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Crimmins, Eileen M.

Human Longevity, Individual Life Duration, and the Growth of the Oldest-Old Population

Crimmins, Eileen M. - Human Longevity, Individual Life Duration, and the Growth of the Oldest-Old Population, ebook

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Table of contents

Section 1. Theoretical and Comparative Biological Concepts

1. Research Issues on Human Longevity
Jean-Marie Robine

Section 1. Theoretical and Comparative Biological Concepts

2. Research Issues On Human Longevity
Jean-Marie Robine

3. Patterns In Mammalian Ageing: Demography And Evolution
Steven N. Austad

4. Oldest-Old Mortality in China
Zeng Yi, James W. Vaupel

Section 2. Empirical and Analytical Studies of Ageing and Oldest-Old Populations

5. Oldest-Old Mortality In China
Zeng Yi, James W. Vaupel

6. Central and Disperson Indicators Of Individual Life Durations: New Methods
VÄIN Ö KANNISTO

7. Recent Trends In Life Expectancy And Rectangularisation Of The Survival Curve At Advanced Ages In The Netherlands
Wilma J. Nusselder

8. The Validation Of Exceptional Male Longevity In Sardinia
MICHEL POULAIN, GIOVANNI MARIO PES, CIRIACO CARRU, LUIGI FERRUCCI, GIOVANNELLA BAGGIO, CLAUDIO FRANCESCHI, LUCA DEIANA

9. Causes of Death among the Oldest-Old: Validity and Comparability
France Meslé

Section 3. Causes of Death and Biological Frailty

10. Causes of Death Among the Oldest-Old: Validity and Comparability
FRANCE MESLÉ

11. Causes of Death Among the Oldest-Old: Age-Related Changes in the Cause-of-Death Distribution
Shiro Horiuchi

12. Genetic Factors Associated with Individual Life Duration: Heritability
Kaare Christensen, Anne Maria Herskind

13. Social Determinants of Mortality in the Oldest-Old: Social Class and Individual Way-of-Life
Marja Jylhä, Tiina Luukkaala

Section 4. Sex, Gender, and Social Determinants and Consequences of Mortality

14. Social Determinants of Mortality in the Oldest-Old: Social Class and Individual Way-Of-Life
MARJA JYLHÄ, TIINA LUUKKAALA

15. Social Differences in Older Adult Mortality in the United States: Questions, Data, Methods, and Results
John R. Wilmoth, Michael Dennis

16. Explanation of the Decline in Mortality among the Oldest-Old: The Impact of Circulatory Diseases
Bernard Jeune

Section 5. Causes of the Trend in Mortality and Morbidity

17. Explanation of the Decline in Mortality among the Oldest-Old: The Impact of Circulatory Diseases
BERNARD JEUNE

18. Explanation of the Decline in Mortality among the Oldest-Old: A Demographic Point of View
Graziella Caselli, James W. Vaupel, Anatoli I. Yashin

19. Marital Status and Family Support for the Oldest-Old in Great Britain
Emily Grundy, Michael Murphy

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Keywords: SOCIAL SCIENCE / General SOC000000

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Publisher
Springer
Publication year
2006
Language
en
Edition
1
Category
Society
Format
Ebook
eISBN (PDF)
9781402048487

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