Sleep in General

Facts and Stats

About one-half of adult drivers -- 51% or about 100 million people -- say they have driven a vehicle while feeling drowsy in the past year, and almost two in 10, (17% or 32 million people), have actually fallen asleep at the wheel, according to the National Sleep Foundation’s (NSF) 2002 Sleep in America poll.  One percent -- approximately two million drivers -- admit they have had an accident because they dozed off or were too tired to drive.

Below if a link to the Sleep Foundation and a sleep diary that can be downloaded from their site.   This diary does require Adobe Acrobat reader.

Rocky Mountain Sleep Disorders Center joins NSF to help children, parents and others learn about sleep and discuss sleep problems

Children who want to learn about sleep and healthy sleep habits now have a new Internet resource just for them from the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), the nation’s foremost sleep awareness organization. The SleepforKids.org Web site, www.SleepforKids.org, will help children ages 7 and up explore the importance of sleep and