>>81934971Fifteen years minimum. There is also a 26% higher risk of premature death for lonely people, and it goes to 29% for socially isolated people.
>are they including suicide deathsThat wasn't one of the considerations other than highlighting social isolation makes all mental illnesses worse. The primary considerations were the following; lifestyle (lonely people are more likely to have bad lifestyles to cope), cognitive decline (lacking social communication is a risk factor for this), worse outcomes for serious ailments, and the shocking one was that loneliness increases cortisol production which causes a much higher risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke.