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Limits to Human Life Expectancy: Evidence, Prospects, and Implications
Abstract
Identifying limits to human life expectancy and life span is difficult because survival is determined by the individuals physiology exogenous influences and their interaction over time. To explore theoretical limits the authors examine the life expectancy of selected populations with good health behavior and apply a multivariate risk-factor model to longitudinal data. The risk-factor model and the population data produce consistent estimates of a lower bound of the theoretical limit to human life expectancy. The results suggest that such limits may be higher than estimates obtained by extrapolating human mortality trends which necessarily are dependent on historical conditions. The investigation emphasizes the need to use information on individual physiological processes and health changes prior to death in addition to mortality or endpoint data in making estimates. The low-risk populations studied are from the United States and Japan. (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA) (EXCERPT)
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Metadata
- Authors
- Manton, K. G., Stallard, E., & Tolley, H. D.
- Venue
- Population and Development Review
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1991-12
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 603
- ISSN
- 0098-7921 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2032467890
- Cited by
- 201
- References
- 11
- FWCI
- 15.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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