Calculate your lifetime sleep deficit and what it is costing you
The average American adult sleeps 6.8 hours per night — 1.2 hours less than the recommended 8 hours. That creates 8.4 hours of weekly sleep debt. Chronically sleeping under 7 hours is linked to increased risk of obesity heart disease and impaired cognitive function. The US loses an estimated $411 billion annually in productivity due to sleep deprivation.
Sleep debt is the cumulative deficit between the sleep you need and the sleep you actually get. Unlike financial debt sleep debt cannot be fully repaid in a single weekend. The CDC recommends 7-9 hours for adults aged 18-64 and 7-8 hours for adults 65 and older. This calculator shows your personal sleep debt and its estimated impact on cognitive performance.
The United States is one of the most sleep-deprived nations in the developed world. The CDC reports that 1 in 3 American adults do not get sufficient sleep on a regular basis — defined as less than 7 hours per night.
Sleep deprivation costs the US economy an estimated $411 billion per year in lost productivity according to research from the RAND Corporation — more than any other developed nation.
States with the highest rates of sleep deprivation include Hawaii at 46.5% of adults sleeping under 7 hours and Kentucky at 46.3%. Colorado has the best sleep rates at 28.8% of adults reporting insufficient sleep.
Short sleepers — those consistently getting under 6 hours — are 4 times more likely to catch a cold when exposed to a virus compared to those sleeping 7 or more hours according to research published in the journal Sleep.