Sleep apnea

What research knows about sleep apnea comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.

Living with it

936 million

Adults aged 30 to 69 with mild to severe obstructive sleep apnoea, worldwide

source

New diagnoses

91.04 per 100,000

Incidence of recorded obstructive sleep apnoea in England, 2019

source

How rare

Common

about 1200 in 10,000 people

source source source

What patients usually have

The records behind sleep apnea

CPAP usage data (telemonitoring)
Wearable data
for up to 12 months in mild OSAHS
guideline
Epworth Sleepiness Scale questionnaire
Health questionnaires
at preliminary assessment
guideline
Home respiratory polygraphy sleep study
Doctor's letters
once, at diagnosis
guideline

What sharing it is worth

$89

per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $86 to $1,108

Value your own data

Your health story$23how
Wearable datax1$1.00how
Health questionnairesx1$1.86how
Doctor's lettersx1$3.49how
Richness premium (4 kinds of data linked)x3how

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Sleep apnea

What research knows about sleep apnea comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.

Living with it

936 million

Adults aged 30 to 69 with mild to severe obstructive sleep apnoea, worldwide

source

New diagnoses

91.04 per 100,000

Incidence of recorded obstructive sleep apnoea in England, 2019

source

How rare

Common

about 1200 in 10,000 people

source source source

What patients usually have

The records behind sleep apnea

CPAP usage data (telemonitoring)
Wearable data
for up to 12 months in mild OSAHS
guideline
Epworth Sleepiness Scale questionnaire
Health questionnaires
at preliminary assessment
guideline
Home respiratory polygraphy sleep study
Doctor's letters
once, at diagnosis
guideline

What sharing it is worth

$89

per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $86 to $1,108

Value your own data

Your health story$23how
Wearable datax1$1.00how
Health questionnairesx1$1.86how
Doctor's lettersx1$3.49how
Richness premium (4 kinds of data linked)x3how

A benchmark from published prices, not a promise: contributors earn a share each time a licence includes their data. How the benchmark works · What health data sells for

Share your story about sleep apnea All conditions