Health - Aging - Life Expectancy
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What Kills Us? Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
- Discussion of the causes of changes in life expectancy over the last 150 years.
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IRS Life Expectancy Table
- A table from age 35 on the number of years the IRS expects one to live based on current age.
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US Life Expectancy Improves
- 2001 press release from US Dept of Health and Human Services describing recent findings.
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Death: An Inquiry into Man's Mortal Weakness
- The life expectancy page within a much larger effort to put mortality into perspective.
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Premature Death in the New Independent States
- Causes of increased deaths in former states of the USSR. Book chapter viewable online at National Academy Press site.
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Office of Population Studies, United Nations
- Link to documents describing impact of longevity trends on world population.
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Calculating Life Tables for Homo Sapiens
- Class exercise for population ecology class using gravestone information as data.
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Calculation of Life Expectancy
- Concise explanation of the mathematics of life expectancy calculation with links to related concepts.
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Beyond the 120 Year Diet - Dr. Walford
- Book review discusses Calorie Restriction (CRAN / CRON) - how it works and how to safely implement it. (Eds note: not much evidence exists in humans for this strategy, but it does have evidence from rodent models.)
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Unraveling the Secrets of Human Longevity
- Scientific and Educational Website on Human Longevity Studies
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Northwestern Mutual Life: The Longevity Game
- Calculates life expectancy based on life insurance industry research.
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Living to 100
- Translates studies of centenarians and other longevity research into a tool for individuals to estimate their longevity potential.
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MSNBC: How long will you live -- Really?
- Takes into account a variety of health factors, habits and behaviors to determine life expectancy.
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Life Calculator
- A life expectancy calculator which is well referenced and includes its data tables and references to the literature.
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Fast Financial Analysis - Life Expectacy Calculator
- This is an online version of life expectancy test developed by The Foundation for Infinite Survival, Inc.
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Healthy Life Expectancy
- Offers an international comparison of disability adjusted life expectancies.
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Early Warning Life Expectancy Calculator
- A life expectancy calculator based on official statistics for the U.S. and Scandinavia with real-time countdown, date and time of death.
