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Statistics by Country for Sleep apnea

Prevalance of Sleep apnea:

estimated 18 million Americans (NHLBI)

Prevalance Rate for Sleep apnea:

approx 1 in 15 or 6.62% or 18 million people in USA [about data]

Extrapolation of Prevalence Rate of Sleep apnea to Countries and Regions:

WARNING! EXTRAPOLATION ONLY! NOT BASED ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC DATA SOURCES. The following table attempts to extrapolate the above prevalence rate for Sleep apnea to the populations of various countries and regions. These prevalence extrapolations for Sleep apnea are only estimates, based on applying the prevalence rates from the US (or a similar country) to the population of other countries, and therefore may have very limited relevance to the actual prevalence of Sleep apnea in any region:

Country/Region Extrapolated Prevalence Population Estimated Used
Sleep apnea in North America (Extrapolated Statistics)
USA 19,433,078 293,655,4051
Canada 2,151,256 WARNING! (Details) 32,507,8742
Mexico 6,945,855 WARNING! (Details) 104,959,5942
Sleep apnea in Central America (Extrapolated Statistics)
Belize 18,062 WARNING! (Details) 272,9452
Guatemala 945,039 WARNING! (Details) 14,280,5962
Nicaragua 354,689 WARNING! (Details) 5,359,7592
Sleep apnea in Caribbean (Extrapolated Statistics)
Puerto Rico 257,953 WARNING! (Details) 3,897,9602
Sleep apnea in South America (Extrapolated Statistics)
Brazil 12,183,161 WARNING! (Details) 184,101,1092
Chile 1,047,173 WARNING! (Details) 15,823,9572
Colombia 2,799,977 WARNING! (Details) 42,310,7752
Paraguay 409,722 WARNING! (Details) 6,191,3682
Peru 1,822,784 WARNING! (Details) 27,544,3052
Venezuela 1,655,562 WARNING! (Details) 25,017,3872
Sleep apnea in Northern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Denmark 358,239 WARNING! (Details) 5,413,3922
Finland 345,078 WARNING! (Details) 5,214,5122
Iceland 19,453 WARNING! (Details) 293,9662
Sweden 594,688 WARNING! (Details) 8,986,4002
Sleep apnea in Western Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Britain (United Kingdom) 3,988,502 WARNING! (Details) 60,270,708 for UK2
Belgium 684,812 WARNING! (Details) 10,348,2762
France 3,998,661 WARNING! (Details) 60,424,2132
Ireland 262,691 WARNING! (Details) 3,969,5582
Luxembourg 30,619 WARNING! (Details) 462,6902
Monaco 2,135 WARNING! (Details) 32,2702
Netherlands (Holland) 1,079,880 WARNING! (Details) 16,318,1992
United Kingdom 3,988,502 WARNING! (Details) 60,270,7082
Wales 193,102 WARNING! (Details) 2,918,0002
Sleep apnea in Central Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Austria 540,976 WARNING! (Details) 8,174,7622
Czech Republic 82,467 WARNING! (Details) 1,0246,1782
Germany 5,454,569 WARNING! (Details) 82,424,6092
Hungary 663,907 WARNING! (Details) 10,032,3752
Liechtenstein 2,212 WARNING! (Details) 33,4362
Poland 2,556,155 WARNING! (Details) 38,626,3492
Slovakia 358,912 WARNING! (Details) 5,423,5672
Slovenia 133,112 WARNING! (Details) 2,011,473 2
Switzerland 493,072 WARNING! (Details) 7,450,8672
Sleep apnea in Eastern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Belarus 682,313 WARNING! (Details) 10,310,5202
Estonia 88,786 WARNING! (Details) 1,341,6642
Latvia 152,623 WARNING! (Details) 2,306,3062
Lithuania 238,758 WARNING! (Details) 3,607,8992
Russia 9,527,695 WARNING! (Details) 143,974,0592
Ukraine 3,158,740 WARNING! (Details) 47,732,0792
Sleep apnea in the Southwestern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Azerbaijan 520,701 WARNING! (Details) 7,868,3852
Georgia 310,625 WARNING! (Details) 4,693,8922
Portugal 696,450 WARNING! (Details) 10,524,1452
Spain 2,665,639 WARNING! (Details) 40,280,7802
Sleep apnea in Southern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Greece 704,615 WARNING! (Details) 10,647,5292
Italy 3,842,038 WARNING! (Details) 58,057,4772
Sleep apnea in the Southeastern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Albania 234,582 WARNING! (Details) 3,544,8082
Bosnia and Herzegovina 26,974 WARNING! (Details) 407,6082
Bulgaria 497,512 WARNING! (Details) 7,517,9732
Croatia 297,586 WARNING! (Details) 4,496,8692
Macedonia 135,005 WARNING! (Details) 2,040,0852
Romania 1,479,411 WARNING! (Details) 22,355,5512
Serbia and Montenegro 716,419 WARNING! (Details) 10,825,9002
Sleep apnea in Northern Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
Mongolia 182,072 WARNING! (Details) 2,751,3142
Sleep apnea in Central Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
Kazakhstan 1,002,156 WARNING! (Details) 15,143,7042
Tajikistan 464,000 WARNING! (Details) 7,011,556 2
Uzbekistan 1,747,748 WARNING! (Details) 26,410,4162
Sleep apnea in Eastern Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
China 85,953,153 WARNING! (Details) 1,298,847,6242
Hong Kong s.a.r. 453,647 WARNING! (Details) 6,855,1252
Japan 8,426,448 WARNING! (Details) 127,333,0022
Macau s.a.r. 29,467 WARNING! (Details) 445,2862
North Korea 1,502,043 WARNING! (Details) 22,697,5532
South Korea 3,191,940 WARNING! (Details) 48,233,7602
Taiwan 1,505,504 WARNING! (Details) 22,749,8382
Sleep apnea in Southwestern Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
Turkey 4,559,156 WARNING! (Details) 68,893,9182
Sleep apnea in Southern Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
Afghanistan 1,886,934 WARNING! (Details) 28,513,6772
Bangladesh 9,353,414 WARNING! (Details) 141,340,4762
Bhutan 144,633 WARNING! (Details) 2,185,5692
India 70,482,614 WARNING! (Details) 1,065,070,6072
Pakistan 10,535,051 WARNING! (Details) 159,196,3362
Sri Lanka 1,317,253 WARNING! (Details) 19,905,1652
Sleep apnea in Southeastern Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
East Timor 67,450 WARNING! (Details) 1,019,2522
Indonesia 15,779,975 WARNING! (Details) 238,452,9522
Laos 401,566 WARNING! (Details) 6,068,1172
Malaysia 1,556,634 WARNING! (Details) 23,522,4822
Philippines 5,707,171 WARNING! (Details) 86,241,6972
Singapore 288,125 WARNING! (Details) 4,353,8932
Thailand 4,292,571 WARNING! (Details) 64,865,5232
Vietnam 5,470,332 WARNING! (Details) 82,662,8002
Sleep apnea in the Middle East (Extrapolated Statistics)
Gaza strip 87,683 WARNING! (Details) 1,324,9912
Iran 4,467,123 WARNING! (Details) 67,503,2052
Iraq 1,679,207 WARNING! (Details) 25,374,6912
Israel 410,228 WARNING! (Details) 6,199,0082
Jordan 371,329 WARNING! (Details) 5,611,2022
Kuwait 149,396 WARNING! (Details) 2,257,5492
Lebanon 249,962 WARNING! (Details) 3,777,2182
Saudi Arabia 1,707,084 WARNING! (Details) 25,795,9382
Syria 1,192,293 WARNING! (Details) 18,016,8742
United Arab Emirates 167,023 WARNING! (Details) 2,523,9152
West Bank 152,947 WARNING! (Details) 2,311,2042
Yemen 1,325,175 WARNING! (Details) 20,024,8672
Sleep apnea in Northern Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Egypt 5,037,182 WARNING! (Details) 76,117,4212
Libya 372,678 WARNING! (Details) 5,631,5852
Sudan 2,590,687 WARNING! (Details) 39,148,1622
Sleep apnea in Western Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Congo Brazzaville 198,399 WARNING! (Details) 2,998,0402
Ghana 1,373,627 WARNING! (Details) 20,757,0322
Liberia 224,380 WARNING! (Details) 3,390,6352
Niger 751,800 WARNING! (Details) 11,360,5382
Nigeria 1,174,655 WARNING! (Details) 12,5750,3562
Senegal 718,156 WARNING! (Details) 10,852,1472
Sierra leone 389,375 WARNING! (Details) 5,883,8892
Sleep apnea in Central Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Central African Republic 247,664 WARNING! (Details) 3,742,4822
Chad 631,227 WARNING! (Details) 9,538,5442
Congo kinshasa 3,859,215 WARNING! (Details) 58,317,0302
Rwanda 545,206 WARNING! (Details) 8,238,6732
Sleep apnea in Eastern Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Ethiopia 4,720,802 WARNING! (Details) 71,336,5712
Kenya 2,182,639 WARNING! (Details) 32,982,1092
Somalia 549,569 WARNING! (Details) 8,304,6012
Tanzania 2,387,038 WARNING! (Details) 36,070,7992
Uganda 1,746,414 WARNING! (Details) 26,390,2582
Sleep apnea in Southern Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Angola 726,521 WARNING! (Details) 10,978,5522
Botswana 108,478 WARNING! (Details) 1,639,2312
South Africa 2,941,442 WARNING! (Details) 44,448,4702
Swaziland 77,376 WARNING! (Details) 1,169,2412
Zambia 729,641 WARNING! (Details) 11,025,6902
Zimbabwe 242,990 WARNING! (Details) 1,2671,8602
Sleep apnea in Oceania (Extrapolated Statistics)
Australia 1,317,781 WARNING! (Details) 19,913,1442
New Zealand 264,296 WARNING! (Details) 3,993,8172
Papua New Guinea 358,695 WARNING! (Details) 5,420,2802

Undiagnosed prevalence of Sleep apnea:

estimated 2-4% of Americans undiagnosed

Undiagnosed Prevalence Rate for Sleep apnea: approx 1 in 50 or 2.00% or 5.4 million people in USA [about data]

Extrapolation of Undiagnosed-Prevalence Rate for Sleep apnea to Countries and Regions: The following table attempts to extrapolate the above undiagnosed-prevalence rate for Sleep apnea to the populations of various countries and regions. As discussed above, these undiagnosed-prevalence extrapolations for Sleep apnea are only estimates and may have limited relevance to the actual undiagnosed-prevalence of Sleep apnea in any region:

Country/Region Extrapolated Undiagnosed Prevalence Population Estimated Used
Sleep apnea in North America (Extrapolated Statistics)
USA 5,873,108 WARNING! (Details) 293,655,4051
Canada 650,157 WARNING! (Details) 32,507,8742
Mexico 2,099,191 WARNING! (Details) 104,959,5942
Sleep apnea in Central America (Extrapolated Statistics)
Belize 5,458 WARNING! (Details) 272,9452
Guatemala 285,611 WARNING! (Details) 14,280,5962
Nicaragua 107,195 WARNING! (Details) 5,359,7592
Sleep apnea in Caribbean (Extrapolated Statistics)
Puerto Rico 77,959 WARNING! (Details) 3,897,9602
Sleep apnea in South America (Extrapolated Statistics)
Brazil 3,682,022 WARNING! (Details) 184,101,1092
Chile 316,479 WARNING! (Details) 15,823,9572
Colombia 846,215 WARNING! (Details) 42,310,7752
Paraguay 123,827 WARNING! (Details) 6,191,3682
Peru 550,886 WARNING! (Details) 27,544,3052
Venezuela 500,347 WARNING! (Details) 25,017,3872
Sleep apnea in Northern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Denmark 108,267 WARNING! (Details) 5,413,3922
Finland 104,290 WARNING! (Details) 5,214,5122
Iceland 5,879 WARNING! (Details) 293,9662
Sweden 179,728 WARNING! (Details) 8,986,4002
Sleep apnea in Western Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Britain (United Kingdom) 1,205,414 WARNING! (Details) 60,270,708 for UK2
Belgium 206,965 WARNING! (Details) 10,348,2762
France 1,208,484 WARNING! (Details) 60,424,2132
Ireland 79,391 WARNING! (Details) 3,969,5582
Luxembourg 9,253 WARNING! (Details) 462,6902
Monaco 645 WARNING! (Details) 32,2702
Netherlands (Holland) 326,363 WARNING! (Details) 16,318,1992
United Kingdom 1,205,414 WARNING! (Details) 60,270,7082
Wales 58,360 WARNING! (Details) 2,918,0002
Sleep apnea in Central Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Austria 163,495 WARNING! (Details) 8,174,7622
Czech Republic 24,923 WARNING! (Details) 1,0246,1782
Germany 1,648,492 WARNING! (Details) 82,424,6092
Hungary 200,647 WARNING! (Details) 10,032,3752
Liechtenstein 668 WARNING! (Details) 33,4362
Poland 772,526 WARNING! (Details) 38,626,3492
Slovakia 108,471 WARNING! (Details) 5,423,5672
Slovenia 40,229 WARNING! (Details) 2,011,473 2
Switzerland 149,017 WARNING! (Details) 7,450,8672
Sleep apnea in Eastern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Belarus 206,210 WARNING! (Details) 10,310,5202
Estonia 26,833 WARNING! (Details) 1,341,6642
Latvia 46,126 WARNING! (Details) 2,306,3062
Lithuania 72,157 WARNING! (Details) 3,607,8992
Russia 2,879,481 WARNING! (Details) 143,974,0592
Ukraine 954,641 WARNING! (Details) 47,732,0792
Sleep apnea in the Southwestern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Azerbaijan 157,367 WARNING! (Details) 7,868,3852
Portugal 210,482 WARNING! (Details) 10,524,1452
Spain 805,615 WARNING! (Details) 40,280,7802
Georgia 93,877 WARNING! (Details) 4,693,8922
Sleep apnea in the Southern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Italy 1,161,149 WARNING! (Details) 58,057,4772
Greece 212,950 WARNING! (Details) 10,647,5292
Sleep apnea in the Southeastern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Albania 70,896 WARNING! (Details) 3,544,8082
Bosnia and Herzegovina 8,152 WARNING! (Details) 407,6082
Bulgaria 150,359 WARNING! (Details) 7,517,9732
Croatia 89,937 WARNING! (Details) 4,496,8692
Macedonia 40,801 WARNING! (Details) 2,040,0852
Romania 447,111 WARNING! (Details) 22,355,5512
Serbia and Montenegro 216,518 WARNING! (Details) 10,825,9002
Sleep apnea in Northern Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
Mongolia 55,026 2,751,3142
Sleep apnea in Central Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
Kazakhstan 302,874 WARNING! (Details) 15,143,7042
Tajikistan 140,231 WARNING! (Details) 7,011,556 2
Uzbekistan 528,208 WARNING! (Details) 26,410,4162
Sleep apnea in Eastern Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
China 25,976,952 WARNING! (Details) 1,298,847,6242
Hong Kong s.a.r. 137,102 WARNING! (Details) 6,855,1252
Japan 2,546,660 WARNING! (Details) 127,333,0022
Macau s.a.r. 8,905 WARNING! (Details) 445,2862
North Korea 453,951 WARNING! (Details) 22,697,5532
South Korea 964,675 WARNING! (Details) 48,233,7602
Taiwan 454,996 WARNING! (Details) 22,749,8382
Sleep apnea in Southwestern Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
Turkey 1,377,878 WARNING! (Details) 68,893,9182
Sleep apnea in Southern Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
Afghanistan 570,273 WARNING! (Details) 28,513,6772
Bangladesh 2,826,809 WARNING! (Details) 141,340,4762
Bhutan 43,711 WARNING! (Details) 2,185,5692
India 21,301,412 WARNING! (Details) 1,065,070,6072
Pakistan 3,183,926 WARNING! (Details) 159,196,3362
Sri Lanka 398,103 WARNING! (Details) 19,905,1652
Sleep apnea in Southeastern Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
East Timor 20,385 WARNING! (Details) 1,019,2522
Indonesia 4,769,059 WARNING! (Details) 238,452,9522
Laos 121,362 WARNING! (Details) 6,068,1172
Malaysia 470,449 WARNING! (Details) 23,522,4822
Philippines 1,724,833 WARNING! (Details) 86,241,6972
Singapore 87,077 WARNING! (Details) WARNING! (Details) 4,353,8932
Thailand 1,297,310 WARNING! (Details) 64,865,5232
Vietnam 1,653,256 WARNING! (Details) 82,662,8002
Sleep apnea in the Middle East (Extrapolated Statistics)
Gaza strip 26,499 WARNING! (Details) 1,324,9912
Iran 1,350,064 WARNING! (Details) 67,503,2052
Iraq 507,493 WARNING! (Details) 25,374,6912
Israel 123,980 WARNING! (Details) 6,199,0082
Jordan 112,224 WARNING! (Details) 5,611,2022
Kuwait 45,150 WARNING! (Details) 2,257,5492
Lebanon 75,544 WARNING! (Details) 3,777,2182
Saudi Arabia 515,918 WARNING! (Details) 25,795,9382
Syria 360,337 WARNING! (Details) 18,016,8742
United Arab Emirates 50,478 WARNING! (Details) 2,523,9152
West Bank 46,224 WARNING! (Details) 2,311,2042
Yemen 400,497 WARNING! (Details) 20,024,8672
Sleep apnea in Northern Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Egypt 1,522,348 WARNING! (Details) 76,117,4212
Libya 112,631 WARNING! (Details) 5,631,5852
Sudan 782,963 WARNING! (Details) 39,148,1622
Sleep apnea in Western Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Congo Brazzaville 59,960 WARNING! (Details) 2,998,0402
Ghana 415,140 WARNING! (Details) 20,757,0322
Liberia 67,812 WARNING! (Details) 3,390,6352
Niger 227,210 WARNING! (Details) 11,360,5382
Nigeria 355,007 WARNING! (Details) 12,5750,3562
Senegal 217,042 WARNING! (Details) 10,852,1472
Sierra leone 117,677 WARNING! (Details) 5,883,8892
Sleep apnea in Central Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Central African Republic 74,849 WARNING! (Details) 3,742,4822
Chad 190,770 WARNING! (Details) 9,538,5442
Congo kinshasa 1,166,340 WARNING! (Details) 58,317,0302
Rwanda 164,773 WARNING! (Details) 8,238,6732
Sleep apnea in Eastern Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Ethiopia 1,426,731 WARNING! (Details) 71,336,5712
Kenya 659,642 WARNING! (Details) 32,982,1092
Somalia 166,092 WARNING! (Details) 8,304,6012
Tanzania 721,415 WARNING! (Details) 36,070,7992
Uganda 527,805 WARNING! (Details) 26,390,2582
Sleep apnea in Southern Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Angola 219,571 WARNING! (Details) 10,978,5522
Botswana 32,784 WARNING! (Details) 1,639,2312
South Africa 888,969 WARNING! (Details) 44,448,4702
Swaziland 23,384 WARNING! (Details) 1,169,2412
Zambia 220,513 WARNING! (Details) 11,025,6902
Zimbabwe 73,437 WARNING! (Details) 1,2671,8602
Sleep apnea in Oceania (Extrapolated Statistics)
Australia 398,262 WARNING! (Details) 19,913,1442
New Zealand 79,876 WARNING! (Details) 3,993,8172
Papua New Guinea 108,405 WARNING! (Details) 5,420,2802

About extrapolations of prevalence and incidence statistics for Sleep apnea:

WARNING! EXTRAPOLATED STATISTICS ONLY! Not based on data sources from individual countries. These statistics are calculated extrapolations of various prevalence or incidence rates against the populations of a particular country or region. The statistics used for prevalence/incidence of Sleep apnea are typically based on US, UK, Canadian or Australian prevalence or incidence statistics, which are then extrapolated using only the population of the other country. This extrapolation calculation is automated and does not take into account any genetic, cultural, environmental, social, racial or other differences across the various countries and regions for which the extrapolated Sleep apnea statistics below refer to. The extrapolation does not use data sources or statistics about any country other than its population. As such, these extrapolations may be highly inaccurate (especially for developing or third-world countries) and only give a general indication (or even a meaningless indication) as to the actual prevalence or incidence of Sleep apnea in that region. These statistics are presented only in the hope that they may be interesting to some people.

About prevalence and incidence statistics in general for Sleep apnea:

The word 'prevalence' of Sleep apnea usually means the estimated population of people who are managing Sleep apnea at any given time (i.e. people with Sleep apnea). The term 'incidence' of Sleep apnea means the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Sleep apnea diagnosed each year (i.e. getting Sleep apnea). Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.



Footnotes:
1. US Census Bureau, Population Estimates, 2004
2. US Census Bureau, International Data Base, 2004
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