One out of every 100 South Korean adults suffered from insomnia in 2016, a report showed Wednesday, with the rate increasing over the past five years. (Image: Yonhap)
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of every 100 South Korean adults suffered from insomnia in 2016, a report showed Wednesday, with the rate increasing over the past five years.
According to the report by the National Health Insurance Service, 541,958 people visited hospitals to be treated for insomnia in the one-year period, up 34.3 percent from 403,417 in 2012.
South Korea’s population stood at 51.25 million in 2016, indicating that 1 in 100 South Koreans had sleeping disorders.
“Insomnia occurs more frequently among seniors than young people. The increased number of patients is mainly because the country is fast becoming an aged society, with the senior population increasing,” said Lee Jeong-suk, a psychiatrist from the service.
The report showed that the people aged between 50 and 70 suffer most from insomnia, accounting for 59.2 percent of the total number of patients in 2016.
(Yonhap)
