Exponential Increase in Mortality and Diseases
The data and science behind the exponential growth in mortality with age
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News and resources on current life expectancy - lets see how it changes over time
Congratulations - you've survived another year... unfortunately your risk of dying goes up another 9% next year, and every year after that - that's why at the moment you can't beat the exponential risk of death.Definition: period life expectancy = how long a new-born would live if today's death rates did not change. They should improve over time therefore this is not a prediction of how long a child born today will live for.
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Scientific society which promotes and funds research into the biology of ageing
Book that offers a stimulating array of multiple aspects of the aging process and of factors that affect it written by Stephen B. Manuck
Secrets to Living Longer: What We Can Learn from Blue Zones
The world map shows the latest data published by the United Nations for life expectancy
Fascinating data visualisation of life expectancy for 200 countries over 200 years
World´s leading scientific data resource on mortality in developed countries
Secrets of the Healthiest, Sharpest Centenarians - by Nir Barzilai
24-May-2022
Event about latest research and innovation in ageing organized by OBN (FREE)
Data to understand the big global problems and research that helps to make progress against them
The data and science behind the exponential growth in mortality with age
Health and life expectancy are affected by love, sex and marriage
A look at the latest UK life expectancy at 65 statistics - annual increase has been growing since 1960
What to do when quality-adjusted life years could mean many, many years?
1 in 50 people are over 85 today - that's 20x the percentage who reached that age in 1881
Live Forever Club - 24-Nov-2023
Embracing healthier dietary choices can extent life expectancy to some degree
Read more...The Guardian - 19-Nov-2023
New report exposes shocking inequalities in health, wealth, & opportunity facing older people in England
Read more...New Scientist - 13-Nov-2023
COVID-19, drug and alcohol abuse, & suicide fuel a 6-year life expectancy disparity
Read more...Live Forever Club - 24-Oct-2023
Extending healthy years, not just lifespan, as populations age
Read more...Independent - 10-Oct-2023
Lower levels of glucose, creatinine, and uric acid linked to increased longevity
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