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Ageing through the Ages
http://mac-huwis.lut.ac.uk/~wis/papers/ProcRCollPhysEdinb1999.html
MacLennan and Sellers present an overview of human ageing from prehistoric time to the present.
Between Zeus and the Salmon
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309057876/html/index.html
Online version of multi-author book describing biology and demography of longevity. Book can be ordered from National Academy Press.
Calculation of Life Expectancy
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LifeExpectancy.html
Concise explanation of the mathematics of life expectancy calculation with links to related concepts.
Death: An Inquiry into Man's Mortal Weakness
http://library.thinkquest.org/16665/expectancy.htm
The life expectancy page within a much larger effort to put mortality into perspective.
Discussion of impact of changing life expectancy on policy decisions
http://policyresearch.gc.ca/page.asp?pagenm=v6n2_art_05
Canadian government report on impact of changes in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy
Duke's Center for Demographic Research's bibliography on longevity and healthy life expectancy.
http://cds.duke.edu/publications/search/search_results_ALE.htm
Mostly citations but some links to online material
Genetics of Longevity
http://www.ukfgi.org.uk/07-11-2002/Speakers%20Presentations/Tom%20Kirkwood.ppt
Powerpoint presentation by Tom Kirkwood, who developed an evolutionary theory of longevity which he calls "disposable soma".
Healthy Life Expectancy
http://www3.who.int/whosis/hale/hale.cfm?path=whosis,hale&language=english
Offers an international comparison of disability adjusted life expectancies.
Innovita Research Institute
http://www.innovitaresearch.org/
Research on aging, molecular concepts of aging, cloning and age-related diseases such as Alzheimers, Werner syndrome, and Parkinsons.
Life expectancy of Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander Peoples (Australia
http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/cd784ff808c14658ca256bcd008272f6?OpenDocument
Age specific death rates and life expectancies. Comparative causes of death.
Office of Population Studies, United Nations
http://www.un.org/esa/population/unpop.htm
Link to documents describing impact of longevity trends on world population.
Premature Death in the New Independent States
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309057345/html/156.html
Causes of increased deaths in former states of the USSR. Book chapter viewable online at National Academy Press site.
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