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. 2023 Jun 29:20:E53.
doi: 10.5888/pcd20.220400.

Prevalence and Geographic Patterns of Self-Reported Short Sleep Duration Among US Adults, 2020

Magdalena M Pankowska  1   2 , Hua Lu  3 , Anne G Wheaton  3 , Yong Liu  3 , Benjamin Lee  1 , Kurt J Greenlund  3 , Susan A Carlson  3
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Prevalence and Geographic Patterns of Self-Reported Short Sleep Duration Among US Adults, 2020

Magdalena M Pankowska et al. Prev Chronic Dis. .

Abstract

We estimated the prevalence of short sleep duration (<7 hours per day) among US adults aged 18 years or older by using 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data. Nationally, 33.2% of adults reported short sleep duration. We identified disparities across sociodemographic characteristics, including age, sex, race and ethnicity, marital status, education, income, and urbanicity. Counties with the highest model-based estimates of short sleep duration clustered in the Southeast and along the Appalachian Mountains. These findings identified subgroups and geographic areas in which tailored strategies for promotion of optimal sleep duration (≥7 hours per night) are most needed.

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Model-based crude and age-adjusted county-level prevalence estimates of short sleep duration (<7 hours per 24-hour period) among adults aged 18 years or older, by quintile, United States, 2020. Urban–rural classification was defined by the National Center for Health Statistics 2013 urban–rural classification scheme (6). Age-adjusted estimates were standardized to the 2000 projected US population aged 18 years or older in 13 groups (18–24, 25–29, 30–34, 35–39, 40–44, 45–49, 50–54, 55–59, 60–64, 65–69, 70–74, 75–79, ≥80) (4). Data source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (7).
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