Zhongxin Finance, March 17 (Reporter Zhang Ni) "The deepest night, the most expensive eye cream", a joke that accurately describes the living conditions of many young Chinese people.

Insomnia has become a major problem faced by contemporary society.

　　On the eve of World Sleep Day, a sleep white paper was released, describing the "portrait of insomniacs" to the outside world.

Who is staying up the deepest night in China?

Which cities are the "hardest hit areas" for lack of sleep?

Data map: A yoga studio in Guangzhou opened a "sleep technique" class.

The picture shows the students falling asleep peacefully under the guidance of the teacher.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Ji Dong

Nearly three-quarters of the surveyed Chinese have experienced sleep disturbances

　　On the 17th, the China Sleep Research Association and other institutions jointly released the "2022 White Paper on Chinese National Healthy Sleep".

According to the survey data, the sleep condition of Chinese people is not ideal, and nearly 3/4 of the respondents have experienced sleep disturbance.

　　Among them, 12% of the respondents have frequent sleep disturbances (the frequency of sleep disturbances in the last three months is greater than or equal to three days a week), and they have occasional sleep disturbances (the frequency of sleep disturbances in the last three months is less than or equal to two days a week) of respondents accounted for 59.5%, and only 26.3% never suffered from sleep disturbance.

　　In terms of sleep disturbance forms, difficulty falling asleep is the number one problem.

In addition, the mobile phone has become a sleep killer, and nearly 70% of night sleep is related to it.

Image source: Screenshot of the white paper

Over 40% of young people stay up late until after midnight

　　According to the white paper survey, 44% of young people aged 19-25 stay up late until after midnight, 42% of the elderly spend more than half an hour falling asleep, and the insomnia rate is as high as 21%.

　　Young adults aged 19-35 are the age group with high incidence of sleep problems, and poor sleep has gradually become a common pain point for young people.

All age groups generally suffer from poor sleep due to stress, the highest in the 26-45 age group.

For every two young adults who do not sleep well, there is one "stressful".

　　The white paper also analyzed that in March 2021, the Ministry of Education issued a "sleep order" and a "double reduction" policy in July of the same year.

After the "sleep order + double reduction" policy, 60% of primary and middle school students' sleep time increased to varying degrees. Among them, the sleep time increased by more than 2 hours to 9.41%, the increase of 1 to 2 hours reached 21.66%, and the increase of 0 to 1 hour up to 28.88%.

　　However, primary and secondary school students still lack sleep time.

The Ministry of Education's "Sleep Order" clearly requires that elementary/junior high school/high school students should sleep for 10/9/8 hours respectively.

This survey shows that the average sleep time of primary/junior high/high school students is only 7.65/7.48/6.5 hours.

Which industry is the most sleep-deprived?

　　According to the survey, in terms of occupation, 74% of service staff work more than two hours at night delivering food and delivering people by car.

Entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs, and self-employed individuals accounted for 52% of irregular work and rest, and 57% of them slept soundly.

　　In addition, 69% of doctors got up before 7am, of which 49% slept less than 6 hours.

More than 60% of the epidemic prevention personnel sleep less than 7 hours.

　　The courier and takeaway brothers work hard, leave early and return late, and sleep less than the general population.

　　The survey also shows that more than 56% of online car-hailing drivers will drive for more than 4 hours at night.

Two-thirds of ride-hailing drivers rated their sleep patterns as "average" or "more irregular."

Image source: Screenshot of the white paper

First-tier city residents go to bed the latest

　　Are there regional characteristics of sleep problems?

The white paper released this time also gives the answer.

　　According to the survey, residents of first-tier cities go to bed the latest, and residents of third-tier cities and below sleep the earliest.

　　The average sleep time of residents in first-tier cities is 6.94 hours; in new first-tier cities, it is 6.87 hours; in second-tier cities, it is 6.78 hours; and in third-tier cities and below, it is 7.15 hours.

　　The proportion of people who feel that they sleep poorly or very poorly in second-tier cities is significantly higher than in other cities.

　　The data also shows that people in Tibet have the longest average sleep time at 7.66 hours.

In Shanxi, Chongqing, Anhui, and Guangdong provinces, more than 60% of the respondents often take lunch breaks.

Data map: Citizens advocate correct and healthy sleep patterns through open-air public welfare performance art.

Photo by Chen Chao

Sleep deprivation more common among housewives

　　In terms of gender, men and women also have slightly different sleep problems.

　　The survey shows that 29% of men and 27.3% of women have no sleep problems, and the rate of women with sleep problems is slightly higher than that of men.

　　The proportion of housewives sleeping less than 6 hours is as high as 33%, and lack of sleep is more common.

The main troubles are easy to wake up and difficult to fall asleep, and more dreams, sleepwalking and insomnia also exist at the same time.

The main reasons that affect the sleep of this group are taking care of family members, financial pressure, and children's studies.

　　In addition, the data shows that the average bedtime difference between men and women is only 4 minutes, but women wake up 25 minutes earlier than men.

77.10% of women slept more than 6 hours at night, and 73.80% of men slept more than 6 hours at night.

　　In general, men and women slept the same amount of time, while women's sleep time was more concentrated.

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