ISBN:
9781402048487
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
,
v.: digital
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
International Studies in Population 4
DDC:
304.645
Keywords:
Sterblichkeit
;
Ältere Menschen
;
Alternde Bevölkerung
;
Altersstruktur
;
Bevölkerungsentwicklung
;
Geriatrics
;
Aging Research
;
Demography
;
Longevity Statistics
;
Aged, 80 and over statistics & numerical data
;
Life Expectancy Statistics trends
;
Mortality Statistics
;
Bevölkerungsentwicklung
;
Langlebigkeit
;
Alter
;
Lebensdauer
Abstract:
Old-age survival has considerably improved in the second half of the twentieth century. Why has such a substantial extension of human lifespan occurred? How long can we live? In this book, these fundamental questions are explored by experts from diverse fields. They report on recent cutting-edge studies about essential issues of human longevity and social factors of long survival in old age.
Abstract:
Old-age survival has considerably improved in the second half of the twentieth century. Life expectancy in wealthy countries has increased, on average, from 65 years in 1950 to 76 years in 2005. The rise was more spectacular in some countries: the life expectancy for Japanese women rose from 62 years to 86 years during the same period. Driven by this longevity extension, the population aged 80 and over in those countries has grown fivefold from 8.5 million in 1950 to 44.5 million in 2005. Why has such a substantial extension of human lifespan occurred? How long can we live? In this book, these fundamental questions are explored by experts from such diverse fields as biology, medicine, epidemiology, demography, sociology, and mathematics: they report on recent cutting-edge studies about essential issues of human longevity such as evolution of lifespan of species, genetics of human longevity, reasons for the recent improvement in survival of the elderly, medical and behavioral causes of deaths among very old people, and social factors of long survival in old age.
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Matter; Introduction; Research Issues On Human Longevity; Patterns In Mammalian Ageing: Demography And Evolution; Life Span Extension In Humans Is Self-Reinforcing: A General Theory Of Longevity; Oldest-Old Mortality In China; Central and Disperson Indicators Of Individual Life Durations: New Methods; Recent Trends In Life Expectancy And Rectangularisation Of The Survival Curve At Advanced Ages In The Netherlands; The Validation Of Exceptional Male Longevity In Sardinia; Mortality at Extreme Ages and Data Quality: The Canadian Experience
Description / Table of Contents:
Causes of Death Among the Oldest-Old: Validity and ComparabilityCauses of Death Among the Oldest-Old: Age-Related Changes in the Cause-of-Death Distribution; Genetic Factors Associated with Individual Life Duration: Heritability; Mortality among the Least Frail: Lessons from Research On The Apoe Gene; Social Determinants of Mortality in the Oldest-Old: Social Class and Individual Way-Of-Life; Social Differences in Older Adult Mortality in the United States: Questions, Data, Methods, and Results; Mortality Differences by Sex Among the Oldest-Old
Description / Table of Contents:
Explanation of the Decline in Mortality among the Oldest-Old: The Impact of Circulatory DiseasesExplanation of the Decline in Mortality among the Oldest-Old: A Demographic Point of View; Marital Status and Family Support for the Oldest-Old in Great Britain; Back Matter
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4020-4848-7
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