The Cost of Sleep-Related Accidents: A Reanalysis
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- 1 June 1995
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Sleep
- Vol. 18 (4) , 276-280
- https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/18.4.276
Abstract
This journal published a special report titled “The Cost of Sleep-Related Accidents: A Report for the National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research”. The report estimated that sleep-related accidents were annually associated with 23,318 fatalities, between 1,907,072 and 2,474,430 disabling injuries and costs between $43.15 billion and $56.02 billion. This paper reanalyzes the data base and assumptions underlying these estimates and concludes that they greatly overestimated the probable relationship between sleepiness and accidents. A more moderate estimate of this important relationship is proposed.Keywords
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