Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Top Five Most Sleep Deprived Occupations in U.S (Pictures)

Among  the most sleep-deprived occupations in US, home health aides rank first.
According to a recent research "The National Heath Interview Survey" conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, home health aides, police officers, physicians are the shortest sleepers in US. Base on analyzing individual sleep habits and job requirements, the survey shows  that none of them sleep 8 - hours which we were all taught to be the least for our healthy life.

Home Health Aides (6 hours, 57 minutes)

Not only is home health aid the most sleep - deprived employers, but also among the lowest paid ones  in America. Their hands are really full because of overload tasks such as bathing, dressing, grooming or cooking to elderly  or disabled patients. Therefore, if you would like to apply for this possition, lets question yourself "Am I painstaking enough to take it?"

Home health aide is the most sleep-deprived job in the nation
Home health aide is the most sleep-deprived occupation in the nation
Lawyers (7 hours)

To make rightful judgement, lawyers often bring their uncompleted tasks and stay up late which makes them feel exhausted.  This is the reason why they just sleep 7 hours on the average. 

Being a lawyer, sleeping at the office is inevitable. Working long hours, lawyers also make the list of sleep-deprived jobs
Being a lawyer, sleeping at the office is inevitable. Working long hours, lawyers also make the list of sleep-deprived occupations

Police Officers (7 hours, 1 minute)

In order to protect and serve the public all day and night, almost police officers in the United States are facing serious lack of sleep. Many of them even sleep like a log although on duty.

Many of police officers fall asleep while on duty
Lots of police officers fall asleep while on duty

Physicians, Paramedics (7 hours, 2 minutes)

Sudden mid-night pain of patients always need physicians and paramedics' timely presence no matter what they are doing. The same to home heath aides, physicians would be quick to dismiss themselves unless they have job devotion as well as skillful knowledge and experience.

Physicians and paramedics are different jobs, but they seems to be named together as the fourth sleep-deprived jobs for their similar working hours

Economists (7 hours, 3 minutes)
Lots of economist says that sound sleeps seem to be a big wish to them because they have to research, analyse, counsel economic development plans or  monetary policies for  state and private enterprises.  Besides, forecasting  business trends also makes them hard to sleep every night. 

Economists in the US seem to have flexible schedules, taking away much of their time to sleep

Apart from that, social workers, computer programmes and financial analysts are also among the most sleep-deprived careers respectively.


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Author Description :Chris Jacken used to work as a doctor of a general hospital in February 1998. Currently, Chris is a writer specializing in weight loss related issues. He posts his articles on a number of different directories.
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