Just over 2.4 million Americans died in 2010 (source: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm). So basically, thi

Just over 2.4 million Americans died in 2010 (source: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm). So basically, this study is making the claim that prescription sleeping pills are responsible for 12-20% of all deaths in the U.S. That sounds like a rather extraordinary, and probably exaggerated, claim.