Sleep Apnea and Type 2 Diabetes
Average medical expenditures among people with diagnosed diabetes were 2.3 times higher than what expenditures would be in the absence of diabetes.The International Diabetes Federation consensus statement on sleep apnea published last year concluded that type 2 diabetics should be evaluated to determine if SDB is present and they went on to note that CPAP treatment is the gold standard therapy.

Impacting Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
Drivers with sleep apnea have a six-fold increased risk for crash. Drivers with sleep apnea are more dangerous than
drunk drivers. Treating all U.S. drivers suffering from sleep apnea would save $11.1 billion in collision costs and save 980
lives annually.

Sleep Disorder Breathing and Mortality
Moderate to severe sleep apnea is independently associated with a greater than six-fold increase in the risk of all-cause mortality. A recent study from John Hopkins University showed that severe sleep apnea raises the risk of dying early by 46%. People with severe breathing disorders during sleep were more likely to die from a variety of causes than similar people without such sleep disorders.

Cardiovascular Diseases Linked to Sleep-Related Disorders
Cardiovascular disease affects 80 million U.S. adults, with direct and indirect costs of over $475 billion. Heart failure alone affects 2.5% of the U.S. population and costs $37.2 billion per year in direct and indirect costs. The prevalence of sleep apnea in patients with congestive heart failure is over 80%. In 2008, the European Society of Cardiologists recommended treatment with CPAP for patients with acute and chronic heart failure diagnosed with sleep apnea.

Sleep Apnea and Obesity Trends
More than one-third of U.S. adults, over 72 million people, are obese. Obesity-related diseases account for nearly 10% of all medical spending in the U.S. or an estimated $149 billion a year, double the cost just 10 years ago. A clinical study in 2004 showed that SDB is prevalent in over 77% of people who are obese.