A study conducted in Norway found that insomnia was a significant factor in accidental fatal injuries, as reported by the Huffington Post.

Researchers found insomnia was a significant factor in accidental fatal injuries, both injuries that involved motor vehicles and those that did not. They found that the greater the number of insomnia symptoms present, the greater the risk was for both fatal injury and fatal motor vehicle injury. In their analysis, researchers made estimates of the proportion of fatal injuries that could have been prevented if insomnia symptoms had not been present.

For fatal accidental injuries:
• Eight percent could have been prevented in the absence of problems falling asleep
• Nine percent could have been avoided without the presence of problems staying asleep
• Eight percent could have been prevented in the absence of poor quality sleep

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