From loneliness, 100 people around the world die every hour

Every hour in the world, about one hundred people die from the consequences of loneliness – almost nine hundred thousand deaths this year. Such data are given by the World Health Organization in a new report on the scale and consequences of social isolation. According to experts, every sixth person in the world is experiencing a sense of loneliness.

It describes loneliness as a painful situation that arises due to the inconsistency between the desired and real social contact level. At the same time, social isolation is considered the real absence of connections. Both this and another carries serious risks for mental and physical health and at the same time affect the economy and society as a whole. According to the president of Tedros Goebreesus, without action, this problem will continue to gain acceleration and cause even more losses.

The most vulnerable to loneliness continues to be adolescents and young people, especially in low and medium -income countries. About the fifth person between the ages of 13 and 29 acknowledges that he usually feels alone. This indicator among adolescents is particularly high. In countries with less income, approximately 24% of the participants feel loneliness – twice as much as Müreffeh is in the states.

The causes of loneliness are different: disease, poverty, lack of infrastructure, insulation in daily life, weak state support and even the effect of the internet. The authors of the report show that excessive time on the internet and negative communication on the network can aggravate the feeling of alienation, especially among young people.

Meanwhile, another study has shown that the time spent on social networks could increase the sense of loneliness. Moreover, this applies to passive imaging of both content and active communication.