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February 23rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda THURSDAY, Feb. 23 (HealthDay News) — 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.
University of Pennsylvania researchers created the maps using national
data collected by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“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 in a university news
release.
“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.
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and West Virginia had the
highest rates of sleep disturbance and daytime fatigue. The findings are
consistent with previous research showing that many of the states with
higher rates of sleep disturbance and daytime fatigue are the same ones
with higher rates of other conditions, such as obesity.
The researchers used telephone survey data from more than 150,000
adults. They 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 take-home message from this study is that different regions of the
country sleep better than others,” Grandner said. “We should begin to use
this data to track patterns of poor sleep and try to understand why these
patterns occur. Sleep is such an important part of overall health, we need
to do everything we can to help give a good night’s sleep to those in the
highest-risk regions.”
The study is published online in the Journal of Clinical Sleep
Medicine.
More information
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more about sleep and sleep
disorders.
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