What time do you fall asleep every day? If the answer is before 23:00, congratulations, you may have already defeated most people. If you have never experienced insomnia, then you are like a dragon and phoenix among people.
The recently released "2024 Chinese Residents' Sleep Health White Paper" shows that the overall sleep quality of residents is poor, and "post-00s" have difficulty falling asleep
The average daily sleep of residents is less than 7 hours
On the 16th, the Chinese Sleep Research Association released the annual theme of World Sleep Day in China - "Healthy Sleep for Everyone" in Beijing, and launched a large-scale national sleep science popularization activity. The "2024 Chinese Residents' Sleep Health White Paper" was also released simultaneously.
This survey report shows that residents on average fall asleep after midnight, and their nighttime sleep duration is generally shorter. The average number of nighttime awakenings is not high, but the overall sleep score is 75 points, indicating significant room for improvement.
In addition, 28% of the population slept for no more than 6 hours at night, and 64% of people had poor sleep quality (<80 points), with 22% of them having poor sleep quality (<70 points).
Most people have experienced sleep problems, with the main ones being waking up at night/early, difficulty falling asleep, and using the restroom at night. In addition, the report also mentioned that among the surveyed subjects, insomnia is not optimistic, with 59% experiencing insomnia symptoms and only 19% having no sleep disorders at all.
Post-2000s have difficulty falling asleep, and college students are addicted to their phones
The survey results released this time also showed that only 29% of the surveyed population fell asleep before 23:00, 47% fell asleep after midnight, and 13% fell asleep after 2:00 am. Among them, the average bedtime for those born after midnight is 00:33, while the bedtime for those born before 1970 is 23:02.
Retired individuals born before and after the 1970s are often troubled by waking up at night or going to the bathroom at night, while young people born after the 2000s and 1990s struggle with falling asleep.
A survey shows that 56% of college students use their phones for more than 8 hours a day, and 51% of them fall asleep after midnight, with 19% falling asleep after 2:00 am.
In addition, office workers tend to have more adequate sleep at night on non working days, sleeping an average of 33 minutes more than on working days, and falling asleep and waking up later than on working days. On non working days, college students tend to fall asleep and wake up later than office workers.
The higher the frequency of alcohol consumption, the lower the quality of sleep
The report released this time also reveals the relationship between sleep and lifestyle.
Data shows that people who love sports (monthly exercise frequency>=10 times) tend to go to bed early and wake up early, with an average of 23:56 falling asleep and 7:26 waking up, which is nearly 14 minutes less than the nighttime sleep duration of people with monthly exercise frequency<=3 times.
On average, drinkers sleep 27 minutes less per night than non drinkers. The higher the frequency of alcohol consumption, the lower the sleep quality. People who drink more than 7 times a week have a sleep score 4 points lower than those who never drink.
In addition, as BMI (body mass index) increases, the proportion of people with sleep scores greater than 80 gradually decreases. When BMI is greater than or equal to 28, only 21% of the population has a sleep score greater than 80.
