China News Service, Beijing, March 17 (Reporter Zhang Ni) What time can you fall asleep every day?

If the answer is before 23:00, then congratulations, you may have defeated most people.

If you have never suffered from insomnia, you are one of the best.

　　The "2024 Chinese Residents' Sleep Health White Paper" released recently shows that the overall sleep quality of residents is poor, and "post-00s" have difficulty falling asleep...

  Picture from "2024 White Paper on Sleep Health of Chinese Residents"

The average daily sleep of residents is less than 7 hours

　　On the 16th, the China Sleep Research Association released China's annual theme for World Sleep Day - "Healthy Sleep for Everyone" in Beijing, and launched a large-scale national sleep science popularization activity. The "2024 Chinese Residents' Sleep Health White Paper" was also released simultaneously.

　　This survey report shows that residents fall asleep after midnight on average, and their sleep duration at night is generally short.

The average number of awakenings during the night is not many, but the overall sleep score is 75 points, and there is still room for improvement.

　　In addition, 28% of people sleep no more than 6 hours at night, and 64% of people have poor sleep quality (<80 points), of which 22% have poor sleep quality (<70 points).

　　Most people have experienced sleep disturbances. The main sleep disturbances include: waking up at night/early morning, difficulty falling asleep, and going to the toilet at night.

In addition, the report also mentioned that among the surveyed people, the problem of insomnia is not optimistic, 59% have insomnia symptoms, and only 19% have no sleep disorders at all.

  Picture from "2024 White Paper on Sleep Health of Chinese Residents"

"Post-00s" have difficulty falling asleep, and college students are "addicted" to mobile phones

　　The survey results released this time also show that only 29% of the people surveyed fell asleep before 23:00, 47% fell asleep after midnight, and 13% fell asleep after 2:00 in the morning.

Among them, the average time to fall asleep for those born after 2000 is 00:33, and that for those born before 70 is 23:02.

　　Retirees before and after the 1970s are often troubled by waking up at night/early and going to the toilet at night, while young people after the 00s and the 90s are troubled by difficulty falling asleep.

　　For college students, the survey shows that 56% of college students use mobile phones for more than 8 hours a day, 51% fall asleep after midnight, and 19% fall asleep after 2:00 am.

　　In addition, office workers tend to get more adequate sleep at night on non-working days, sleeping an average of 33 minutes more than on working days. Their falling asleep and waking up times are also later than on working days. College students' falling asleep and waking up times on non-working days are longer than those of office workers. later.

   Picture from "2024 White Paper on Sleep Health of Chinese Residents"

The higher the frequency of drinking, the lower the quality of sleep

　　The report released this time also reveals the relationship between sleep and lifestyle.

　　Data shows that people who love sports (monthly exercise frequency >= 10 times) tend to go to bed early and get up early, falling asleep at 23:56 and waking up at 7:26 on average, which is nearly 14 hours shorter than those who exercise monthly <= 3 times. minute.

　　Drinkers sleep an average of 27 minutes less per night than non-drinkers.

The higher the frequency of drinking, the lower the quality of sleep. People who drink more than 7 times a week have a sleep score 4 points lower than those who never drink.

　　In addition, as BMI (body mass index) increases, the proportion of people with sleep scores greater than 80 points gradually decreases.

When the BMI is greater than or equal to 28, only 21% of the population has a sleep score greater than 80.

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