Social isolation and loneliness do not always go hand in hand. (Watson, 2013) There has been multiple researches conducted to see if there is a causation and not just a correlation between isolation and death. In the research study that was read for this paper, the research had made the conclusion that the higher the level of isolation then the higher the chance of death there tended to be. For example; researcher, Steptoe had noticed that his most isolated subjects had a 26% higher chance of death. (Watson, 2013) With a percentage higher than ¼ of all subjects it makes it seem as if there is a causation between the two. But the researcher and his colleagues had not taken into different factors that could have a large impact on one’s death
