Description: This article discusses the sources of the information in the Social Security Death Master File and the potential utility of this information for demographic studies of centenarians and near-centenarians.

Description: Presented at Living to 100 and Beyond symposium 2002. Discussion of two papers, 'Approaches and Experiences in Projecting Mortality Patterns for the Oldest Old' by Buettner and 'Using Dynamic Reliability in Estimating Mortality at Advanced Ages' by Lin. The first paper discusses the UN methodology for projecting mortality above age 80 and presents another approach for addressing the problem of table closing. The second paper suggests a new statistical model for fitting and estimation of mortality rates at advanced ages.

Description: This paper provides the actuary with a brief overview of the subject, along with references for those interested in conducting their own review. It surveys current research, reviews what has been learned so far, and looks at future possibilities.

Description: Discussion of paper presented at Living to 100 symposium January 2002. This is the reply to the discussion of author's paper.

Description: Presented at Living to 100 symposium, January 2002. This is a report of a study in which the Cox proportional hazard model, a widely used survival analysis tool, was applied to profiling the mortality of an insured advanced-age population. The data was derived from 14 US insurers. This data represents policies issued between 01/01/1997 and 12/31/2000 to policyholders of age 60 or older. The major study results include measures of mortality, variations by selected risk factors, estimated mortality experience of the underlying population, and a comparison of mortality experience estimated by direct calculation, the Society of Actuaries’ SOA 1990-95 mortality study, and our extended Cox modeling technique.

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

Description: Experts' discussion of mortality laws and models. From 2005 Living to 100 and Beyond Monograph, M-LI05-1.

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

Description: Expert discussion of two previous papers: Applying Mortality Models to Japan M. Ozeki, and The Lee-Carter Model for Forecasting Mortality Revisited S.H. Li and W.S. Chan. From 2005 Living to 100 and Beyond Monograph, M-LI05-1.

Description: Expert discussion of three previous papers: Makeham-Type Mortality Models Mumpar-Victoria, An Extreme Value Analysis of Advanced Age Mortality Data Robertson, and Living to 100 and Beyond: An Extreme Value Study Han. From 2005 Living to 100 and Beyond Monograph, M-LI05-1.