Supercentenarians

Book Overview

General.- On the age validation of supercentenarians.- The International Database on Longevity: Structure and contents.- Country reports.- Supercentenarians in the United States.- The emergence of supercentenarians in Canada.- Supercentenarians in Japan.- Being very old in a young country: Centenarians and supercentenarians in Australia.- Supercentenarians in France.- Italian supercentenarians: Age validation of deaths from 1969 to 2000.- Emergence and verification of supercentenarians in Spain.- Age validation of persons aged 105 and above in Germany.- The growth of high ages in England and Wales, 1635-2106.- Supercentenarians in the Nordic Countries.- Research on supercentenarians.- Human mortality beyond age 110.- Is it possible to measure life expectancy at 110 in France?.- Age 115 or more in the United States: Fact or fiction?.- Jeanne Calment and her successors. Biographical notes on the longest living humans.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 364226347X
• ISBN13: 9783642263477
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"