Just the Facts - Needing Contact: One in Four

25% - Rate of U.S. adults in 2004 who cited “no one to talk to about important matters,” increasing 15% in ten years

- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Why this matters: Social isolation and loneliness are associated with an increased mortality.

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