Exceptional lifespans
/ Heiner Maier, Bernard Jeune, James W. Vaupel, editors
- 1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Demographic research monographs .
Includes bibliographical references.
Chapter 1. Preface Part I. The International Database on Longevity Chapter 2. The International Database on Longevity : data resource profile Part II. Mortality and longevity studies Chapter 3. Mortality of supercentenarians : estimates from the updated IDL Chapter 4. Does the risk of death continue to rise among supercentenarians? Chapter 5. The human longevity record may hold for decades Chapter 6. Mortality of centenarians in the United States Part III. Cause of death studies Chapter 7. Causes of death at very old ages, including for supercentenarians Chapter 8. Causes of death among 9,000 Danish centenarians and semi-supercentenarians in the period 1970-2012 Part IV. Country reports Chapter 9. Supercentenarians and semi-supercentenarians in France Chapter 10. Centenarians and supercentenarians in Japan Chapter 11. Centenarians, semi-supercentenarians and the emergence of supercentenarians in Poland Chapter 12. Extreme longevity in Quebec : factors and characteristics Chapter 13. Semi-supercentenarians in the United States Part V. Case studies of exceptional longevity Chapter 14. The first supercentenarians in history, and recent 115+-year-old supercentenarians Chapter 15. Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, the first supercentenarian in history? Chapter 16. Margaret Ann Harvey Neve - 110 years old in 1903. The first documented female supercentenarian Chapter 17. 113 in 1928? Validation of Delina Filkins as the first "second-century teenager" Chapter 18. Emma Morano - 117 years and 137 days Chapter 19. A life cycle of extreme survival spanning three stages : Ana Vela Rubio (1901-2017) Chapter 20. Validation of 113-year old Israel Kristal as the world's oldest man Chapter 21. Age verification of three Japanese supercentenarians who reached age 115 Chapter 22. Age 115+ in the USA : an update