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===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Loneliness increases premature death rates by 26% and is as deadly as obesity</span>===

A meta-analysis from 2015 involving 70 studies representing more than 3.4 million individuals primarily from North America but also from Europe, Asia and Australia was performed to assess the health effect of loneliness, social isolation, and living alone. They found that:

* Loneliness increased the risk of premature death by 26%.

* Social isolation increased the risk by 29%.  

* Living alone increased the risk by 32%.  

These effects were equal to or exceeded the effect of other well-accepted risk factors such as obesity.

Another meta-analysis from 2010 involved 148 studies representing 308,849 participants. This study found a 50% increased likelihood of survival for participants with stronger social relationships. This finding remained consistent across age, sex, initial health status, cause of death, and follow-up period.

It thus seems clear that humans do require social connection and loneliness is a very deadly phenomenon. When people are not able to build deep, meaningful, and lasting social connections, their physical health suffers as a result.