Sleep
deprivation is costing the Australian economy 52.48 billion dollars annually, a
report released on Tuesday found. The Deloitte Access Economics, in a report,
found
that 39.8 per cent of Australians were not getting enough sleep.
Deloitte
estimated that sleep deprivation accounted for 14.16 billion dollars in lost
productivity in the financial year ended in June 2017 while costing Australia’s
health system 1.42 billion dollars.
The report found out that almost 400
Australians die each year as a result of driving or operating heavy machinery
while fatigued. Dorothy Bruck, chair of the Sleep Health Foundation, said 7.4
million Australians suffered from a lack of sleep. Sleep deprivation can be a
contributing factor in heart disease, stroke, diabetes and depression.
“The
cost of sleep deprivation is utterly alarming and confirms we need to take
urgent action to put sleep on the national agenda,” Bruck told Australian media
on Tuesday. “Sleep or rather the lack of it is a substantial burden on our
economy and the livelihood of Australians, dampening mood, exacerbating health
problems, dulling our productivity and making us a danger on the roads and in
workplaces around the country.” NAN
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