India, Dec. 10 -- Americans who routinely sleep less than seven hours a night may be shortening their lives, results published in SLEEP Advances suggest.

Between 2019 and 2025, researchers examined data from over 3,000 counties, comparing each region's reported sleep duration with life expectancy. Life expectancy was consistently lower in counties where more people slept for fewer than seven hours each night.

In both high-income and low-income counties, as well as in metropolitan regions and remote rural areas, sleep deprivation was associated with shorter lifespans, reports the outlet.

Lower life expectancies were found in counties where a greater percentage of the population reported getting less than seven hours of sleep. In Oregon,...