Exceptional Lifespans
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Heiner Maier, Bernard Jeune, James W. Vaupel, editors.
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Springer
, c2021.
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How long can humans live? This open access book documents, verifies and brings to life the advance of the frontier of human survival. It carefully validates data on supercentenarians, aged 110+, and semi-supercentenarians, aged 105-109, stored in the International Database on Longevity (IDL). The chapters in this book contribute substantial advances in rigorously checked facts about exceptional lifespans and in the application of state-of-the-art analytical strategies to understand trends and p…
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- Maier, Heiner
- Jeune, Bernard
- Vaupel, James W.
- Responsibility
- Heiner Maier, Bernard Jeune, James W. Vaupel, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2021
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (vii, 344 p.) : 118 illus., 74 illus. in color
- Series
- Demographic Research Monographs, A Series of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
- Series Title
- Demographic research monographs
- ISBN
- 9783030499709
- 9783030499693 (Print ed.)
- 9783030499716 (Print ed.)
- 9783030499723 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 1613-5520
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aged, 80 and over
- Longevity
- Specialty
- Demography
- Geriatrics
- Abstract
- How long can humans live? This open access book documents, verifies and brings to life the advance of the frontier of human survival. It carefully validates data on supercentenarians, aged 110+, and semi-supercentenarians, aged 105-109, stored in the International Database on Longevity (IDL). The chapters in this book contribute substantial advances in rigorously checked facts about exceptional lifespans and in the application of state-of-the-art analytical strategies to understand trends and patterns in these rare lifespans. The book includes detailed accounts of extreme long-livers and how their long lifespans were documented, as well as reports on the causes of death at the oldest ages. Its key finding, based on the analysis of 1,219 validated supercentenarians, is that the annual probability of death is constant at 50% after age 110. In contrast to previous assertions about a ceiling on the human lifespan, evidence presented in this book suggests that lifespan records in specific countries and globally will be broken again and again as more people survive to become supercentenarians.
- Contents
- 1. Preface -- Part I: The International Database on Longevity -- 2. The International Database on Longevity: data resource profile -- Part II: Mortality and longevity studies -- 3. Mortality of supercentenarians: estimates from the updated IDL -- 4. Does the risk of death continue to rise among supercentenarians? -- 5. The human longevity record may hold for decades -- 6. Mortality of centenarians in the United States -- Part III: Cause of death studies -- 7. Causes of death at very old ages, including for supercentenarians -- 8. Causes of death among 9,000 Danish centenarians and semi-supercentenarians in the period 1970-2012 -- Part IV: Country reports -- 9. Supercentenarians and semi-supercentenarians in France -- 10. Centenarians and supercentenarians in Japan -- 11. Centenarians, semi-supercentenarians and the emergence of supercentenarians in Poland -- 12. Extreme longevity in Quebec: Factors and Characteristics -- 13. Semi-supercentenarians in the United States -- Part V: Case studies of exceptional longevity -- 14. The first supercentenarians in history, and recent 115+-year-old supercentenarians -- 15. Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, the first supercentenarian in history? -- 16. Margaret Ann Harvey Neve – 110 years old in 1903. The first documented female supercentenarian -- 17. 113 in 1928? Validation of Delina Filkins as the first “second-century teenager” -- 18. Emma Morano – 117 years and 137 days -- 19. A life cycle of extreme survival spanning three stages: Ana Vela Rubio (1901-2017) -- 20. Validation of 113-year old Israel Kristal as the world’s oldest man -- 21. Age verification of three Japanese supercentenarians who reached age 115 -- 22. Age 115+ in the USA: an update.
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The South Texas Health Status Review : A Health Disparities Roadmap
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40772
Amelie G. Ramirez, Ian M. Thompson, Leonel Vela, editors.
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Springer
, c2013.
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As America's most populous state goes, so goes the nation. And within that state, the 38 counties comprising South Texas--a highly populated, largely Hispanic area characterized by high uninsured rates and low numbers of health care providers--are emblematic of nationwide crises in public health. The South Texas Health Status Review: A Health Disparities Roadmap brings health care disparities to light in instructive detail. Over thirty key health conditions and risk factors, such as breast canc…
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- Ramirez, Amelie G
- Thompson, Ian M
- Vela, Leonel
- Responsibility
- Amelie G. Ramirez, Ian M. Thompson, Leonel Vela, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvii, 138 p.) : 127 illus.
- ISBN
- 9783319002330
- 9783319002323 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Status Disparities
- Health Status Indicators
- Health Surveys
- Minority Health
- Hispanic Americans
- Other Subjects
- Texas
- Specialty
- Health Services Research
- Public Health
- Abstract
- As America's most populous state goes, so goes the nation. And within that state, the 38 counties comprising South Texas--a highly populated, largely Hispanic area characterized by high uninsured rates and low numbers of health care providers--are emblematic of nationwide crises in public health. The South Texas Health Status Review: A Health Disparities Roadmap brings health care disparities to light in instructive detail. Over thirty key health conditions and risk factors, such as breast cancer, diabetes, obesity, tuberculosis, smoking and alcohol use, lead exposure, birth defects, and homicide rates, are analyzed by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and location (urban or rural). The results are compared with the rest of Texas and the nation as a whole. A section on conclusions and recommendations outlines factors contributing to these conditions and offers suggestions for improvement. This important data should stimulate further population studies and provide impetus for targeted public health interventions and community outreach programs to reduce health inequities and advance care access in the state and the U.S. at large. Major health issues covered in the report include: communicable diseases, cancer incidence and mortality, maternal and child health, chronic diseases, behavioral risk factors in adults, environmental health issues, suicide, homicide, and vehicular mortality. The South Texas Health Status Review contains valuable lessons for researchers in health promotion and health disparities, as well as community health professionals. Policymakers involved in reducing health disparities will find it especially useful.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. South Texas Population Characteristics. -- 3. Access to Health Care in South Texas -- 4. Communicable Diseases -- 5. Cancer Incidence and Mortality -- 6. Maternal and Child Health -- 7. Chronic Diseases -- 8. Behavioral Risk Factors in Adults -- 9. Environmental Health Issues -- 10. Injury -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix A: Data Sources -- Appendix B: Data Analysis Methods -- Appendix C: South Texas County Demographics, 2010.
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- Open access
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- e-Book
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- Online
