Description: Presented at Living to 100 Symposium, January 2011. This paper explores the select period and the wealth effect at older ages, and also examines mortality rates for three distinct senior populations: 1. the U.S. population, through an annual sample of the Medicare database of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2. the life settlement population of an independent life settlement underwriter, 21st Services LLC, and 3. the population implied by the Society of Actuaries' 2008 Valuation Basic Tables VBT.

Description: This is the informal discussion transcript for Session 4B: Mortality Projections from the January 4-6, 2017 Living to 100 Symposium in Orlando.

Description: This is the informal discussion transcript for concurrent Session 6B: The Changing Face of Elder Care from the January 4-6, 2017 Living to 100 Symposium.

Description: This is the General Session VI transcript on the Senior Citizen in 2050 from the January 4-6, 2017 Living to 100 Symposium in Orlando

Description: These are the discussant comments for the concurrent Session 3A: Mortality Inequality: Impact of Socioeconomic Factors

Description: These are the discussant comments from Session 1A: Data Sources and Analysis from the January 4-6 2017 Living to 100 Symposium in Orlando.

Description: These are the discussant comments for the Concurrent Session 1B: Late Life Mortality Curves from the January 4-6, 2017 Living to 100 Symposium in Orlando.

Description: This is the informal discussion transcript for Concurrent Session 1B: Late Life Mortality Curves at the January 4-6, 2017 Living to 100 Symposium in Orlando.

Description: This is the General Session V transcript on the Nitty Gritty of Human Morality Database from the January 4-6, 2017 Living to 100 Symposium in Orlando

Description: This article is a response to the article Current U.S. Ordinary Life Mortality by Doug Doll and Mike Jones. The author offers his interpretation of the mortality improvements observed between 1980-85 and 1983-88.