleep Apnea continues to deteriorate if not treated therapeutically over a period of time.
  • Sleep Apnea alone is the cause of excessive daytime sleepiness experienced by more that 20 million Americans
  • 40 million people in the US have sleep Apnea; 36 million of them don’t know they have it.