It is possible that “official” statistics do not give the true position.

Quoted figures give 42% of all adults Snore with this percentage increasing dramatically in mid to later years.

You are not alone. You are approximately 1 of 1 million people who snore in NZ, 1 of 5 million in Australia, 1 of 14 million in UK and 1 of 70 million in USA.

The National Sleep Foundation [USA] poll in 2005 established that 66% of partnered adults say their partner snores. Whilst 59% of adults say they snored.

"Women don’t snore" — A Vancouver sleep research clinic reported that the ratio of snoring is 2 males to 1 female with the gap closing after menopause.

A study in Italy found that after the age of 64 more women than men snored (where have all the men gone?).

Obstructive sleep apnoea OSA is the sinister partner of snoring, is mainly undiagnosed [refer — What is Sleep Disordered Breathing?]. Some statistics say 4% of the population is inflicted, yet a BBC news story quoting a research study claimed that 9% of men and 4% of women have this stopped breathing condition.