Sites listed will inform readers about the concept of life expectancy or about the general factors influencing life expectancy.
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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.http://www.retirelink.com/education/LifeExpectancy.html
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
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
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.http://www.nap.edu/books/0309057345/html/156.html
Calculating Life Tables for Homo Sapiens Class exercise for population ecology class using gravestone information as data.http://www.auburn.edu/~nolanpm/Steve'sPage/GraveLab.html
Calculation of Life Expectancy Concise explanation of the mathematics of life expectancy calculation with links to related concepts.http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LifeExpectancy.html
Beyond the 120 Year Diet - Dr. Walford Book review discusses Calorie Restriction (CRAN / CRON) - how it works and how to safely implement it.http://www.mikeogara.net/bookreviews/bt120yd/
Healthy Life Expectancy Offers an international comparison of disability adjusted life expectancies.http://www3.who.int/whosis/hale/hale.cfm?path=whosis,hale&language=english
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/
Ageing through the Ages MacLennan and Sellers present an overview of human ageing from prehistoric time to the present.http://mac-huwis.lut.ac.uk/~wis/papers/ProcRCollPhysEdinb1999.html
Between Zeus and the Salmon Online version of multi-author book describing biology and demography of longevity. Book can be ordered from National Academy Press.http://www.nap.edu/books/0309057876/html/index.html
GAO Report on Anti-Aging Prodcts Describes the marketing in the US of unproven approaches to "life extension".http://aging.senate.gov/events/hr73rpt.pdf
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
The Hayflick Limit The discovery by Leonard Hayflick that cells will not divide forever may explain the limited lifespan of organisms.http://www.uiowa.edu/~centrage/Research/HayflickArticle.pdf
UK Government publications regarding life expectancy TOs of interest include Excel spreadsheets for life expectancy calculation as well as population statistics.http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nscl.asp?ID=7528
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
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