Effects of Insufficient Sleep Oviya Soundararajan Ethan Moyer
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Effects of Insufficient Sleep Oviya Soundararajan Ethan Moyer Shaun Klotz Drew Bennison
Describe the Scenario Question: To what extent does sleep alters the length of life? What role does Insurance play? Importance: - These issues are brought to light and can be addressed to improve the standard of living amongst PA residents To highlight how essential sleep is
Describe the Data Kep Elements: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Insufficient Sleep (%) Length of Life Mental Distress (%) Physical Distress (%) Un. Insured (%) Source: County Health Rankings. org
Analysis/Results - P Value: 0. 327 - Not statistically significant
Analysis/Results Orange= Below average rates of insurance Blue= Above average rates of insurance Importance of Sample Size
Analysis/Results Orange= Worse than average physical and mental distress Blue= Better than average physical and mental distress
Conclusions ● ● As Insufficient sleep , life expectancy , among both insured and uninsured While not statistically significant, there is a slightly positive relationship b/w higher rates of % uninsured and life expectancy ● ● As insufficient sleep frequent mental/ physical distress as well. Counties with higher uninsurance rates had higher physical and mental distress, than similar counties with lower uninsurance rates. Overall, sleep affects length of life to a great extent. Counties with lower uninsurance tend to have lower levels of distress. **Lower levels of distress → better sleep → longer length of life**
References ““About BRFSS. ” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, www. cdc. gov/brfss/about/index. htm. How Healthy Is Your County? | County Health Rankings. ” County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, County Health, 2019, www. countyhealthrankings. org/.
