How to read the survival curve

The curve on screen

The caption of Survival curve is Share of those born the same year still alive. The horizontal axis is age. The vertical axis is the share still alive at that age. The dot sits on the birth-country line at the current age.

Which line is which

The thick line is the birth country and sex. The dashed line is the world average. After a move to a different country, a third line shows the country lived in now. Without a move, that line is absent.

The current age

The vertical line is the current age. The share beside the dot is the birth-country line at that age. It is not a promise that this character lives that long.

What the model covers

The lines run from age 0 to 100. The life table is the game own model, built from the birth country life expectancy, the sex gap, and infant and under-five deaths. It is not a diagnosis of a real person.

Not a schedule

A high line can still end a year in death. A low line can still live past the average. The health bar changes chances. It does not turn this curve into a timetable.

After a move

A move adds the current country line. The thick birth-country line stays. The dot remains on the birth-country line.

The table on this page

The table below calculates the same life table from the current country file only. Changing the place or the sex changes the share at each age. There is no year switch, and today numbers are not treated as a past year. Choosing a place here does not set the next birthplace.

Questions about the curve

How to read the lines.

Will the life reach the dot?

No. The dot is the share still alive at that age in the model for the same conditions.

Is the dashed line the birth country?

No. The dashed line is the world average. The thick line is the birth country and sex.

Can this table show a past year?

No. This table is the current country file. A past year is played from the past world on the homepage.