Does insomnia affect women more than men?

Does insomnia affect women more than men?

Irshaad Ebrahim (Medical Director of The London Sleep Centre) gives expert video advice on: What is insomnia?; What happens to people who suffer insomnia, over time?; How many people suffer from insomnia? and more...

The ratio of men to women is quite significant in people with insomnia. There's almost a nine times more prevalence of women with a problem with insomnia compared to men. There are a variety of reasons for this, one being that women tend to seek help more frequently than men do in terms of health related complaints. Secondly, some people believe that there may be an increased vulnerability in women to developing insomnia. The specific answers to this are not actually available right now, but there are research projects underway to answer this question.