Reviewed by: Pat Byington
Alabama’s average bedtime close to midnight according to new study
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Cell phone usage could be pushing our “bedtimes” back more than you’d suspect.
According to a recent report from the Apple Heart and Movement Study, the national average bedtime is 11:37PM. Alabama’s may not be much better—depending on how you look at it—sitting at 11:29PM.
Do you think that’s too early, too late or just the right time to be falling asleep every night? Let us know on Facebook + keep reading to learn more about the study.
Apple Heart and Movement Study
As part of the study, Apple released sleep data from 61,410 adults across 17 million nights using Apple Watches. Some of the numbers are alarming people across social media.
The sleep times were registered on Apple Watches, which clocked when each subject actually fell asleep instead of just lying down.
The average sleep duration was around just 6 hours and 40 minutes, both nationally and here in Alabama. Our state’s 11:29PM bedtime ranked as the 15th earliest average bedtime in the country.
The earliest bedtimes recorded were in Hawaii which averaged 11:06PM but the state also had the shortest sleep duration. The latest average bedtime was Washington D.C. at 11:56PM.
According to the study, people with the most consistent bedtimes slept about 40 minutes more, spent 36% less time awake during sleep periods, and exercised 57% more.
