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Dynamic feedback was explored with panel Vector-Autoregression (VAR) and impulse-response analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The model identified a single threshold at 2.7 Life-Ladder points and rejected parameter constancy (LM-F = 8.85, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001). Above this level, each 1% rise in happiness decreased NCD mortality by 0.43% (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001); below it, the effect was nil. Obesity and alcohol consistently raised deaths, whereas urbanization turned from harmful to protective in the high-happiness regime. Health spending remained protective, and GDP per capita mattered only beyond the threshold. Complementary VAR and impulse-response analyses confirm a bidirectional negative linkage between happiness and NCD mortality and show that obesity, alcohol use and air pollution remain positive drivers of deaths. PVAR confirmed bidirectional Granger causality between happiness and NCD mortality and showed that a positive happiness shock elicits a sustained downward mortality response with no sign reversal.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Subjective wellbeing (happiness) appears to function as a population health asset only once a minimum threshold of ~2.7 (on the 0\u201310 Life Ladder scale) is surpassed. Beyond this point, higher levels of happiness are associated with progressively lower NCD mortality, with no evidence within the observed range of adverse effects from \u201cexcessive\u201d happiness. 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