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NEW YORK — New research has revealed the most sleepless states in the US, with Hawaii coming out on top.
The study conducted by addiction specialists at Diamond Rehab Thailand analyzed the latest data from the United Health Foundation’s American Health Rankings to see which states had the highest percentage of adults who reported sleeping, on average, fewer than seven hours a night.
It found that Hawaii is the most sleepless state in the US, with 39.4% of adults reporting sleeping, on average, less than seven hours in 24 hours. Of those aged 45-64, 41.9% reported inadequate sleep, the highest of all age groups in the study.
Coming in a close second place is West Virginia, where 39.2% of adults reported insufficient sleep. While 44.5% of those aged 45-64 reported a lack of sleep in the study, only 30.1% of adults aged over 65 said the same in the state.
Kentucky takes third place on the list, with 38.6% of adults reporting less than seven hours of sleep in a 24-hour period on average.
Coming in fourth place is the state of Alabama, where 38.3% of adults reported insufficient sleep. Those aged 18-44 recorded the highest amount of insufficient sleep, with 41% of residents in that age range saying so.
Rounding out the top five is Louisiana, where 36% of adults in the state report getting fewer than seven hours of sleep daily. Again, younger people had the highest percentage of inadequate sleep, with 38.9 of those aged 18-44 reporting this.
| Rank | State | Percentage of adults reporting insufficient sleep |
| 1 | Hawaii | 39.4% |
| 2 | West Virginia | 39.2% |
| 3 | Kentucky | 38.6% |
| 4 | Alabama | 38.3% |
| 5 | Louisiana | 36.0% |
| 6 | Georgia | 35.8% |
| 7 | Ohio | 35.5% |
| — | Pennsylvania | 35.5% |
| 8 | Nevada | 35.1% |
| 9 | Arkansas | 35.0% |
| — | Mississippi | 35.0% |
| 10 | Indiana | 34.9% |
Commenting on the findings, a spokesperson for Diamond Rehab Thailand said: “It’s essential to understand how critical sleep is to the most basic of functions in the human body and how much of a risk factor insufficient sleep can be for disease. One of the causes for poor mental and physical health is a lack of sleep. With socioeconomic factors impacting our everyday such as the cost-of-living crisis, it can be estimated that these overall percentages will rise.”
