Supercentenarians
Does human mortality after age 110 continue to rise, level off, or start to decline? This book describes a concerted, international research effort undertaken with the goal of establishing a database that allows the best possible description of the mortal
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Demographic Research Monographs A Series of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
Editor-in-chief James W. Vaupel Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/5521
Heiner Maier • Jutta Gampe • Bernard Jeune Jean-Marie Robine • James W. Vaupel Editors
Supercentenarians
Editors Dr. Heiner Maier Dr. Jutta Gampe Prof. Dr. James W. Vaupel Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research Konrad-Zuse-Straße 1 18057 Rostock Germany [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Bernard Jeune University of Southern Denmark Institute for Public Health J.B. Winsløws Vej 9B 5000 Odense C Denmark [email protected]
Dr. Jean-Marie Robine INSERM Equipe Démographie et Santé Centre Val d’Aurelle Parc Euromédicine 34094 Montpellier France [email protected]
Printed with the financial support of the Max Planck Society
ISSN 1613-5520 ISBN 978-3-642-11519-6 e-ISBN 978-3-642-11520-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-11520-2 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010927322 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover illustration: The front cover photo – top right hand corner – includes a photograph by Harald Wenzel-Orf (www.wenzel-orf.de) and has been reproduced with his permission Cover design: WMX Design, Heidelberg
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Foreword
This volume on supercentenarians, people 110 years old and older, is the seventh book of a series of Demographic Research Monographs published by Springer Verlag. It is the result of almost a decade of effort by a brigade of dedicated researchers who have discussed their work at seven research workshops, spaced at roughly annual intervals and held in Germany, Denmark, the United States, France, Japan, Italy and Canada, and who will soon meet again - in Spain. The volume begins with a chapter on age validation and ends with two chapters that emphasize this endeavor; the three chapters include short accounts of specific supercentenarians that add life to the demographic research. Because most r
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