Life Expectancy (Little Upsilon)

How is life expectancy calculated? My average life expectancy has been around 56 years since I started playing. Is that a good number? How do I get it higher?

Thanks.

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Health Index is a factor. It takes a good Health Index over time to affect life expectancy.

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It's fine for a newer country. In my established countries, I have around 65 years.

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Build hospitals to improve your health index and it will improve with time. I wouldn't stress over it, since lower life expectancy doesn't have any negative effects on your country.

Kevin

Whats a reasonable health index to shoot for? Mine is currently 125, and it seems like it would take a ton of hospitals to move it up much past 130.

IMO, 125 is reasonable. You really only need it higher if you're planning on trying for Level 6.

Health Index does improve the birth rate too.

what increases the life expectancy and howas every thing is abouve what nit should be but life expectancy is still falling for me was it is now just a bove 56 years

It takes a long time to raise HI and doesnt HI make higher pop sustainable? like 200 HI for 100M pop countries?

@ Paul

your HI has to be high and stable for a while or rising slowly for your life expectancy to raise