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..how did the line come about? How did they determine what the life expectancy would have been with less expenditure per capita?
There is a minimum amount which is likely the least some people spent on their health. So there is no interpolation I can see.
That doesn't make sense unless this was personal expenditure, which it doesn't seem to be