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ShareSleep deprivation is an overall lack of the necessary amount of sleep.
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A person can be deprived of sleep by their own body and mind, insomnia, or actively deprived by another individual.
Sleep deprivation afflicts 47 million adults in the United States.
For more information about the topic Sleep deprivation, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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