It should be noted that current statistics show that 1.5 million Australian adults, 9% of the adult population. The Sleep foundation has recently a report, titled ‘Re-awakening Australia – The Economic Cost of Sleep Disorders in Australia’ that revealed sleep disorders cost the Australian economy more than $5.1 billion a year in health care and indirect costs.
While the reduction in life quality caused by sleep disorders has a further cost equivalent to $31.4 billion a year.
Professor David Hillman Chair of the Sleep Health Foundation and director of the West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute said “Sleep disorders are debilitating and can cause significant health and relationship problems, as well as effecting productivity in the workplace and at home. Of the $5.1 billion in financial costs to Australia per year, more than $800 million is a direct cost to the health system.”
Statistics also show that Sleep disorders contribute to other diseases and injuries, this includes:

• 10.1% of depression
• 5.3% of stroke
• 4.5% of workplace injuries
• 4.3% of motor accidents.