The Cost of Sleep Deprivation I definitely suffer from sleep deprivation. At the beginning of the school I was alternating 4 hours of sleep a night, with none at all. However, staying up all night to finish a paper or to study for an exam is not uncommon among high school and college students. A few months ago, I decided to research a little and found statistics that reflects what a growing problem sleep deprivation is for our country. According to the Gallup Poll conducted for the National Sleep Foundation, one out of every two people suffers from sleeplessness at some point in their lives, many of them chronically. It is estimated that