About two-thirds of Americans are gotting too little or too much sleep, risking their health, a new study sugges.
In Fact, People Not Getting The Right Amount of Sleep – SEVEN to Nine hours a night –h a 29% Increased Risk of Premature Death from Any Cause, Researcres Reported FEB. 27 in Jama Network Open,
“These Findings Provide New Evidence that Irregular Sleep Patterns Over A 5-Year Period May Increase The Risk of All-Causes and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality,” The Research TEAM LED BY KELLSIE FULLLS Assistant Professor of Epidemiology with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, CONCLUDED.
For the Study, Researchers Analyzed Sleep and Health Data on Nearly 47,000 people 40 to 79. Participants enter the study between 2002 and 2009, and Completed Follow-Up Surveen 2008 and 2013.
Researchers grouped all the participants based on their sleep “Trajectory” —Differenes
For example, people on a “long-short” Trajectory Got too much sleep at the beginning and too little by the end, while “short-left the opposite way.
Overall, 66% of participants reporting Getting Too Much or Too Little Sleep, Results Show.
Specific Results for Different Sleep Trajectories Included:
- A 29% Increased Risk of Death from Any Cause for Short-Long, 19% for long-short and 27% for long-long.
- A 22% Increased Risk of Heart-Related Death for Long-Long, 32% for long-short, and 22% for short-long.
“Associations Were Stronger Among White Compared With Black Adults and Among Adults with a Househld Income $ 15,000 or Greater Compared With Adults with Household Incomes with Househld Income Less Less Less Less G. “No differences were observed by sex.”
The study “highlights the importance of MainTaining Healthy Sleep Over Time,” Said an Accompanying editorial Written by Dayna Johnson, An Associate Professor of Epidemiology with the Emory University School of Public Health.
“The finding that transitioning from short or long to healthy sleep Duration is associateed with Increased Mortality Risk Underscores the impact of irregular sleep on health “It also also rayses critical questions about the potential for recover from insurance
More information:
Kelsie M. Full et al, Sleep Trajectories and All-Cause Mortality Among low-ticket adults, Jama Network Open (2025). Doi: 10.1001/Jamanetworkopen.2024.62117
Dayna A. Johnson, Racial and Socioeconomic Differences in Sleep Duration Trajectories and Mortality Risk, Jama Network Open (2025). Doi: 10.1001/Jamanetworkopen.2024.62127
The national sleep foundation has more on recommended Amounts of Sleep,
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