Sleep facts and statistics


	Sleep facts and statistics

AScomputer

10-21-2009 9:04 AM

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We spend about a third of our life sleeping. The average adult sleeps 7 to 8.6 hours a day. Children statistics-292x300 Sleep facts and statisticssleep more than adults; they spent about 10 hours a day sleeping. Newborns, however, may sleep for nearly two-thirds of their day. There is an age-related difference in average time spent sleeping.

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