Description: This table shows the results of an attribution of the major contributing factors to the rate of mortality improvement in cardiovascular disease between 1980 and 2000.

Description: This article is the third in a series from the '2011 Living To 100 Symposium.' It examines the growing concern about doctor to patient ratio, including perspectives from Canada, the U.S. and the U.K.

Description: This article examines the dynamic environment of the health care system in the United States and the challenges facing the health actuary.

Description: Feature article about the effects of obesity on life expectancy and how actuaries will be affected.

Description: Article from The Actuary, March 1983, volume no. 17, issue no. 3, that discusses rising health care costs and the challenge it is to actuaries to study the numerous causes and to devise practical means for modifying their effects.

Description: Rising drug—and, to a lesser extent, health care—costs in Canada are creating long-term challenges for not only governments and employers across Canada but for individuals as well, with no easy answers.

Description: Feature article describing what health actuaries think will be the future role of actuaries in the health care industry.

Description: This table displays U.S. adult prevalence of all those obese during 2005–2006 by age, gender and selected ethnic group.

Description: Feature article featuring expert opinions on the future of health care

Description: This article is about the cost-benefit relationship of advances in longevity and taking personal responsibility for one's own wellness.