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Between Zeus and the Salmon  www.nap.edu/books/0309057876/html/index.html Online version of multi-author book describing biology and demography of longevity. Book can be ordered from National Academy Press.

Calculation of Life Expectancy  mathworld.wolfram.com/LifeExpectancy.html Concise explanation of the mathematics of life expectancy calculation with links to related concepts.

Death: An Inquiry into Man's Mortal Weakness  library.thinkquest.org/16665/expectancy.htm The life expectancy page within a much larger effort to put mortality into perspective.

Healthy Life Expectancy  www3.who.int/whosis/hale/hale.cfm?path=whosis,hale&language=english Offers an international comparison of disability adjusted life expectancies.

Innovita Research Institute  www.innovitaresearch.org Research on aging, molecular concepts of aging, cloning and age-related diseases such as Alzheimers, Werner syndrome, and Parkinsons.

Office of Population Studies, United Nations  www.un.org/esa/population/unpop.htm Link to documents describing impact of longevity trends on world population.

Premature Death in the New Independent States  www.nap.edu/books/0309057345/html/156.html Causes of increased deaths in former states of the USSR. Book chapter viewable online at National Academy Press site.

Review of The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging  content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/344/12/941 Generally favorable review of a book by Olshansky and Carnes that argues that large increases in life expectancy are unlikely in near future wihout fundamental advances in the science of aging. (Requires registration, but is reprinted in entirety on Amazon.)

Roman Life Expectancy  www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/documents/Life.html Roman Life Expectancy: calculations and caveats about accuracy.

senescence.info  www.senescence.info Informational website on Gerontology and Aging Research

UK Government publications regarding life expectancy  www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nscl.asp?ID=7528 Topics of interest include Excel spreadsheets for life expectancy calculation as well as population statistics.

Unraveling the Secrets of Human Longevity  longevity-science.org Scientific and Educational Website on Human Longevity Studies

US Life Expectancy Improves  www.hhs.gov/news/press/2001pres/20011010.html 2001 press release from US Dept of Health and Human Services describing recent findings.

What Kills Us? Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow  www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/beh0051 Discussion of the causes of changes in life expectancy over the last 150 years.