100 people die of loneliness-related causes every hour, WHO says
GLOBAL, JUL 1 – Loneliness affects one in six people globally and causes over 871,000 deaths annually, prompting WHO to call for urgent policies and community action to boost social connection.
- The World Health Organisation reports that 871,000 people die globally each year from loneliness, highlighting a serious global issue.
- According to the WHO, one in six individuals experiences loneliness, which may lead to physical illness.
- Lonely teenagers are 22 percent more likely to achieve lower grades than their peers, while lonely adults face challenges in job retention.
- Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted the paradox of increased connectivity leading to more isolation and loneliness.
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In the world, it is estimated that one in six people are affected by loneliness, which has a significant impact on health and well-being, alerts the most recent report of the World Health Organization (WHO) commission on social connectivity.

A new study by the World Health Organization reveals the dramatic magnitude of a silent evil that affects one in six people. Every hour in the world, loneliness causes about 100 deaths.
Loneliness is one of the challenges of increasing importance faced by Western societies in this twenty-first century. The increase in life expectancy, new ways of living together, an organization different from the use of time or changes in family and society models offer us a complex and diverse reality, in which loneliness appears as an increasingly common life experience. Among the different groups affected by the increase in loneliness stand…
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One in six people in the world suffers from loneliness and this condition has a strong impact on physical and mental health. 871,000 people die every year in the world, equal to about 100 per hour. (ANSA)
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