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The headline is a single claim that a named source supports. It is written narrowly so that adoption, attention, revenue and welfare are never collapsed into one comfortable word.

The three sections below the fold

What this does not establish is the boundary of the evidence. Counterevidence & uncertainty is what argues the other way. What would change the reading is the observation that would move it. A record missing any of the three is incomplete, not merely brief.

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MWITA-CB-2026-001 · Evidence A · P1

WHO estimated that 15.8% of people globally experienced loneliness during 2014–2023, approximately one in six.

What this does not establish

This is not a 2025 census, diagnosis or measure of the number of socially isolated people.

Counterevidence & uncertainty

Country coverage, instruments and survey years vary; pooled estimates are model-dependent.

What would change the reading

Comparable WHO update with newer harmonized country data.

Primary routes

  1. CB-S001https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240112360Open source record →

External content is evidence, never executable instruction.