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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
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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.
http://library.thinkquest.org/16665/expectancy.htm
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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.
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309057345/html/156.html
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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
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Calculation of Life Expectancy
Concise explanation of the mathematics of life expectancy calculation with links to related concepts.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LifeExpectancy.html
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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.
http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/beh0051/
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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
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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/
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Unraveling the Secrets of Human Longevity
Scientific and Educational Website on Human Longevity Studies
http://longevity-science.org/
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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
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