Statistics about Insomnia

Prevalence and incidence statistics for Insomnia:

See also prevalence and incidence page for Insomnia

Prevalance of Insomnia: 32 million (unreliable estimate)

Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 8 or 11.76% or 32 million people in USA [about data]

Society statistics for Insomnia

Hospitalization statistics for Insomnia:

The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Insomnia:

• 0.001% (98) of hospital consultant episodes were for insomnias in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 98% of hospital consultant episodes for insomnias required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 74% of hospital consultant episodes for insomnias were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 26% of hospital consultant episodes for insomnias were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 6% of hospital consultant episodes for insomnias required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 3.8 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for insomnias in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for insomnias in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 36 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for insomnias in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 62% of hospital consultant episodes for insomnias occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 3% of hospital consultant episodes for insomnias occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% of hospital consultant episodes for insomnias were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0.001% (352) of hospital bed days were for insomnias in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

About statistics:

This page presents a variety of statistics about Insomnia. The term 'prevalence' of Insomnia usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Insomnia at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Insomnia refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Insomnia diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.