Louisiana’s Sleep Crisis: What the Numbers Say

Evidently, there are a lot of us in Louisiana who could use a good night's sleep.

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If you continually find yourself in need of rest, don't feel like you're alone. Apparently, there are a lot of people here in Louisiana that feel the same exact way.

The scariest part are the health risks associated with sleep deprivation or "Hypersomnia."  According to the Better Health Channel:

Hypersomnia means excessive sleepiness. There are many different causes, the most common in our society being inadequate sleep. This may be due to shiftwork, family demands (such as a new baby), study or social life. Other causes include sleep disorders, medication, and medical and psychiatric illnesses.

Based on data released from a study conducted by the CBD product site CBDfx.com, Louisiana is the tenth sleepiest state in the entire country.

The site analyzed data issued by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concerning insufficient sleep, the ratio of mental health providers to people, reported poor mental health days per month, frequent mental distress for 14 or more out of 30 days, average working hours per month and rate of depression per state.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calculated this by looking at rates of depression in adults, before giving each state a depression severity score between 0.0 to 2.5.

Each state was then given an overall rank out of 1-50, with the lowest being the sleepiest.

The sleepiest U.S. state was determined to be West Virginia.  Alabama was second and Kentucky finished in third.

So, just how bad is our sleepiness in Louisiana?

According to the data, 38% of Louisiana people reported getting an insufficient amount of sleep.

Additionally, 19% of those adults reported poor mental health days, which is the second highest score.  Louisiana also ranked highly in regards to Rate of Depression, which could certainly explain a lot of the issues we've seen lately.