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  • Increasing Genetic Contribution to Exceptional Longevity with Increasing Age
    nonagenarian siblings have a 40 percent reduced mortality rate compared to sporadic nonagenarians (Westendorp ... of centenarians generally maintained half the mortality risk of their birth cohort (Perls et al. 2002b) ...

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    • Authors: Thomas Perls, Paola Sebastiani
    • Date: Jan 2011
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Topics: Demography>Longevity
  • Compiling a Very Large Sample of Centenarian Pedigrees to Ascertain Patterns of Inheritance and a “Familial Propensity for Longevity Score”
    interested in longevity risk. Beyond period life table predictions, actuaries have little to go on in determining ... large numbers of pedigrees containing centenarian(s) could help inform us about longevity risks of individuals ...

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    • Authors: Paola Sebastiani, Lisa Nussbaum, Giacomo Nebbia, Stacy Andersen, Thomas Perls, Annie Helmkamp
    • Date: Jul 2017
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making
    • Topics: Demography>Longevity
  • Compiling a Very Large Sample of Centenarian Pedigrees to Ascertain Patterns of Inheritance and a “Familial Propensity for Longevity Score
    Compiling a Very Large Sample of Centenarian Pedigrees to Ascertain Patterns of Inheritance ... interested in longevity risk. Beyond period life table predictions, actuaries have little to go on in determining ...

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    • Authors: Paola Sebastiani, Lisa Nussbaum, Giacomo Nebbia, Stacy Andersen, Thomas Perls, Annie Helmkamp
    • Date: Jul 2017
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making
    • Topics: Demography>Longevity