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

936 million

people, worldwide

“we estimated that 936 million (95% CI 903-970) adults aged 30-69 years (men and women) have mild to severe obstructive sleep apnoea”

Lancet Respiratory Medicine 2019, Estimation of the global prevalence and burden of obstructive sleep apnoea (Benjafield et al.), 2019

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Peer-reviewed study
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2026-11-06
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What to know
Literature-based model, adults 30 to 69 only, funded by ResMed (a CPAP maker). 425 million have moderate to severe disease.
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Kept as evidence; no figure on the platform is computed from it yet.