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1 online resource (xv, 323 pages) : illustrations |
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Demographic research monographs, 1613-5520 |
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Demographic research monographs.
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| Contents |
Supercentenarians; Foreword; Contents; Part I General; On the age validation of supercentenarians; 1 Introduction; 2 Some features of the history of age validation for centenarians; 3 The age validation procedure; 4 Three types of basic documents for validation; 5 Original document versus copies; 6 How to conclude a validation process?; 7 Some examples of validation or invalidation of the age of supercentenarians; 7.1 Age validation in Sardinia; 7.1.1 The validation of the age of Antonio Todde; 7.1.2 The invalidation of the age of Damiana Sette |
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7.2 The invalidation of the age of Marta Ninashvili's age in Georgia7.3 Joan Riudavets was, with high probability, the oldest validated man alive on earth in 2003; 7.4 Kamato Hongo has probably never been the oldest person on earth; 8 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; The International Database on Longevity: Structure and contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Database structure; 2.1 Variables on the individuals; 2.2 Age validation; 2.3 Publicly accessible information; 3 IDL overview; Acknowledgements; Appendix; Part II Country reports; Supercentenarians in the United States |
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1 Casting the net and passing muster2 Characteristics; 3 Mortality; 4 Plans for the future; References; The emergence of supercentenarians in Canada; 1 The tale of the official statistics: Data on population; 2 The tale of the official statistics: Data on deaths; 3 About data collection and age validation in Canada; 4 The supercentenarians of Quebec; 5 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Supercentenarians in Japan; 1 Introduction; 2 Basis of age validation; 2.1 Family Register "KOSEKI"; 2.2 Resident Registry; 3 Data sources for centenarians and supercentenarians in Japan |
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4 Validation of date of birth and death5 Results of the validation; 6 Trends in the supercentenarians; 6.1 Trends in the supercentenarians in Japan from Vital Statistics; 6.1.1 Trends in the number of deceased supercentenarians; 6.1.2 Trends in the highest age at death; 6.1.3 Trends in the age of the oldest living person; 7 Reliability of information on age and date of birth; 7.1 Possible causes of age misreporting in the Family Registration System; 7.2 Reliability of information on dates of birth; 8 Concluding remarks; Acknowledgement; References |
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Being very old in a young country: Centenarians and supercentenarians in Australia1 Introduction; 2 Recording Australian centenarians; 3 Validating individual supercentenarians in Australia; 4 How many Australian centenarians?; 5 Other sources of centenarian data in Australia; 6 Semi-supercentenarians and supercentenarians in Australia; 7 Conclusion; References; Supercentenarians in France; 1 Presentation of the data; 1.1 An incomplete list of names; 1.2 Individual death records from vital statistics; 1.3 Transcripts of individual records from the RNIPP; 2 Validation of the RNIPP data |
| Summary |
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 mortality trajectory beyond the age of 110 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
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English |
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Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Mortality -- Forecasting
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Mortality -- Statistical methods
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Centenarians.
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Longevity.
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Demography.
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demography.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Demography.
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Centenarians
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Longevity
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Mortality -- Forecasting
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Mortality -- Statistical methods
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Hohes Alter 110-120 Jahre
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Internationaler Vergleich
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Greisenalter <110-120 Jahre>
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Maier, Heiner, 1961-
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| LC no. |
2010927322 |
| ISBN |
9783642115202 |
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3642115209 |
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9783642115196 |
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3642115195 |
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1282839373 |
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9781282839373 |
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