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Web Sites
  • Calculation of Life Expectancy
    Concise explanation of the mathematics of life expectancy calculation with links to related concepts.
    http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LifeExpectancy.html
     
  • Death: An Inquiry into Man's Mortal Weakness
    The life expectancy page within a much larger effort to put mortality into perspective.
    http://library.thinkquest.org/16665/expectancy.htm
     
  • Discussion of impact of changing life expectancy on policy decisions
    Canadian government report on impact of changes in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy
    http://policyresearch.gc.ca/page.asp?pagenm=v6n2_art_05
     
  • Genetics of Longevity
    Powerpoint presentation by Tom Kirkwood, who developed an evolutionary theory of longevity which he calls "disposable soma".
    http://www.ukfgi.org.uk/07-11-2002/Speakers%20Presentations/Tom%20Kirkwood.ppt
     
  • Innovita Research Institute
    Research on aging, molecular concepts of aging, cloning and age-related diseases such as Alzheimers, Werner syndrome, and Parkinsons.
    http://www.innovitaresearch.org/
     
  • Office of Population Studies, United Nations
    Link to documents describing impact of longevity trends on world population.
    http://www.un.org/esa/population/unpop.htm
     
  • Review of The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging
    Generally favorable review of a book by Olshansky and Carnes that argues that large increases in life expectancy are unlikely in near future wihout fundamental advances in the science of aging. (Requires registration, but is reprinted in entirety on Amazon.)
    http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/344/12/941
     
  • Roman Life Expectancy
    Roman Life Expectancy: calculations and caveats about accuracy.
    http://www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/documents/Life.html
     
  • senescence.info
    Informational website on Gerontology and Aging Research
    http://www.senescence.info
     
  • UK Government publications regarding life expectancy
    Topics of interest include Excel spreadsheets for life expectancy calculation as well as population statistics.
    http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nscl.asp?ID=7528
     
  • Unraveling the Secrets of Human Longevity
    Scientific and Educational Website on Human Longevity Studies
    http://longevity-science.org/
     
  • US Life Expectancy Improves
    2001 press release from US Dept of Health and Human Services describing recent findings.
    http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2001pres/20011010.html
     
  • What Kills Us? Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
    Discussion of the causes of changes in life expectancy over the last 150 years.
    http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/beh0051/
     
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