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	SLEEP HABITS
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	SLEEP DISORDERS
	• Dyssomnias - Breathing Disorders - UARS (disabled) - Sleep Apnea - Apnea/Hypertension - Daytime Sleepiness - Hypersomnia (disabled) - Insomnia - Epidemiology - Literature Review - Etiological Forms - Elderly - With Pain - Narcolepsy - Periodic Limb Movement - Restless Legs Syndrome • Parasomnias New - Bruxism - Confusional Arousals - Hypnagogic H. - Hypnopompic H. (disabled) - Nightmares - Sleep Paralysis - Sleep Terrors - Sleep Violence - Sleep Walking - Snoring
	ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
	• Physical Disorders - Morning Headaches - Hypertension - Chronic Pain • Mental Disorders - Producing Insomnia - Producing Hypersomnia - Producing Parasomnias
	TARGET POPULATIONS
	• Adolescents • Elders - Cognition and EDS* - Insomnia in Elderly • Shift Workers • Countries • Primary Care
	MENTAL DISORDERS
	• Depression - Major Depression (disabled) - Physical Signs (disabled) - With Chronic Pain - With Psychotic Features - With Sleep Apnea • Hallucinations - Historical Perspective - Prevalence, Comorbidity - Hypnagogic - Hypnopompic (disabled) • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder • Psychotropics

General Information

Official Name	Republic of Finland
Capital	Helsinki
Area	338,142 Sq Km (130,557 Sq Mi)
Population 2003	5,190,785
Location	Finland is located in North Europe.

Geography	It is bound by Russia to the east, the Gulf of Finland to the south, the Gulf of Bosnia and Sweden to the west and Norway to the north.
Density (1991)	16 persons per sq km (43 persons per sq mi)
Urban-Rural (1991)	61.6% urban 38.4% rural
Sex Distribution (1992)	48.6% male 51.4% female
Life Expectancy at Birth (1992)	70.8 years male 78.9 years female
Age Breakdown (1990)	19% under 15 21% 15 to 29 25% 30 to 44 17% 45 to 59 13% 60 to 74 5% 75 and over
Birth Rate (1990)	13.2 per 1,000
Death Rate (1990)	10.1 per 1,000
Increase Rate (1991)	3.1 per 1,000
Infant Mortality Rate (1990)	5.8 per 1,000 live births

Sleep Habits

Sleep/wake schedule

The Finnish population goes to sleep around 11:00PM and wakes up around 6:35 AM.

They sleep on average 7 hours 13 minutes. O

On week ends or days off, they sleep about 55 minutes more than on week days.

Insomnia

One on 9 individuals has difficulty falling asleep
One on three individuals has a disrupted sleep
One on 9 individuals wake up too early in the morning
One on 9 individuals feels sleep is not refreshing

One individual on 8 complained about the quality or quantity of his or her sleep.

This does not mean that all these individuals are insomniacs: only one on 9 individuals has a diagnosis of insomnia.

From Ohayon MM, Partinen M. Insomnia and global sleep dissatisfaction in Finland. J Sleep Res. 2002;11(4):339-46.

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