You will find a detailed list of sleep apnea related information here with figures and statistics that would help you to get a close picture of the state of this disease across the world.

General Statistics

• Almost 20% of the total male population of US suffers from obstructive sleep apnea which consists of around 18 million Americans, among which several stay untreated.
• Although there are three types of sleep apnea conditions – central sleep apnea, mixed sleep apnea and Obstructive Sleep Apnea but the most common and dominating disorder is Obstructive Sleep Apnea which is more progressive and severe than the others.
• If you look closely at the gender segregation then you would find that almost 24% of men suffer from this disease and in comparison only 9% women undergo sleep apnea. Females can be more prone towards this problem during menopause.
• Almost 50% patients suffering from sleep apnea also suffer from snoring problems. Studies say that close to 38,000 people all across the world die of cardiovascular problems like stroke, hypertension and blood pressure which are closely related to sleep apnea.
• A dreadful figure of 90% of all the major cases are considered to go by unidentified as the indications of this disease cannot really be understood by the sufferer themselves and many are even not aware of the treatments available for sleep apnea.
• In the case of Obstructive Sleep Apnea, the patients are expected to experience up to 60 pauses in their sleep in an hour to a total of 400 every night. With more than 20 pauses, chances of life threatening situations arise.
• A research suggests that 1 out of 5 adults is expected to carry some symptoms of sleep apnea and 1 in 15 adults contain its symptoms moderately.
• Partners of the patients suffering from sleep apnea losses one hour of sleep every night due to the noisy gasps and the sound of snoring.

Statistics from various hospitals:

These following statistics have been derived from various hospital sources treating sleep apnea patients.

• Around 74% among all the sleep apnea patients admitted in various hospitals were men.
• Around 6% of the patients of sleep apnea required emergency admission.
• The average stay of the patients in the hospitals was of 1.7days.
• The average age of the sleep apnea patients who were hospitalized were 43 years.
• Only 3% of the patients in the hospital were above 75 years of age, affected with sleep apnea.