Description: Demographers have typically viewed mortality trends from historical and cross-national perspectives, looking at commonalities in the evolution of mortality. In general, with improving economic conditions mortality has tended to decline and life expectancies to rise. The epidemiological transition from a mortality pattern dominated by infectious diseases to one in which more endogenous causes of death predominate is a central theme.

Description: The abstract for the paper The Great Debate on the Outlook for Human Longevity: Exposition and Evaluation of Two Divergent Views.

Description: This paper examines the two main positions on human life expectancyone a more expansive view, and the other more conservative view. The paper then offers an intermediate position that accepts the principal argument of each side without fully embracing the conclusions of either. From 2005 Living to 100 an Beyond Monograph, M-LI05-1.

Description: A multiway typology of measures of aging, longevity and superlongevity is presented, with measures classified as measures of aging and longevity, direct and indirect measures of aging and longevity, and measures based on population data, death statistics and life table functions.

Description: Article from The Actuary, June 1972 – volume 6 - Issue 6 provides a book review of The Methods and Materials of Demography published by the Bureau of Census.

Description: A multiway typology of measures of aging, longevity and superlongevity is presented, with measures classified as measures of aging and longevity, direct and indirect measures of aging and longevity, and measures based on population data, death statistics and life table functions.

Description: Discussion among experts. From 2005 Living to 100 and Beyond Monograph, M-LI05-1.