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What percent of people in the developed world suffer from sleep disorders?
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Huge: Sleep apnea is common and affects millions.Insomnia is also all too commond. Most of these disorders are in fact diet related because high calorie malnutrition is widespread.
Answered 7/14/2017
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Sleep: Usually incidence of insomnia is 10 to 15 % acute or chronic, hypersomnia, sleep apnea is 5 % or so and then the others sleep wake delayed syndrome etc varies.
Answered 8/18/2013
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