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| According to the National Sleep Foundation | | | | medications. All races suffered from sleep apnea. |
| âSleep in America Pollâ released in | | | | Sleep Apnea refers to a disruption of breathing while |
| March of 2010, roughly one third of Americans are not | | | | asleep, which if left untreated can be life-threatening. |
| getting enough sleep. The research was based on | | | | However, approximately 90% of people who |
| about 1,000 poll respondents and analyzed the results | | | | technically have Sleep Apnea have never been |
| based on respondent ethnicity. According to the poll | | | | diagnosed or realize they suffer from its affects. One |
| blacks, whites and hispanics were nearly twice as likely | | | | type of sleep apnea, obstructive sleep apnea, occurs |
| as Asians to have been diagnosed with a sleep | | | | when the throat muscles collapse during sleep, |
| disorder. More than one third of all respondents said | | | | preventing air from getting to the lungs. |