Sleep duration
The recommended number of hours of sleep a person needs per 24 hours changes with age. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), children aged 6 to 12 years are recommended to get between 9 and 12 hours of sleep per day while teenagers are recommended to get 8 to 10 hours. Short sleep duration among adults aged 18 to 60 years is defined as less than seven hours. However, in 2021, around 45 percent of adults in the United States reported sleeping less than seven hours per day during the week. The states with the highest share of children and adolescents with short sleep duration are Mississippi, Louisiana, and West Virginia. From 2016 to 2018, almost half of all children and adolescents in Mississippi slept less than the recommended time for their age group.Sleeping aids
Sleeping aids are a common solution to sleeping problems for many people in the United States. The leading sleeping aid tablet brands in the United States based on sales in 2019 include Natrol, Nature's Bounty, and Nature Made. The OTC sleep aid market has grown significantly in the past few years, reporting revenue of about 437 million U.S. dollars in 2021, compared to 217 million U.S. dollars in 2011. Sales of melatonin, a common over-the-counter sleep aid, have steadily increased over the past few years and saw a substantial jump in sales from 2019 to 2020, perhaps as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
