PSY 605 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, Hypersomnia, Insomnia
30 May 2018
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• Injury Prevention & Sleep Disorders
• Injury Prevention
• Unintentional Injuries in Canada
• In 2004 (most recent report), 13,667 Canadians died as a result of injuries
• 4th most common cause of death
• 211,768 people were admitted to hospital because of injuries, excluding adverse events in
medical care - in 2004
• Total economic burden of injury in Canada at $19.8 billion per year.
• Includes direct costs of $10.7 billion arising from health care expenditures and
• Indirect costs of $9.1 billion associated with reduced productivity from
hospitalization, disability and premature death
• Unintentional Injuries Among Youth
• Injuries are the leading cause of death among Canadians
• throughout childhood and
• from 1 to 44 years of age
• Unintentional injuries (such as automobile crashes, poisoning and falls) may account for
almost 70% of injury-related deaths among children and youth.
• Unintentional Injuries Among Seniors
• The injury rate leading to death or hospitalization is higher for seniors than any other age
group in Canada
• Yearly injury rate expected to grow as the Canadian population ages.
• Most common cause of injury among seniors is falls
• For Canadians 65 years of age or older, direct and indirect cost to the health care system
for fall-related injuries alone is estimated at more than $2.8 billion annually.
• Other Preventable Injuries
• Motorists
• Over the past 25 years, the annual number of Canadians who died from motor
vehicle accidents dropped by 52%
o 5,933 in 1979
o 2,875 in 2004
• Of that total, approximately 40% of persons killed are intoxicated by alcohol.
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