Among all workers, the possibility of someone reporting fair or poor health rose forty-four percent after job loss and workplace closure.
VOA: special.2009.06.09
Not defending the hacking in any way whatsoever: but The Guardian would seem to bear some of the responsibility for the closure of the News of the World for having got their original reporting wrong.
The closure of the local post office also led to far fewer opportunities for social interaction, with people reporting an increase in isolation and loneliness.