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One of the three key pillars of Human Development Index (HDI) is life expectancy at birth, or in other words, the average age of mortality. Even small shifts in this measure can significantly raise a nation’s HDI ranking.

Scenario 1 – Positive Impact:
Suppose in a country where the average life expectancy is 72 years, 32 people survive beyond their 72nd birthday and live to see their 73rd. This small extension of life for just 32 individuals can positively lift the nation’s HDI ranking.

Scenario 2 – The Risk:
If, instead, 32 people in that same country were to pass away before their 72nd birthday, the nation’s HDI would fall.

Our Intervention – The IoK® Focus
Unlike the general population, our work is targeted at working-age individuals (25–55 years old), where the average age may be just around 40.

• Scenario 3 – Saving one life at 40:
  If we are able to prevent the early death of even one individual at age 40, the positive impact on the nation’s HDI is equivalent to the survival of 32 individuals past age 72.
• Scenario 4 – Why it matters so much:
  Every life we protect at 40 contributes as much to India’s HDI as saving 32 lives at age 71.

In short: Saving 1 life at age 40 = Extending 32 lives beyond age 71.

That is the scale of IoK®’s potential contribution to India’s Human Development Index.