Short Sleep Duration Among Middle School and High School Students — United States, 2015

Government Record · Anne G. Wheaton et al. · January 26, 2018

Short sleep affected 57.8% of middle-school and 72.7% of high-school students in the analyzed state data. Nine states contributed to the combined middle-school analysis and 30 to the high-school analysis.

57.8% of middle school students and 72.7% of high school students slept less than the recommended number of hours.

MMWR report

Short sleep affected 57.8% of middle-school and 72.7% of high-school students in the analyzed state data. Nine states contributed to the combined middle-school analysis and 30 to the high-school analysis. Supports the percentages with their school-level and state-coverage limits; does not by itself attribute short sleep to phones.

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