NEW YORK — Tired of hearing that more than a third of U.S. adults don’t get enough sleep? Here’s something new: a government report about which states get the most sack time.
It says South Dakota has the largest proportion of residents who get at least seven hours of sleep each night.
Hawaii has the lowest proportion.
For adults, the recommended amount of sleep is seven to nine hours each night. Past studies have found that more than one-third of U.S. adults get less. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a new round of national survey data that found the same thing.
The latest CDC report, based on surveys of more 444,000 adults in 2014, for the first time offers a look at findings in all 50 states. The Great Plains states led the nation in healthy sleep, buoyed by South Dakota, where 72 percent of those surveyed said they averaged at least 7 hours nightly.
The South and Appalachian states got the least sleep as a region. But Hawaii was the worst state, where 56 percent of respondents got the recommended amount of sleep.
