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Einsame junge Frau steht auf Seebrücke und schaut in die Ferne (refer to: Loneliness: Especially younger people are feeling increasingly lonely) | Source: © fotoduets/stock.adobe.com

FReDA Policy BriefLoneliness: Especially younger people are feeling increasingly lonely

In the last five years, the feeling of loneliness has increased in Germany. Today, one in three people between the ages of 18 and 53 feels lonely at least some of the time – including many younger people under 30, as new BiB analyses show.

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Journal ArticlesRegionale Unterschiede in der Lebenserwartung in Deutschland

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Mühlichen, Michael; Grigoriev, Pavel; Klüsener, Sebastian (2023)

Geographische Rundschau 1–2/2023: 18–22

Smoking is one of the most influential risk factors for longevity and contributes significantly to regional and international mortality differences. This article illustrates the regional patterns and trends of life expectancy, smoking prevalence and lung cancer mortality in Germany. Based on cause-deleted life tables, we show that life expectancy is particularly affected by smoking in the northern part of western Germany. The current distribution of smoking prevalence among young adults, however, suggests a rise in smoking-attributable mortality in eastern German men and women and a re-widening of the east-west gap in longevity in the near future. Therefore, the effectiveness of prevention measures to stem the ‘smoking epidemic’ needs to be increased, especially in eastern Germany.

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