16 March 2014 • www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com
In this illuminating new feature,
a u t h o r J e f f D a v i d s o n , o f f e r s a
month-by-month look at trends in
societ y that afect us all, including
a " by t he nu mber s" sn apshot of
sleep paterns, distracted driv ing ,
computers and the Internet, cluter,
nutrition and health, leisure, stress
and health, cell phone use, money,
mu lt it a s k i n g , d i s t r a c t ion s , a nd
spending habits.
To k ick of the feature, here is a
look at emerg i ng sleep pat ter ns,
some of which you may have already
sensed a nd ot hers, wh ich w i l l be
completely new to you.
Sleep perchance to dream. Just
how well, however, do we sleep? Do
we get enough each night? Do we
awake refreshed? A quick look at the
numbers tells us that apparently not
all is well in slumberland.
Work Life Balance Issues
SLEEP
I
t's 2014 and no one can say exactly what will take
place in the course of the year. One thing we do
know, however, is that societ y seems to be
moving so fast that none of us has a handle on
all the changes taking place.
BY THE NUMBERS
By Jeff Davidson
Percentage of adults who have
insomnia at any point
throughout the year:
30
%
sleepfoundaton.org
ONLY
31%
o
f
high
school
students
report
sleeping
at
least
8
hours
each
night.
CDC
Women are
twice as
likely as men
to have trouble
staying and
falling asleep.
Delta Sleep Labs
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