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Snoring
- 41.5% of the UK population snore (British
Snoring and Sleep Apnoea Association)
- In the
UK, there are about 15 million snorers – 10.4
million males and 4.5 million females (British Snoring
and Sleep Apnoea Association)
- A study at the
University of Erlangen, Germany, found that many young
people snore; 61% of medical students (both male and
female) have been told so by their partners
- Snoring
is said to have been useful to primitive man, frightening
away predators at night
- Churchill and Mussolini
were both famous snorers
- A doctor at the University
of Minnesota, USA, found that the snores of 12% of
people referred to his clinic exceeded 55 decibels – the
maximum legal outdoor night-time noise in Minnesota. “They
could get arrested for disturbing the peace – that’s
how loud the noise is,” he said
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Snoring is very common and is more likely the older you are.
- Among 30–35 year-olds, about 20%
of men and 5% of women snore regularly.
- By the age of 60 years, about 60% of men and 40% of women
snore regularly.
Snoring may be a sign of disturbed sleep,
meaning you are less alert during the day. Lots of couples
row about snoring, and often sleep in separate rooms because
of it. Sharing a bed with a snorer can seriously affect the
partner’s
sleep; this was proved by a study in America (reported in the Mayo Clinic
Proceedings 1999;74:939–66), which showed that when
snoring was eliminated, the bed partners got an extra hour
of sleep each night.
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