HOW MANY "CPAPERS" IN US?

j.a.taylor · Post by **j.a.taylor** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:07 pm

#10 of . . .

cflame1 · Post by **cflame1** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:08 pm

11... own 1 machine though... and it's not in the closet!

wabmorgan · Post by **wabmorgan** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:46 pm

12!!!!!!!!! but if you asking how many are there in the US the REAL answer should be NOT ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meaning..... not enough people even know they should be on CPAP

It is very underdiagnosed.

packer · Post by **packer** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:11 pm

how many units does resperonics sell in a year?

maybe we could extrapolate some ballpark guesses from sales??

LavenderMist · Post by **LavenderMist** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:22 pm

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:10 am

Fourteen
CPAP machines should be on the nightstand not in the closet. My one and only works every night.

TerryB

lilsheba · Post by **lilsheba** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:13 am

15

And mine is not in the closet it's used every sngle night!

Jeanine

Catnapper · Post by **Catnapper** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:56 am

Check the number of members registered here. This will be a long thread if each responds!

sweet 16

marymoon · Post by **marymoon** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:08 am

17

I only have 1 machine, but I use it every night!

SleepGuy · Post by **SleepGuy** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:59 am

I guess that makes me #18....

The stats as far as I have seen:

25% of all adult Americans (over 18) are "at high risk" for OSA. That puts the number close to 50 million people, far more than previous estimates (18 million).

OSA diagnoses went from 100,000 in 1988 to 1 million in 1998. I haven't seen anything more recent but I suspect that the number of diagnoses every year is several million. Just consider how many sleep labs are expanding and being built--it's a huge growth industry.

Number of people who should be on cpap: I've seen a number of 12 million. If there have been 1 million diagnoses a year since 1998, that would seem about right. Compliance rates are extremely low and about half of the patients diagnosed give up on cpap during the first year--the first week for that matter.

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:49 am

#19
In honor (and memory) of the late great Johnny U.

How many health insurance representatives can dance on the head of a pin?

6PtStar · Post by **6PtStar** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:37 pm

Wow, leave it to the SleepGuy to give us some real numbers. Thanks Bret. I'm one in a million!! and that was 1998.

I have 2 also and neither are in the closet. One is at my bed the other is next to my recliner so if I fall asleep wathing TV I'm covered.

echo · Post by **echo** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:30 pm

#21 woo hoo

My "rental" CPAP covered by insurance is on my nightstand/floor, my recently self-purchased (thanks to CPAP.com) was, is, still, en route being shipped (long story, but it will definitely be OUT of the closet ).

I think OSA diagnosis number would be higher if doctors didn't automatically diagnose the problem with us xPAPers as, take your pick, merely:
- depressed
- overweight
- overworked/stressed
- age-related complaints
....

As for low compliance numbers, same ignorance and lack of interest in the patient, in my opinion....

WearyOne · Post by **WearyOne** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:16 pm

22

Used every night and it's never been in the closet.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:33 pm

HOW MANY "CPAPERS" IN US?

maybe one of the folks working for a supplier has some numbe

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